CO129-264 - Governor Sir Robinson & Public Offices - 1894 [9-12] — Page 475

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a loophole for perjurers and

gold mine for

lawyers. They would

rather have

a

Case

dealt with

summarily by

a Magistrate

and a

knowledge of the Chinese language

and customs than by

the members

of

a Jury whom they have

to deal with,

and whom

are ignorant and

prejudiced against whom

they are properly

and consequently

not infrequently prejudiced.

(signed) J. H. S. Lockhart,

Registrar General,

7th June, 1893.

Enclosure 3.

CO470

Report by the Capt. Supt. of Police-

Some Colonial Secretary

660

Considerable difficulty

is, and has been, experienced in keeping witnesses

without fear or favour for the Supreme Court. It is doubted

whether those who

are

forthcoming at the Sessions,

especially those "shadowed" by the Police,

will not be

influenced by their

appearance

very frequently

in Court.

Few cases of tampering

with witnesses have been reported

to the Police, but in

some

there has been

a divergence between evidence

given at the Police Court and that given by the same

witnesses

at the Supreme Court; the

strongest suspicions have

arisen that the witnesses had

been tampered with.

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Enclosure 3.

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Som Colonial Secretory

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