CO129-063 - Sir Bowring - 1857 [4-7] — Page 345

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The Registrar of unwilling to give evidence in such a has nevertheless completity disposed of this part of it. The remembers that Dr. Bridges, in ad = dressing the Chief Justice, was repering to the disallowance of the Ordinance and the power to receive as evidence étatements by witnessce ' who had only been warned to speak the truth. and that the witnesses in the last case (then "just finished ) should have been devor before the

• taking of theer evidence. He did not hear the Onef Justice say any thing about the convection of "the prisoner then just finished, until after Of Bridges spoke to him. He himself indeed had been in the act of asking his Lordship's direction touching certain practice affected by to the mid disallowance [of the main Ordinance ] But the - subject, upon which he (Mr. Mason) wished the Chief Justices direction had nothing to do with the trial or convcition of the criminal. Indeed, as Mr. Masson has since informed me it related the reception of documents sworn or authenticated abroad, under the 18.0 19. Veit. c. 42,

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with the cocenterstatement of the Acting Colonial letter benelery. It will be for you, bir to notomine ning the weight which is due to it, and especially to the following passages; -

"The proceedings being terminated, I went up to the Chief Justice with the intention of asking " him privately to take the motion (one as soon as possible, as I had to attend an "Executive Council. The came doubt seems recurred to his Lordship as to myself: for, approached him and before I could speak, he asked

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The Registion for the disallowed Ordenale.

And, on this, I mentioned to him powately 30 "between the Registrar's seat and Handing the Deuch, that I had drawn the attention the Crown Sobertor already to the subject "And that is simply all I did in the matter

I shall not waste time upon referting the Crude and unwound "doutets' which Dr Border here confesses himself to have formed, and which the widence of all pusent on the occasion but himself - convicts him of having uittre The Chief Justice after having had his attention to his own well considered judicial 1852, (acted on called by declaration of the 5th by himself in a bu to the 28th February following, when he prac on sich have to lugland) overruled the officers objection of the Acting Colorical secretary, and sustained the convection of the culprit. I am content therefore to let that matter nest.

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But the imperpicety of Dr. Bridges Confect would not be the less, even had his lecoving of thbeen passerred to mine. I confidently accept the issue which he has tindered. He says that, as my Acting Colonial secretary_ if he authores any 57. Gevemment Officer has committed an error it " would be his (D. Bridges) duty to point it out to him; - and, even had he (Dr. Bridges) done so official, what I suppose him to have done ways amenable to my censure, the he is in no even appears to imagine that, in the Supreme Court itself, and in suy conduct of the Crown basing there, I. _ Her Majesty's Attorney Genical, _-_ must! recognise in the Acting Colonial decretary, uninstructed with the commands of this Excellency, my superior in official

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