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Subject.

JUDICIAL-continued.

SENTENCES-continued.

79

Naming of place of confinement in the sentence

Illegal sentence, Trinidad

--

Sentence of High Commissioner's Court, Western Pacific,

on man tried for conspiracy to murder....

Question of validity, murder having taken place before the Order in Council of 1877 was proclaimed

Persons charged at Jamaica with Murder of Man

unknown.

Date.

Vol.

No.

10 June 1869

4 May 1877

II.

III. 134

570

28 Aug. 1878

III.

182

116

Validity of conviction in consequence of the absence

of due proof of the corpus delicti.

24 Jan. 1879

III.

189

29 Jan. 1904

VI.

212

Decision of Supreme Court, Western Australia :

In civil action

4 April 1879

III.

198

Punishment for Larceny in the Bahamas

14 June 1887

IV..

888

93

31 March 1904

VI.

219

Illegal decision of Police Magistrate, St. Helena :

In fining a person for selling porter

Court Martial Sentencs in Trooper, South African

Cimstabulary.

27 Oct. 1888

IV.

130

Validity of

22 Feb. 1902

VI.

128

*

29 June 1904

V1.

228

United States citizen con‹icted of Murder:

Whether stay of execution of death sentence should be granted at the request of the United States Government.

25 Feb. 1902

VI.

128A

18 Aug. 1904

28 Mar. 1905

3 Aug. 1906

VI.

VII.

VII.

232

Whether sentence ought to be commuted

Sentence for disinterment and violation of a female

21 March 1902

VI.

137

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corpise.

8

According to English law

1 Dec. 1903

VI

208

41

Sentence in Northern Nigeria in master of a vessel for

rash act causing the death of a native.

Whether further proceedings could be taken on

account of the inadequacy of.

11 March 1902

VI.

132

20 Dec. 1906

VII.

57

Confirmation of death sentence, E. Africa:

II July 1907

VIL

77

See also CONVICTS.

Whether valid if signed by only two of the Judges

of the Court of Appeal. PARDON.

12 Nov. 1907

VII.

88

SPECIAL COMMISSIONS.

1 Oct. 1869

30 July 1874

II.

603

III.

34

Power of Governor of Sierra Leone to issue Special Com-

mission of Oyer and Terminer.

27 March 1878

ILI.

164

4 March 1898

V.

165

5 April 1898 13 Oct. 1903

V. 166

VI.

203

23 Sept. 1869

II.

599

WRITS.

19 May 1860

I.

17

Power of the Governor of Barbados to issue Special Commission for the trial of persons concerned in the disturbances.

SPECIAL TRIBUNALS.

Special tribunal for trial for piracy at Hong Kong

Creation of special tribunal by the High Commissioner

of Cyprus for the trial of a cadi.

Special tribunal for the trial of Newfoundland Bank

Directors.

30 Aug. 1870

6 May 1876

II.

III.

659

92

18 March 1867

II.

461

4 Jan. 1881

III.

242

1 March 1897

V.

131

JUDICIAL—continued.

PETITIONS OF RIGHT-continued.

Petition of Mr. A. W. Harvey and others, Newfinindland. In respect of the termination of their sub-lease of a

portion of St. John's Dry Dock.

Petition of Faiz Mahomet.

As regards the refusal of the Western Australian Government to allow him to import camels. Whether petitioner entitled to proceed by Petition of Right, although he neglected to take proceed- ings under the Crown Suits Act, 1898, until too late, and whether fat should be granted. Petition of Mr. Davies with reference to Land Grant,

Dominica.

Clain not very meritorions, but the Governor should endorse his consent on the statement of claim as provided by Section 370 of Ordinance No. 8 of 1876 80 that the case may be tried. Petition of Mr. J. O. Fournier of Montreal with

reference to certain lands.

Fiat not to be issued without further enquiry. Suggestion that the Ljent.-Governor of Quebec should be asked to make enquiries as to the dealings of the Government in regard to the lands in question.

Remedy against the Crown when Petition of Right_not

available.

Opinion that if remedy by Petition of Right existed before the passing of the Quebec Statute of 1883, the right of the Crown to fiat such petition would still exist independently of the Statute.

Dominion Act 38 Vict. c. 12.

Whether it applies to Quebec

Petition of Mears. George Wells & Co., Western Australia.

Whether fat should be granted

Gibraltar Petitions.

The Governor has no power to fiat petitions. In default of legislation conferring such power, the Secretary of State for the Colonies should present petitions to the Sovereign for his fat.

Petition of Mr. Dagnino. Form of endorsement.

Procedure.

Petition of Fremantle Municipality claiming varius fines and penalties incurred under the Police Act, 1892.

Whether fiat should be granted

PLACE OF TRIAL.

Transfer of trial in scattling case from Gibraltar to

England.

Offences committed on the high seas are to be tried at the place at which the offender has been apprehended. Power of Consular officer to send to British Colony for trial person charged with offence under the Slave Trade Act, 1873.

Case of murder in the Pitcairn Island

Proposal to remit to a Colony for trial actions brought in

England for wrongs committed in that Colony.

PRIVATE PROSECUTION.

Right to institute and conduct a private prosecution at

Hone Kong.

SENTENCES.

Court Martial Sentence at Capetown on soldier of Bengal Horse Artillery who had received his discharge at the time when the offence was committed, and who had been granted a passage to England. Sentence for Frathilent Insolvency at Melbourne.

Illegality of sentence of 18 months' imprisoninent on each of the first four counts of the information.

3 July 1867

II.

470

Habeas Corpus, &c.

Issue of Writs by English Courte running in Upper

Canada.

Draft Imperial Bill to prevent the issue in England

of Write running in the Colonies.

Power of the Supreme Court of the Straite Settle- .ments on Habeas Corpus to quash an Order of

Banishment.

PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE

Reference :-

C.O. 885

25 June 1861

I.

72

4 Nov. 1861

I.

87

6 July 1899

219

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PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE, LONDON

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JUDICIAL continued.

WRITS-continued.

Writ against a Constable.

Refusal of Magistrate at the Falkland Islands to Ingue a Writ against a constable who arrested a servant of the Falkland Islands Company and thereby caused loss to the Company.

Writ of Error.

Propriety of action of Attorney-General of Western Australla in withholding writ of error applied for by Council for a convict.

Date.

Vol.

No.