CO129-178 - Governor Hennessy - 1877 [6-8] — Page 227

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sentence by a Magistrate of more than twenty strokes.

15. In the whole I entertained few doubts as to the convictions & sentences in this case, that I declined to mitigate the severity of the various imprisonments & floggings, which the former had fully undergone, further punishment of deportation.

16. Having already reported on the enclosed papers and explained the course I felt compelled to take, I venture to solicit your Lordships' particular attention to two points of some importance. The first is the interpretation I have ventured to put on Ordinance 2° of 1855, Section 4. The Attorney General in his later opinion seems to take the same view; the adjudication of fine or penalty within twelve months should in each case be reported forthwith. The Governor could have no legal prospective effect in contemplation of imprisonment. If I am right, there have been hundreds of cases of this kind improperly dealt with by the Magistrates; for the second sentence I have quoted in a preceding paragraph (13) is the form of sentence pronounced week after week by F.W. Russell when they desire...

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224 sentence by a Magistrate of more than twenty strokes. 15. In the whole I entertained few doubts as to the convictions & sentences in this case, that I declined to mitigate the severity of the various imprisonments & floggings, which the former had fully undergone, further punishment of deportation. 16. Having already reported on the enclosed papers and explained the course I felt compelled to take, I venture to solicit your Lordships' particular attention to two points of some importance. The first is the interpretation I have ventured to put on Ordinance of 1855, Section 4. The Attorney General in his later opinion seems to take the same view; the adjudication of fine or penalty within twelve months should in each case be reported forthwith. The Governor could have no legal prospective effect in contemplation of imprisonment. If I am right, there have been hundreds of cases of this kind improperly dealt with by the Magistrates; for the second sentence I have quoted in a preceding paragraph (13) is the form of sentence pronounced week after week by F.W. Russell when they desire...
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224

sentence by a Mangistrati

of m

are

than

twenty stroke.

15 In the whole I entertained

Section XX!.

fuck & Eave doubts an

f the

convictions & sentences

this case, that I declined

the

Ladd of the various imprisonments

flollings, which the former had fully undergone, further punishment of deportation

16. Having a fer reported

on the enclosed papers

dond

explained the cource I felt

compelled flake,

Ivanture

tack your lordshajes particular attention of two points

the

of some importance. first is the interpretation have ventured to putere Ordinance 2°. 8 of 1855

Section

Su

and the Allomey Jeneral

in his later opinioer

Leems how

dispersed & take the same

view) the adjudication of find Renrity within twelve

months should in each case be reported forthwith 5. the fovemos & could have

no legal prospective effect in contemplations of imprimer If I am right, there havchen hundreds of cases

thes

kind improperty, deal with by the magistrates; for the second sentence I have quoted in a preceding peragraphe (13) is the form of sentence pronounces week after

try

as week bab.

کے

FW. Russell when they

desire

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