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10. On the 8th of March, however, the Chief Justice wrote again, waiving his request that I should call on Mr. Bull and on a practitioner, Mr. Hayllar for reports of what had occurred in Court, as though anything was important except his own authoritative statement of the Law, which necessarily could have but one suitable exponent, namely himself. In the same letter he represents the delay in getting a report from Mr. Bull as preventing his giving the explanation "which I had permitted, and which he wished to make on Mr. Deane's Report."
11. I then felt I could no longer defer placing the action and motives of the Government more formally on record: as Mr. Smale was gradually entangling the simple object of Government in the meshes of a confused web of his weaving. This was done by the enclosed letter of the 10th March from the Colonial Secretary to the Chief Justice.
Enclosure No. 6
12. That letter fully explains the impossibility of this Government accepting any explanation of the principles which had guided him as to acceptance or rejection of "Confessions generally," but the Chief Justice himself distinctly declares that it rested entirely with him to give or withhold "explanations on the subject."
13. I presume this very intelligible and unambiguous mode of putting the Case...
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10. On the 8th of March, however, the lachief justice wrote again waying his request that I should call on M: Bull and on a practitioner, M. Hayllar for reports of what had occured in Court, as
though anything
was
important except
his
own authoritative statement of the Law,
which necessarily could have but one suitable exponent, namely himself. In
the
same
letter he represents the delay in getting a report from M. Ball preventing his giving the explanation
"which I had permitted, and which he
wished to make on M Deane's Report.
M.
longer defer
11. I then felt I could no placing the action and motives of the Government more formally on record:
as
Mer Smale
was
gradually entangling the
simple object of Goverment in the
meshes of a confused web of his
weaving. This
was done.
by the enclosed
Endowment le letter of the 10th March from the bolonial
Enclosure No 6
Secutary to the Chief justice.
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that letter fully explains the impofaibility of this Government accepting
but the Chief Justice himself.
from any one
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explanation of the principles which
haut quided him as to receptance
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rejection of "Confessions generally,
ar
and-
distinctly declares that it rested entirely
with him to
on
withold
Cany
to give anations on the subject."
"explanations
13.
I presume this very intelligible and
undlifectionable mode
mode of putting the Case
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