CO129-238 - Governor Des Voeus - 1888 [7-8] — Page 505

Stipendiary Magistrate . And Your Excellewey hav been good errough to invite my opiccion

changes

2.

not

On

the propond

Itrust that it is weeveary for me to

any new

drty

state that any which the Secretary of State may be pleased to assign to the Judges of the Supreme.

Court will be

and

1 cherufully Coyally carried act, but in the absence of any known

for this

or reason.

object o Change of tribunal in Chincee Extradition matters and in view of the observations

which I am about to make

I hope His sortship maybe

induced to reconsider his decision and leave these cases to be dealt with

CLE

heretofore

501

heretofore by the Magistrates

under a somewhat

-modified procedure.

From Your Excellency

3.

letter I do 11ot learn that the

Scoretery of State gowe any

caree

indication ao to how were to be brought before the Supreme Court, or dealt with there. Whether the

Cozent was to be ordered by the Governor to issue warrants, or whether the accused was to be tried before a feedge..

and Jury,

or a

two Judges,

& Judge sitting

alone.

The Draft Bill has been

prepared

on

the assumption

that His Lordship meant a Judge of the Impreme

Court to be a Police Magistrate

and endowed with like

powers . "A judge of the

Suprem