CO129-347 - Governor Sir Lugard - 1908 [4-6] — Page 43

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Chambers,

Supreme Court House, Hongkong,

25th. June, 1907.

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beziosorage vibségeqen ben sh .ald wf babtomb at ut het arallob

antro solor ♬ exil es solov ett did drawzievod mravenof ext

omis .4403 oft not not tregas air bajen197 SH Basrabitv ad ni

I do betettregon ang buo adi na miftumoral new ti tad

taivas erit diža (1970 „Vinagong aeenland ont toubnon of mid tot

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sir,

In reply to Your Excellency's letter of

19th. instant on the subject of the remarks recently made by me

on the subject of the insufficiency of the Bench of Judges, I

regret that it is impossible for me to admit that questions can

be addressed to the Judges by the Head of the Colonial Govern-

-ment in connexion with remarks made by them on the Bench, even

though those remarks involve adverse criticism of the Govern**

camente acid mort town matit

-mont.

With regard to the application of this

general principle to the subject matter of this correspondence,

I have the honour to point out to Your Excellency that the

Judges have a duty to perform to the public, and if there is

unwarrantable delay in bringing cases on for hearing, and com-

-plaint is made of such delay in Court, it is the manifest duty

of the Judge to state the reason of such delay. It does not

cease to be his duty because the reason is the failure on the

part of the Government to provide a sufficient number of Judges

to cope with the work of the Court. If such statement is not mad●

the