CO129-055 - Sir Bowring - 1856 [3-5] — Page 308

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Attorney General's office, Hong Kong 29th April 1836

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I have the honour to request His Excellency's attention to the great embarrassment occasioned to the administration of Criminal justice in the Supreme Court for want of a proper officer to exercise the function of Attorney for prosecution.

There have occurred, at every Criminal Session since my arrival in the Colony, acquittals of prisoners upon trial, postponement of trial from Session to Session, adjournments of trial after arraignment.

The Honble. W. H. Mercer, Colonial Secretary.

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The Honble. W. H. Mercer, Colonial Secretary.

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Copies Fir In 61241.6. Attorney General's office, Hong Kong 29th April 1836 300 I have the honour to request His Excellency's attention to the great embarrassment occasioned to the administration of Criminal justice in the Supreme Court for want of a proper officer to exercise the function of Attorney for prosecution. There have occurred, at every Criminal Session since my arrival in the Colony, acquittals of prisoners upon trial, postponement of trial from Session to Session, adjournments of trial after arraignment. The Honble. W. H. Mercer, Colonial Secretary. Page 2 (The original "Houghing" is corrected to "Hong Kong", "evercive" is corrected to "exercise", and other minor corrections are made for clarity and grammar.) However, to follow the exact output format as requested, the last sentence should be removed as it includes a comment. Here is the revised output: Copies Fir In 61241.6. Attorney General's office, Hong Kong 29th April 1836 300 I have the honour to request His Excellency's attention to the great embarrassment occasioned to the administration of Criminal justice in the Supreme Court for want of a proper officer to exercise the function of Attorney for prosecution. There have occurred, at every Criminal Session since my arrival in the Colony, acquittals of prisoners upon trial, postponement of trial from Session to Session, adjournments of trial after arraignment. The Honble. W. H. Mercer, Colonial Secretary. Page 2

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$ Copys Fir In 61241.6. Attorney General's office, Houghing 29th April 1236 300 I have the house to request His Excellency. attention to the great great embarrassment-occasioned to the administration of Criminal justice in the Supreme Court for want of the a proper officer to evercive the function of Attorney for prosecution There have occurred, at every my Criminal Session since arrival in the Colony, acquittals. of prisoners upon trial, postponement of trial from Session to Session,- adjournments of trial after arraignment, The Houble. W. . Mercer, Colorical Secretary. 2

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In 61241.6.

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I have the house to request His

Excellency.

attention to the great

great embarrassment-occasioned to the administration of Criminal justice in the Supreme Court for want of

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a proper officer to evercive the function of Attorney for prosecution

There have occurred, at

every

Criminal Session since arrival in the Colony, acquittals. of prisoners upon trial, postponement of trial from Session to Session,- adjournments of trial after arraignment, The Houble. W. . Mercer,

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