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they not having been convicted before a Magistrate.
(2). That being officers in receipt of over
$1,200 a year at the time of their dismissal they were entitled to be tried by the Governor in person and in the manner provided for by Colonial Office Rules numbered 84,85 and 88. The petition- ers joined the Police Force while Ordinance 9 of 1862 was in force. By that Ordinance Section 22 it was provided:-
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Notwithstanding anything herein contained
to the contrary His Excellency the Governor shall have power to
grant permission to resign to any Inspector, Sergeant or
Constable of the force who may become unfit for further service
from ill health, on the certificate of the Colonial Surgeon to
that effect being produced, or in any special cases brought to
His Excellency's notice by the Captain Superintendent, His Excel-
lency the Governor shall have power to grant to any such officer
permission to resign or to dismiss any such officer."
This Section 22 of Ordinance 9 of 1862
when embodied in Ordinance 14 of 1887, the Ordinance at present
regulating the Police Force, was split up into two parts and
practically reenacted by Sections 14 and 24 of the present Ordi-
Dance.Section 14 provides:-
"Notwithstanding
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