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"enlarged criminal community from " which the Colony has never since "been freed. His Excellency lovernor "Hennessy, since about the end of a year after "his arrival, (1844), re-established the
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"rule
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Sir Hercules Robinson and
"referred the cases to the Judges as bir
"Hercules Robinson had done. Thus
" mercy to those deserving of it has "always been shown whilst really "dangerous characters have been " kept in prison. Thus also the "Judges act on the assurance "that the precise sentence will "be carried out subject only to "remission according to settled
"rules.
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" 2nd Although by law the
"Supreme Court has long been enabled "by special provisions adequately to
" punish old offenders twice "previously convicted, a practice
"prevailed at the Magistracy to deal "with such offenders by repeated "sentences short terms of
of
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"imprisonment. His Excellency "Governor Hennelly, however, being "impressed with the entire
• uselessness of these proceedings. " induced the Magistrates to send "all such old offenders for
trial
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