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it under the hand of Governer Bowring himself in a public hitter to the Bench of Magistrates, that I had me appeal to a higher Court under writ of Artinari_ the brown itself having ou beness of appeal- was the infener Couch envested with exclusive jurisdiction

so jealousty

all issues under the Ordinance in question, and

over all

^

Finally I cannot aconcele it that Ber

Majesty's Government should thus ordain a Court with these absoluck and peremptny powers

the property of Star Majesty's subjects within this Colony and subse-

- quently nullify its action.

The fettlewing brief

of this case.

resume will serve to recall the leading facts

4. My walls were first impeached by summans before the appointed .

Cecut on the 23th of May 1856, and a decision which I certainly ventured to "ally expon" was pronunced in my faver.

5. They

6.

were impeached a second time before the same Thitunal (being the only Keibunal) on the 3th of June following, when a sound decision was punounced in my fava upon which I again

" to

aely

They

weu

and continued my works accordingly.

ventured

impeached

A

third time, not until the 20th August.

me a

following (the Executive of this Colony thus allowing mest injurious license of time to complete them!) when a Stipendiary Magistrate, (prot a bench of Magistrates as before) stating

In

Open Court that hefilt himself bound to defer to some induct opinion of His Hona the brief Suctive / though not judicially purneunced) to the effect that the former

decisions in

my fam

were

contrary

to Ordinance N°4 of 1856,

condemned