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me to form the Special Jury of the Colony, when such be required.

M. As regards

the

first,

may

the

alteration speaks for itself, and is in conformity with the act 7 benge IV, Cap. 25, entitled "an Act to regulate the appointment of Duries in the

East Indies"

Os regard the second, the amalgamation of the Special with

the

Jurors will, a

Petty

previously observed, add to the number of available Jurymen, and to the respectability of the Panel generally.

The third alteration will put an end to the recruity of locking up Jurymen without fuck or fire for an indefinite Period, which appears to me to approach very

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nearly to incisting

on a verdict under compulsion; this amendment is moreover particularly desirable in this Colony where all matters coming before the count me discussed out of doors, and the minds

lucu

if

are

not made

up

of Jurymn duzy lunch braised before they hear the Ividence in Cout. It ales precludes the possibility of one ignorant obstinate, or unscrupulow Juryman from impeding the due course of Justice. Your Lordship will thawe that in Capital

nicecusay

cases it is still the dare should be

Jury

unanimous, and such I observe

of

from Governo Grejny's Report

6. May 1850, is the law in the

1/5 #h

Bahama Selands.

The fourth alteration does not of great importance,

seems to me