In any further vormmunication
on the subject, please quote
No. 17802/1914.
and address--
The Under-Secretary of State.
Foreign Office,
London.
REC
c.o.
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REG 23 MAY 141
FOREIGN OFFICE
May 22 1914.
494
C
Sir:-
With reference to your letter 14262 of the 22nd
ultimo, covering correspondence between your Depart-
ment and Messrs. Langlois, Harding, Warren and Tate,
Solicitors, respecting costs of the Appellant in the
case Ibrahim versus The King I am directed by Secretary
Sir E. Grey to state that, as the appeal was in formå
pauperis, the Solicitors for the Appellant are not in
strictness entitled to any remuneration for their ser-
vices.
Sir Edward Grey is, however, of the opinion that,
as the case was an extremely important one, it is de-
sirable in the public interests that Solicitors should
not be discouraged from taking up such cases in similar
circumstances. He would therefore suggest that
Messrs. Langlois, Harding, Warren and Tate, should be
asked to send in an account of their actual disburse-
ments on behalf of the Appellant, in order that fur-
Under Secretary of State,
ther
Colonial Office.