There is one other subject which I should like to write a few words re The Crown Solicitor's Ordinance. I drafted before leaving the A.G's Office a bill to carry out the S. of S' instructions in his confidential despatch of 8th December 1911 and I enclose a copy of the draft bill, which as a fact reproduces much of a former draft on the subject. The point I wish to urge is that sub-section 2 of clause 3 be deleted. The reasons for it I think are ample. The Crown Solicitor is a really busy man and under the system now in vogue the 2 Judges sit de die in diem until the Criminal Sessions are disposed of. The A.G. prosecutes in one Court in the more important cases and a Junior Barrister in the other Court with a fee of $25 (2 guineas) a case. The Crown Solicitor instructs the A.G. in Court and the Assistant Crown Solicitor the other Counsel. There are no English clerks in the Crown Solicitor's Office or any other Clerk who would be competent to instruct the A.G. in Court. It is calculated that the fees payable to the junior Counsel will not exceed $1200 a year (£120) and I submit that the amount is not sufficient to justify the change having regard to the reasons I have put forward. The present system works very satisfactorily. I obtained the Governor's consent to postponing the introduction...
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There is one other subject which I should like
to write a few words re The Crown Solicitor's Ordinance
I drafted before leaving the A.G's Office a bill to
carry out the S. of S' instructions in his confidential
despatch of 8th December 1911 and I enclose a copy of
the draft bill, which as a fact reproduces much of a
former draft on the subject. The point I wish to urge
is that sub-section 2 of clause 3 be deleted. The
reasons for it I think are ample. The Crown Solicitor
is a really busy man and under the system now in vogue
the 2 Judges sit de die in diem until the Criminal
Sessions are disposed of. The A.G. prosecutes in one
Court in the more important cases and a Junior Barrister
in the other Court with a fee of $25 (2 guineas) a case.
The Crown Solicitor instructs the A.G. in Court and the
Assistant Crown Solicitor the other Counsel. There are
no English clerks in the Crown Solicitor's Office or
any other Clerk who would be competent to instruct the
A.G. in Court. It is calculated that the fees payable
to the junior Counsel will not exceed $1200 a year (£120)
and I submit that the amount is not sufficient to jus~
tify the change having regard to the reasons I have
put forward. The present system works very satisfactoril
I obtained the Governor's consent to postponing the
introduction
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