CO129-037 - Sir Bonham - 1851 [6-9] — Page 274

and I would willingly the matter in the hands

have

lift the'

Supreme Court, but the Chief Justice appeared to consider that

individually to entertain the question

I who

were

fit or unfit to be

Furymen and who should be Special Snyman, would be casting an

him. All the

invidious duty

П

Council however agreed it is that there should be

necessary

is very

some appeal from the Sheriff striking the annual Jury List and indeed that Officer. desirous that there should be. _ I apprehend it would as a geners I rule have been right to have - rected the power of revising the Jury List, in the Rucentive Conneil- but as that Conneil

concits entirely of Officers of the

A

Escentive Government, I have

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preferred leaving this question to be dealt with by the Legislative Council consisting of

the borcinon, the Chief

Justice, the Attorney General, and the Mercantile Community.

tus

and

f

may therefore be considered to represent the general interests of the Inhabitants .-_

I have the how to be. With the highest respect, Your Lordship's

Most Obedient Humble Sewant,