CO129-152 - Lieut Governor Whitfield - 1871 [9-10] — Page 7

teaed Shad incurred alleged Shad

arrest

by

the re. annot of that Criminal.

The main ground of the

motion for

"

Q BU

Frial was the

"Perversenes of the Jury in not returning a verdict for the Plaintiff in obedience to the direction of the Chief Justice .

Mr. Hayllar showed against the Rule, but a

it

cause

though It is well known in the Colony from the Reports in the Public Press of what transpired

on-

the

subject, in the House of Commons, that the re-arrest of Kwok Asing was, in the opinion of the Law Offrens of the banen legal and

Crown,

cout

be but

justifiable, there little doubt that the Chief

Justice will grant the Kuler

for a

a AAA

will

Trial and that he

Jones

direat: the Jury

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to

the

fund for the Plaintiff

The Chief Justice however lift the Colony for a vacation on 24th instant without having delivered his Judgment. The

Courts re-open

on the 10th of October. I have 7.

(signed) Julian Pauncefote Attorney General.

(Iner Copy)

a

Sgardiner Martine Colonial Secretary.