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is whether the Governer possesses the Legal Power to carry it out. I have therefore referred to the Despatches on the subject and the following appears to be the state of the Case. In 1866 An Ordinance was passed (N=8 of 1366) which by Section 15.
5 provided that Criminals might on their own Petition be
liberated
on Condition of being.
branded, and departed, and it also
enasted that if found again in the
Colony, they.
were to be flogged and
remitted to their original sentence.
See Hangetory Gazette.
P. 340.
then W484 of how 227 18ht)
Lord Carnarvon who was Secretary of Staite for the Colonies objected altogether to this Clause, and directed
it to be expunged from the Ordinance. [Nots of April The Duke of Buckingham however 14 1867)
who succeeded Lord Carnarvon it the Colonial Office after further Carrespondence
: bank authongs on the subject consented to permit
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the Clause to stand with the following
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paction shutiful modification, namely, that the flogging.
politim for release
a red carton should not be inflicted unless the
and of flopsing
ster beving Criminal not only returned to the
Banded
Colony but mere
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again convicted of
His Exathney Six Richard
Graves Mar Donnell thereupon caused Ordinance Nr 8 of 1866 to be repealed, and it was re-inmated ass Nr. 9 of 1860%, but the Provisions of Section 15 were entirely omitted.
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