CO129-157 - Sir MacDonnell Acting Governor Sir Kennedy - 1872 [4-5] — Page 545

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that I will not go away you leave metr Cart one or two of your accordingly left two men on board passion and went on shore : in board the

While I was on shore, the Warrant was inspected several times by the Trouch Cousul, the Chancellor of the French Consulate, the Agout, the Captain, and the Officer from the "Alma".

The French Consul must have known that I had the Warrant to execute before coming on board, and I think he should have drawn the attention of the Judge or some other competent person to the illegality of it and asked them to stop the execution of the Warrant instead of letting matters go so far. If the arrest turns out to be illegal, the issue of the Warrant was illegal because one must follow the other.

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The Marshal has discretion in the matter. If he fails to carry out the warrant, he is guilty of a contempt of Court.

-- I forgot to state that while the examination mentioned at the commencement of this statement was going on in the Supreme Court and after the Registrar had spoken about drawing up the Warrant, the French Consul came into the Court and conversed

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20 that I will not go away you leave metr Cart one or two of your accordingly left two men on board passion and went on shore : in board the While I was on shore, the Warrant was inspected several times by the Trouch Cousul, the Chancellor of the French Consulate, the Agout, the Captain, and the Officer from the "Alma". The French Consul must have known that I had the Warrant to execute before coming on board, and I think he should have drawn the attention of the Judge or some other competent person to the illegality of it and asked them to stop the execution of the Warrant instead of letting matters go so far. If the arrest turns out to be illegal, the issue of the Warrant was illegal because one must follow the other. 543 The Marshal has discretion in the matter. If he fails to carry out the warrant, he is guilty of a contempt of Court. -- I forgot to state that while the examination mentioned at the commencement of this statement was going on in the Supreme Court and after the Registrar had spoken about drawing up the Warrant, the French Consul came into the Court and conversed
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that I will not go away you

leave

metr

Cart

one or two of your accordingly left two men on board

passion and went on shore :

in

board the

While I was on Warrant was inspected several times by the Trouch Cousub, the Chancelier of the French Consulate, the Agout, the Captain, and the Officer from

the Alma".

The Frouch Consul must have known that I had the Warrant to execute before Scame

on

board, and I think he should

Judge

have drawn the attention of the

or come other competent person to the illegality of it and

543

and assted them to stop the execution of the Warrant instead of letting matters go so far of the arrest turns out to be illegal, the issue of the Warrant

was

illegal because

one

meest follow

the other. The marshall has discretion in the matter. If he fails

out the warrant ri

in car

خند

carrying

guilty of a contempt of Court -- I forgot to state that while the

examination mentioned at the

commencement of this statement was going

on in the Supreme Court and after the Registrar

had spoken about drawing up the Warrant the French Consul

came into the Court and conversed

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