CO129-164 - Sir Kennedy - 1873 [7-9] — Page 26

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Honorable the Secondary of State. The Despatch to which I

to the effect that

allude is to the

steps

are about to be taken to

reconstitute the Supreme Court, to abolish the bourt of Summary

Jurisdiction, and contemplates

my retiring upon a

pension

intheding upon the abolition of an Office,

"the five years consequent

and I

ume the amount of

presume

pension in respect of

respect of several

service in another Colony.-

from performance of the duties

of

a Puisne

Judge

subject I may

On this

be allowed to

state that I was originally

appointed have acted

Puisne

as

and

Judge Chief Justice of

this bolony for nearly five

years, during which time no

decision of

mine

has

ever

been

one

reversed at home, and I venture to think that it is not in the power of any to complain that he has suffered damage by

reason

of the

occasional attacks to which I have

years

She

ground

on which

this proposal

is

based

appears

to be that

myy

hearch is

been sub

I wish to add

that in that

respect

I have not

indifferent that I am disabled

subjented...

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