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of this Ordinance shall be

"deemed a nuisance"

Nothing

felt themselves compelled to

386

lend a ready Obedience) might

can well be

have

satisfied the Five justices

(not

one of whom is a lawyer)

plainer. But were it otherwise the justices have

no excuse

for not reading it retrospectively :

The Opinion of the Law

Officer of the Crown again

and

again Communicated

to them, the unanimous

opinion of both Councils Also transmitted to them, and

lastly the already cited decisions of the Supreme Court (to which even Mr Mitchell and Mr. May

... that or does not mean " and,

that the Eleventh Section is to

be read retrospectively, and that works resumed, prosecuted,

or

finished " after the 16th April, although commenced before that date, are within the remedy

thereby conferred, as they

Certainly

are within the

Mischief contemplated. But

it was not so.

I have no

hesitation

...

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of this Ordinance shall be

"deemed a nuisance"

Nothing

felt themselves compelled to

386

lend a ready Obedience) might

can well be

have

satisfied the Five justices

(not

one of whom is a lawyer)

plainer. But were it otherwise the justices have

no excuse

for not reading it retrospectively :

The Opinion of the Law

Officer of the Crown again

and

again Communicated

to them, the unanimous

opinion of both Councils Also transmitted to them, and

lastly the already cited decisions of the Supreme Court (to which even Mr Mitchell and Mr. May

assented) shows that "or" does not mean "and",

that the Eleventh Section is to

be read retrospectively, and that works resumed, prosecuted,

or

finished after the 16th April, although commenced before that date, are within the remedy

thereby conferred, as they

Certainly

are within the

Mischief contemplated. But

it was not so.

I have no

hesitation

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