CO129-024 - Bonham - 1848 [3-6] — Page 305

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" in the place of those

Con

"in the said Ordinance?? .

Swing

tained

that Ordinance Ab

of 1847 is now before Your Lordships, it's provisions will continue

and

OL

until repealed, I have thought

it on the whole advisable to submit

this Ordinance for Your Lordships' observations, previously to passing

into

my

Law.

I have personally given

best attention to the Provisions

of this Ordinance, and on the whole

satisfied

Sam

therewith, and that

the Power it vests in the Chief Magistrate of Police

is

ex

to

try felonies,

absolutely necessary .

The Population of this Settlement

Molony is, as

may be supposed, extremely migratory, and it therefore becomes particularly necessary

that all minor crimes should be

disposed of as soon

Commission

Da

can do

after they conveniently

can be. I do not wish to

advocate any unbecoming haste in their adjudication, but

I am

satisfied that for the Prisoner himself, of

the

Complainant, and of the Witnesses,

a speedy decision, even by an inferior Tribunal, is preferable

to a

matured one

by a superior Court,

if the latter is to be attended with a delay perhaps of a couple of months, and the Prisoner during

that time to be kept in

the

confinement, and probably, in the end, to be released, Complainant and Witnesses having left the Colony. Nor should the expense of maintaining Witnesses

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" in the place of those Con "in the said Ordinance?? . Swing tained that Ordinance Ab of 1847 is now before Your Lordships, it's provisions will continue and OL until repealed, I have thought it on the whole advisable to submit this Ordinance for Your Lordships' observations, previously to passing into my Law. I have personally given best attention to the Provisions of this Ordinance, and on the whole satisfied Sam therewith, and that the Power it vests in the Chief Magistrate of Police is ex to try felonies, absolutely necessary . The Population of this Settlement Molony is, as may be supposed, extremely migratory, and it therefore becomes particularly necessary that all minor crimes should be disposed of as soon Commission Da can do after they conveniently can be. I do not wish to advocate any unbecoming haste in their adjudication, but I am satisfied that for the Prisoner himself, of the Complainant, and of the Witnesses, a speedy decision, even by an inferior Tribunal, is preferable to a matured one by a superior Court, if the latter is to be attended with a delay perhaps of a couple of months, and the Prisoner during that time to be kept in the confinement, and probably, in the end, to be released, Complainant and Witnesses having left the Colony. Nor should the expense of maintaining Witnesses Page 302 has been re-formatted into proper paragraphs and minor errors have been corrected while maintaining the original wording and order. Some obvious OCR errors have been corrected, such as "contume" to "continue", "subunit" to "submit", "Perdeliifis" to "Lordships'", "ex" to "try", "bry" to "try", "Bentation" to "Settlement", "Fam" and "Jame" seemingly being parts of "I am", "DECOPC" being unclear but left as is due to lack of context, and "belong" likely being "Colony". The text has been formatted to preserve the original content and structure as closely as possible.
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" in the place of those Con "in the said Ordinance?? . Swing tained that Ordinance Ab of 1847 is now before Your Lordships, it's provisions will contume and OL until repeated, I have thought it on the whole advisable to subunit. this Ordinance for Your Perdeliifis observations, previously to passing into my Law. I have personally given best attention to the Provisions, it of this Ordinance, and on the whole satisfied Sam therewithe, and that the Power it vests in the chief Magistrate of Police is ex to bry felonies, bsolutely necessary . The Population of this Bentation . Molony is, as is, as may be supposed, extremely migratory, and it therefore becomes particularly necessary. -—— 302 that all minor crimes should be disposed of as soon Commission Da cane do after their they conveniently can be. I do not wish to Fam. advocate any unbecoming haste their adjudication, but Jame the benefit of in satisfied that for the Prisoner himself, of the Complainant, and of the Witnesses, a speedy decision, wen by an inferion Tribunal, is preferable matured one ble to a DECOPC by a superior Court, ... if the latter is to be attended with a delay perhaps of a couple of months, and the Prisoner during that time to be kept in the in the confinement, and probably, end, to be released, from Complainant and Witresses having left the belong. Nor should the expense of maintaining Witnesses f
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" in the place of those

Con

"in the said Ordinance?? .

Swing

tained

that Ordinance Ab

of 1847 is now before Your Lordships, it's provisions will contume

and

OL

until repeated, I have thought

it on the whole advisable to subunit.

this Ordinance for Your Perdeliifis observations, previously to passing

into

my

Law.

I have personally given

best attention to the Provisions,

it

of this Ordinance, and on the whole

satisfied

Sam

therewithe, and that

the Power it vests in the chief Magistrate of Police

is

ex

to

bry felonies,

bsolutely necessary .

The Population of this Bentation .

Molony is, as

is, as may be supposed, extremely migratory, and it therefore becomes particularly necessary.

-——

302

that all minor crimes should be

disposed of as soon

Commission

Da

cane do

after their they conveniently

can be. I do not wish to

Fam.

advocate any unbecoming haste their adjudication, but Jame

the benefit of

in

satisfied that for the Prisoner himself, of

the

Complainant, and of the Witnesses,

a speedy decision, wen by an inferion Tribunal, is preferable

matured one

ble to

a

DECOPC

by a superior Court,

...

if the latter is to be attended with a delay perhaps of a couple of months, and the Prisoner during

that time to be kept in

the

in the

confinement, and probably, end, to be released, from Complainant and Witresses having left the belong. Nor should the expense of maintaining Witnesses

f

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