CO129-192 - Governor Hennessy - 1881 [1-4]

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before the Chief Justice, but yesterday while evidently under the influence of some cerebral irritation, the Chief Justice reported.

them

and refused to make any order, because, he said the application (for that which in fact is my Official duty) ought

to be made by petition - it having been as he stated the

practice of the late Mr Alexander

to petition

in all such cases.

CAARA -

notice of the Excellency as showing the absolute necessity for

rules

Continue

of practice;

for

whether I

the Office I hold;

or other gentleman be

appointed in

any

stead

it will

be utterly impossible to preserve any respect for the Court in the public mind unless definite rules

and published

are

framed

very

There

are

other

an assertion, which I

found

on

the

search, is not borne out by

papers

in the Office.

I feel it my painful duty

to bring these

matters to the

notice

of His Excellency.

There are other important matters to which I should wish to ask

attention but as they

are numerous and

personal to myself, they

sink

into insignificance before

the

for paragraphs), here is the revised response with some corrections and adjustments according to the given rules:

111

before the Chief Justice, but yesterday while evidently under the influence of some cerebral irritation, the Chief Justice reported.

them

and refused to make any order, because, he said the application (for that which in fact is my Official duty) ought to be made by petition - it having been, as he stated, the practice of the late Mr. Alexander to petition in all such cases.

notice of the Excellency as showing the absolute necessity for rules of practice;

for whether I hold the Office I hold, or other gentleman be appointed in any stead, it will be utterly impossible to preserve any respect for the Court in the public mind unless definite rules are framed and published.

There are other assertions, which I found on search, not borne out by papers in the Office.

I feel it my painful duty to bring these matters to the notice of His Excellency. There are other important matters to which I should wish to ask attention, but as they are numerous and personal to myself, they sink into insignificance before the ...