Minute by the Actg Attorney General.
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Mr. Wodehouse in the concluding paragraph of his letter to the Secretary of State has asked that advantage may be taken of this opportunity to define more closely for the information of Magistrates, the duties which devolve upon them in connection with Ordinances now in force, viz., No. 102 of 1850, No. 1 of 1871, and the Treaty of Tientsin. In presence of the Ordinances he mentions, and of other Authorities, which he might have consulted, it is difficult for me to believe that our Magistrate, Mr. Wodehouse, seriously thought any better definition could be given of his duties than that which he had at hand, and I am led to presume, that his only object in making this quasi appeal to the Secretary of State is that he believes he has taken an entirely wrong view of his duties and responsibilities.
As a Judge, not wishing to acknowledge...