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they direct, he has no authority to intrude his opinion on the Judges. I complain seriously of Mr. Gibbons that whenever he could find opportunity he expressed his opinion aloud to the prejudice of the administration of Justice and in breach of public decorum. I have attempted to check this habit of Mr. Gibbons, but without success.
It has hitherto been held as an axiom that the Colonial Judges are independent in their action in court; subject only to appeal to the Supreme Council and that no one, much less their subordinate, has a right to challenge their judicial decisions or acts and bring them for correction or even discussion to the Executive.
If His Excellency will collect the complaints made to him by Mr. Gibbons against my judicial decisions and acts, he will find them numerous and for the most part frivolous. He will find that not one such complaint has ever been made by any predecessor of Mr. Gibbons against any of the Judges of whom I have been Chief Justice for 15 years.
I feel that a constitutional statesman like His Excellency will hold that Mr. Gibbons' proceeding is unconstitutional. The numerous complaints of Mr. Gibbons have, because they are vague, been...
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