CO129-059 - Sir Bowring - 1856 [11-12] — Page 294

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the question as to the retrospective character of the Ordinance, and you state that from the decisions of the Magistrates "the Crown has not apparently thought fit to avail itself of its indisputable right of appeal to the Supreme Court, the highest recognised expounder of Enactments" in our Colonial law.

It is proper that this matter be finally settled, as misapprehension continues to exist concerning it.

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The Government did appeal to the Supreme Court against the magistrate's decisions under the Ordinance, and the result of these appeals was duly reported by the Honorable Attorney General in two official letters, from which the following extracts are taken:

I have previously certified my opinion to be that, where a sum had been refused by a summons...

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the question as to the retrospective character of the Ordinance, and you state that from the decisions of the Magistrates "the Crown has not apparently thought fit to avail itself of its indisputable right of appeal to the Supreme Court, the highest recognised expounder of Enactments" in our Colonial law. It is proper that this matter be finally settled, as misapprehension continues to exist concerning it. Page 5 The Government did appeal to the Supreme Court against the magistrate's decisions under the Ordinance, and the result of these appeals was duly reported by the Honorable Attorney General in two official letters, from which the following extracts are taken: I have previously certified my opinion to be that, where a sum had been refused by a summons...
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