The new section is such a change from well-
established practice however, both in the United
Kingdom and the Colonies that I hesitate to advise
the Secretary of State on it without further
discussion, and in the first instance the
discussion might be unofficial.
If you are likely to be in London fairly soon,
would you be good enough to look into to see either
Roberts-Wray or myself on the point.
That I have in mind at present is that
perhaps Hong Kong's difficulty might be solved if the
Chief Justice could hold a Council of Judges and
agree with them, that instead of having this new
section 9, the judges might explain the word "danger"
or "dangerous" to juries or alternatively substitute
a phrase in place of the existing one, such as
"the judge shall direct the jury as to the
implications arising
undesirability
from
of
convicting on the
uncorroborated evidence of &c."
If something like this could be contrived,
Section 9 as now enacted could disappear.
Yours etc.
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