CO129-182 - Governor Hennessy - 1878 [9-12] — Page 391

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52.

Jour

would

would also call attention

to the re iteration of the i words " allowed to this exempre"

with

reference

Officers of the Court":"

a frundertent

1. Your Honour

will be

good enough to favour

-hime (the Governor ) with some

further explanations

as to th

circumstances under which

Kuffam

was allowed to escape . This, I would submit res question which

• preekfully,

is a

the Governor can best ansurar himself, although by constantly Papping upon it he seeks to

throw the responsibility

J

I have

already pointed out

that having formed the opinion that the sepposed offence come defacebling.

under the

Trustee

کیه ای

a misdemeanour, and not unde

"the Darceny & Emberglement alanses of our L'arceny

ad a

Orduaner

- felony, the Allorney General

2.

abone could initiate proceedings

Bad 20

Coresi derd te

cade

to fall under the latter clauses do not know what other & better steps & could have taken

personally

to arrest the fugitive.

Within

331

Neither Dr. Molton or Mr. Goller would say

ہ ہے۔ ہور کے

information

and I had placed the matter

the hands off the legal adviser the Governor, who,

in

of

no doubt,

"feet the difficulty of acting

ہوتے ہیں

evidence ut second hands, and: in the absence of a profice information. I know of no power

I have as

Chief Justice to cause the correct

of any person of my for

A

Overr

motion

ur: under Jeet 65.

cris demeanour

I

conclusione, Freest be:

allaved ouee more

express

great regret with which I find myself compected to take the stop of laying this corres- pondence before you.

It is most distasteful

me to do so, as it is the first time

during nearly seven years service that I have found myself at variance with the Governot-

can alsure you, Sir, &

that I am not acting.

any feeling of personal annoyance whatever, but ou public grounds

of

and after great consederation what course I ought to take. Though the matter is in itself slight, tho has are

it

important bearing

Ott

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