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6.
With reference to the fact that a solicitor had not been assiqued by
the Court in this case for
for the prisoncis
defence, M. Billiers have put the
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following
minute
the
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recards
of
the
recentive Council.
"The Attorney
"General desired to and that with
respect to the litter of her John
"Iriate of September 12th 1877. he "had not read it till the last "meeting of Council. Stat be known
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that the Chief Justice hak
Sustice had expreped
so strong
Opinion and that Stis
Rxcellency the Governo had
agreed
with him he would certainly have suggested to the Court the assigning
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of an Attorney to prepare the priemer's defence come days before the trial, and he would undertake
to do so in future.
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Mr. Snowden does not however
quite agree with the Chief Justice
and with me in this matter of
apigning an Attorney and he has
written some letters to me
the
subject which I shall have the hown of laying before you in another Despatch.
I have the hown to be.
Sir,
Your Most Obedient Stumble Servant,
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