CO129-164 - Sir Kennedy - 1873 [7-9] — Page 86

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trial of several important civil and Criminal cases in the

Supreme Court... Harough Mr. Holines and Mr. Denny I have

searched and arrival in December last to the

find that from my

precut time our matter which had been decided by Mr Ball as Acting Chief Justice in 1872. has reccully been spoken

to and quickly and satisfactorily arranged which as it would have rccupied me a very long time Ireferred to Mr Ball.

Besides this Mr Ball has presided in four all not being important civil "Common Law"

Cases and on

the trial

of

three

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certainly not important Criminal

I believe that since my

Cases.

arrival in December last thess have been the only

he has acted in

eases in which

my

stead.

the Memorialists have I beticar entirely misapprehended

the position of the Chief Justice and of

Mr Ball..

The preamble to Ordinance Se7 of 1862 sets forth that "it is necessary to relieve the thing Justice

sour of his

Judicial duties and otherwire to afford him

from

aid in the administration of Justice..

The summary

business was always s

small

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