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on a demurrer raised to the special plea whereby the defendant Saint proprietor of the China Mail justified the libel in respect to which the then Acting Attorney General M'Ball had filed information.
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a
ex officio
immediate duty
in
It is beyond my transmitting the papers connected with the very unusual proceedings in this Case to offer thereon any comments of my own. I have done that which is essential to placing them in an intelligible and consecutive form before Your Lordships. The enclosed narrative of the proceedings whilst divided and docketed in sets according to the date and details of those proceedings is printed, and paged consecutively throughout, but requires to be understood with a careful perusal by professional readers.
I should therefore be only imperfectly repeating what is contained in that narrative, if I were to attempt an analysis of it here. I can only say, as I am bound to give an opinion thereon that entirely concurring personally with the concluding paragraph
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of the Attorney General in declaring that "as a member of the government, as a Member of the Bar, which I am, and as a Member of the Community which my position does not prevent my sympathizing with, I hope this judgment will be appealed against." I would further point out that not merely does the Chief Justice directly traverse the right of the Attorney General to file
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on a demurrer raised to the special plea whereby the defendant Saint propnicter of the China Mail justified the libel in respect to which the then Acting Attomey, General M1Ball had fided information.
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a
ex officio
immediate duty
in
It is beyond my transmitting the papero connected with
the very unusual proceedings in this Case to offer thereon
any
commento of my own. I have done that which is essential to
placing them in an
intelligible and
consecartive form before Your Lordships. the
enclaced
nanative of the procedings whils:
divided and docketted in seto according to the date and details of those proceedings is printed, and paged consecutively
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throughout, but requires to be unitertent
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careful perusal by professional readers.
I should therefore be only imperfectly
repeating what is contained in that narative, if I were to attempt an analysis of it here. I can only say, as
as bound to five
an apinion thereon that Sentirely crepee personally with the conclucting paragraph
Page 15. of the attomey General in deckoning that
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as
a member of the govemment. "as a Member
of the Bar, which I
am. and as a Member
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of the Community which my position does not prevent my sympathizing with. I hope "this judgment will be appealed against. b. I would further point out that not
does the Thief Justice directly tronense
merely
the right of the Attomey funeral to file
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