CO129-082 - Sir Robinson - 1861 [8-12] — Page 408

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5

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was then applied on and

granted to bring up

the Crown to be taken on the

the body

Case

Pastor before the Suṛreme

count. At the hearing

the 5th bustant, the chief

Justice usheld the

commitment, and Paston

was remanded to custody, but the chief ductice intimated in court that, considering the importance

of

the

case and that no

precedent could be found, be

should apply to me

the surrender of

to delay the Prisoner,

so as to allow time for the

opinion of

for

the Law Officers of

4

4.

This application the

Chief Justice has made in

а

deshatek, a copy of

which

-forms enclosure A4, auch I have complied with his request. _ I shall, therefore, await now instructions from your Gince before communicating further with Laon in reply

to his arslication ..

5.

The legal point upon which the chief Justice entertains most doubt is, as will be seen

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