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the dating Chief Justice, Mr Ackroyd, together with
a
copy of certain correspondence
to which that address has
given rise.
From the correspondence,
which is enclosed Your Lord-
ship will observe that I_ concur in the views ex-
1 pressed by the Magistrates. I am unable to follow th arguments of Mr. Ackroyd, who seems to forget that it is the duty of the Magistrates
to
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to administer the law and not
to make it, and that so
as
or
long
the law provides for fine
-imprisonment there is
no other alternative but to
fine
or to imprison in the event of failure to pay the fine inflicted.
I may add that the ~ administration of the law by the Magistrates possesses the confidence not only of the Government but also of the entire population of this - Colony