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ultimo; and which is
equally
applicable to the matter now in hand.
It will be seen that the
Attorney-General adheres to his former opinion. I should
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mention that it has been
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remarked here that the despatch
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under
reply
contains no m
intimation as to whether the ~
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decision overruling the Law --
Officer of the Crown in this
Colony
was taken on
in England, or merely on the "advice of the Colonial Department
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in
Downing Street; and that, with
all due respect to that Department,
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the opinion of the Law Officers of the Crown would necessarily
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earry far
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more
weight, and ~..
would be regarded
as
definitely
settling the questions at issue? "For myself, I need
I need only
assure Your Lordship that all
Colonial Governors of experience
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the advice
would
agree
extreme
cases,
such
of the Law Officers of the Crown
" in
that, except in
as
it is
impossible