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they are worthy of disapproval, not only in the interest of the cheap and speedy administration of justice, but in that of the accused, relief incarceration is prolonged together with the hearing of the charges, of which he may after all be innocent. I trust that Your Excellency may be induced to make a representation to this effect to the Chief Justice.

11. The Regula Generales of Easter Term, 17th March 1846, and "Carter Term, 11th March 1847", provide (1) for the due observance of "four terms in each year for the despatch of the civil business of the Supreme Court, and that the "said terms shall be in the months of February, March, May, and November, and shall commence on the first, and terminate on the last day of the said months respectively". The same "Regula" also (s. 2 of the first is amended by the second Regula) direct that houses be held for the trial of issues and Actions, such sittings to commence on the 15th day of February; the 15th day of April, the 15th day of June, the 10th day of July, the 10th day of October, and the 1st day of December, and shall terminate on the 16th day of each of such months respectively, with power to the court to sit oftener, upon giving reasonable notice thereof.

I regret to say provisions have been kept. There are no regular Sessions of the Court. When an importunate Suitor or Attorney obtains a day for sitting down his cause before

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they are worthy of disapproval, not only in the interest of the cheap and speedy administration of justice, but in that of the accused, relief incarceration is prolonged together with the hearing of the charges, of which he may after all be innocent. I trust that Your Excellency may be induced to make a representation to this effect to the Chief Justice. 11. The Regula Generales of Easter Term, 17th March 1846, and "Carter Term, 11th March 1847", provide (1) for the due observance of "four terms in each year for the despatch of the civil business of the Supreme Court, and that the "said terms shall be in the months of February, March, May, and November, and shall commence on the first, and terminate on the last day of the said months respectively". The same "Regula" also (s. 2 of the first is amended by the second Regula) direct that houses be held for the trial of issues and Actions, such sittings to commence on the 15th day of February; the 15th day of April, the 15th day of June, the 10th day of July, the 10th day of October, and the 1st day of December, and shall terminate on the 16th day of each of such months respectively, with power to the court to sit oftener, upon giving reasonable notice thereof. I regret to say provisions have been kept. There are no regular Sessions of the Court. When an importunate Suitor or Attorney obtains a day for sitting down his cause before Page 182 ...to be... No change is made on the original "Page 182" and "...to be..." as they are likely to be page information and missing word due to OCR damage respectively. The rest of the text is reformatted according to the rules. The original text has been corrected for spelling, spacing, and some minor reordering for clarity and grammar. The text is now in HTML format using for paragraphs.
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they are worthing of disapproval, not only in the interest of the cheap and Speedy and ministration of justice, bit in that of the evenved, relieve incor- _ceration is prolonged together with the hearing of the charges, of which he

may after all be unreent. I Frust that How Excellency, many be induced to make a representation to this effect to the blusief Justice.

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