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thinking that, as the Attorney General cannot be aware without reference to the Head of the Exxcecutive what the relations of the govemment or what it's views may be in reference to the Foreign Govemment which engaget

the services of the Attemey General, the latter would do well to

had terminated. Unfortunately the

bhief Justice having elicited from

me

the

fact that I knew nothing whatever of

took on himself to announce

the proceedings that fact about

Public and

aw

hour aftermando in

from the Bench-

during an

excamination "de bene ese" of Gaveman Herke,

to Europe from Maças.

notice in

every

Such

case

give of his intention

then on his

way

not

merely, however, did he make that announcement but he added the

very

to prosecute, in the Queen of England's

name, any one of Her Majesty's subjects at the instance of Starsign Authorities,

especially

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in matters which in no

extraordinary apertion that I had requested him to do so and even stated that I

disapproved of the proceedings.

way

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le. I never

affect the Queen's Seace brown on Dignity. 5. Ishould not under andin

andinary circumstances

have worked the Attorney General for any explanation of the course he had pursued till all the procedings in Regina v Saint

gave

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opinion.

on the

subject, and even at this moment could not bay whether I might or might not have approved of the proceedings if reference had