London and China, in which he asks
for an enquiry on Your Lordship's part as to the administration of the law in this Colony, in connection with prosecution for libel he instituted against Mr. Pitman, for which Mr. ... was fined fifty dollars in June last.
2. Mr. Nelson states that he has already communicated direct with Your Lordship. This system, of sending to the Governor duplicates of letters addressed to the Secretary of State a short time before the mail leaves and communicating a copy direct to the Colonial Office, has recently been established by M. Keswick,
3. but it seems to me that a strict adherence to the Colonial Regulations would (apart altogether from the position of the local Government in the matter) be more convenient for all parties.
Your Lordship will see from the enclosed letter of the Acting Colonial Secretary that Mr. Nelson was duly informed that his communication would be transmitted after I had received reports from the Chief Justice and the Attorney General upon it.
4. I enclose for Your Lordship's information a copy of the remarks of the Chief Justice and of the Attorney General's on Mr. Nelson's letter.
5. The case in question is a libel case.
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London and China, in which he asks
a
for an enquiry on Your Lordship's part as to the administration of the law in this Colony, in connection with prosecution for libel he instituted against Mr. Pitman, for which Mr. ___
fined fifty dollars in
Vitman was
June last
2.
has
year.
Mr. Nelson states that he
already communicated direct with
Your Lordship. This system, of sending
to the Governor duplicates of
letters
addressed to the Secretary of State a short
time before the mail leaves and
communicating
copy
at the same time
a
direct to the Colonial Office, has recently been established by M. Keswick,
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but it seems
to
me
that a strict adherence
to the Colonial Regulations would (apart
altogether from the position of the local Government in the matter)
convenient for all
3.
for all parties.
be more
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Your Lordship will see from
the enclosed letter of the Acting Colonial
Secretary that Mr. Netson was
informed
duly
that his communication would be
I had received reports
transmitted after
the Chief Justice and the Attorney
from General upon it.
4.
I enclose for Your
-Lordship's information a copy of the
Eustice's and of the Attorney
of the Attorney General's
April 1881.
Chief
"remarks
on
5.
Mr. Nelson's letter.
The
libel.
case in
in que
-question
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