the omission of which, indeed, I was not aware till my attention was called to it by the despatch of the Secretary of State of the 3rd September, 1894.
3. The alteration was made in the Legislative Council - opposition was raised and no objection was made at the time to the amendment nor am I aware of any complaint having been made of the present state of the law either by the European or Chinese sections of the community.
4. A single magistrate was allowed to sentence to 12 months in certain special cases by Sect. 6 of Ord. 16 of 1875, by Sect. 4 of Ord. 8 of 1882 (on plea of guilty), by Sect. 6 of Ord. 28 of 1889, and by Sect. 12 of Ord. 11 of 1890.
5. Section 80 of Ord. 10 of 1890, however, while reserving the discretionary power of committing for trial, gave the Magistrates power to convict summarily except in the scheduled offences, and to sentence for a term not exceeding 12 months.
6. It must be borne in mind that in this Colony, the Chinese are numerically in proportion to all other nationalities combined, and that probably 95 cases out of every hundred which come before the Magistrates are cases of Chinese, mostly of the Coolie class.
7. I have no hesitation in saying that the Chinese would prefer that the Magistrate's jurisdiction should remain as it is.
the omission of which, indeed, I was not aware till my attention was called to it by the despatch of the Secretary of state of the 3th September, 18974.
3.
The alteration was made in the Legislative Connail -opposition was raised
and no
at the time to the amendment nor am I aware of any complaint having been made of the present state of 1
: the law either by the European or Chinese sections of the community.
4.
A single magistrate
cases
was allowed to sentence to 12 months in certain special by Dect. 6 of Ord. 16 of 1875, by see.. 4 of 8 of 1882 (on plea of guilty) by sec. 6 of Ord. 28 of 1889 and by 29 sect. 12 of 11 of 1890- /* 25/1899
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Section 80 of 10 of 1890.
~ however, while réserving the discretionary power of committing for trial, gave the Magistrates power to convict summarily
except in the scheduled offences, and to sentence for a term not exceeding 19 months.
6.
It must be born in mind that in this Colony, the Chinese are numerically
20 to!
in proportion to all other nation alities combined and that,
probably 95 cases out of every
hundred which come
before
are cases
of
the Magistrates, Chinese, mostly of the Coolie class.
7
saying
I have no hesitation in
that the chinese would.
prefer that the Magistrates jurisdiction should reucain as
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