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Police Magistrate if he were a trained lawyer.
3. Mr McEuen, the Assistant
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Harbour-Master, formerly in the Royal Navy; and an able and efficient officer.
4. 316. etc Kroyd, Registrar of the Supreme Court of Hongkong, who applies on behalf of his brother, Mr. 9. 16. Ackroyd, who is now Magistrate for the lesser Dependencies of Mauritius, but who has no knowledge of this Colony, and is not a member of the English Bar.
5. From M. MacKean, an English Barrister
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No M C Barrister, now practising before the Supreme Court of Honghong. "The Attorney-General has spoken favourably of M. Maskean's legal qualifications. The Attorney-General
3. (Mr O'Malley) has written to me respecting the vacant office in the following terms: "I have a strong opinion that one at least of the Police Magistrates ought to be a trained lawyer, especially as the Clerk is a man without any legal Knowledge whatever. Barristers and Solicitors constantly appear to defend prisoners in