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His Majesty's Government in the Colony.
The former question is based on live cases which came before me on the application of Mr. Rennie, Auditor General for both the Colony and the Consular Departments in China and Japan, and I enclose his letters and the nil reply received at my hands from the Acting Colonial Secretary.
3. The first direction from the case is briefly as follows: a criminal is sent down from a Consular Court (Canton, China) to be tried before the Supreme Court of the Colony, as by law directed. The trial comes off, and afterwards a Bill is made out by the Crown Solicitor against the Consulate for $104 1/2, of which £6 are taxed off.
4. The remaining $98 1/2 is there for the Crown Solicitor, $47 3 for the Attorney General, and $50 for Postage.
5. When attention was drawn to this charge, a rule without notice given was struck out on two points - 1. the infraction of or authority received, and this to the personal advantage of the Law officers of this Government. For I have known no less than eight different Crown Prosecutors here since the Establishment of the Supreme Court, and I have never heard of such a charge as that now made in the case under remark. This is so...
2.
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Majesty's Government in the botony.
The
former question is based on live
cases which came
before
me on
the application
of Mr. Rennie, Auditor General for both the Colony and the Consular Departments in China
and Japan, and I enclose his letters and the Nil
reply
The received at
my
Acting Colonial Secretary
3.
The first
direction from the
case is briefly as follows:
a criminal is sent down from a Consular
Court (Canton, China) to be tried
before
the
is Supreme Court of the Colony, as by law
directed. The trial comes off,
a
Bill
and afterwards
It the Consulate is made out by
against
the Crown Solicitor
for $ 104 1/2, of which #6
→
are taxed
4.
are -
off
the
$981⁄2 this remaining there
for the brown Solicitor & 473
for
the Attorney General # 50.
for Postage
外
5.
when
attention was drawn to
my
this charge.
бо
a rule without notice given
was struck by two points-
1. the infraction of
or
authority received, and this to the personal
advantage of the Law officers of this Government,
for
I have known no less than Eight different
Crown Prosecutors here since the Establishment
of the Supreme Court, and I have never heard
as that now made in the case
under remark - This is so
of
such
a
charge
foor
set at rest by the
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