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ultimo; and which is

equally

applicable to the matter now in hand.

It will be seen that the

Attorney-General adheres to his former opinion. I should

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mention that it has been

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remarked here that the despatch

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under

reply

contains no m

intimation as to whether the ~

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decision overruling the Law --

Officer of the Crown in this

Colony

was taken on

in England, or merely on the "advice of the Colonial Department

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in

Downing Street; and that, with

all due respect to that Department,

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the opinion of the Law Officers of the Crown would necessarily

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earry far

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more

weight, and ~..

would be regarded

as

definitely

settling the questions at issue? "For myself, I need

I need only

assure Your Lordship that all

Colonial Governors of experience

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the advice

would

agree

extreme

cases,

such

of the Law Officers of the Crown

" in

that, except in

as

it is

impossible