234

plaud

on their services by the Commun.

urity in general. Unless this Excellency

...

prepared to charge the

Magistrate

with criminal conduct in the matter,

to do more

as for instance to censure

the Magistrates in any way or

manner

for

the

in which they exercised a

discretionary power, (this Council will

...

am

free to...), would be

in my

...

for writing

European

The

(Signed) Sperma Philippes

196

Attorney General

June, 1877 question of the prisoner's age

in the 4th Conviction appears from the Notes to have been considered by the Magistrate at the time. If this Excellency objects to the power given

...

to

the blunder made by Lord

...

Letton

in India when he censured

and

punished the Magistrate

to some extent censured also the

Supreme Court for leniency in a

case where

a Native died

after having been struck by

...

the Magistrate

it is

proper

under the Ordinance

...

seems

proper cause to be taken to me to take the necessary steps in

order to get the Ordinance amended.

(Signed) Gr. Phillipps

...

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