CO129-347 - Governor Sir Lugard - 1908 [4-6] — Page 47

OP Y.

I

45

, @Tedruscio

mot sit n,bisvrol of ruonod alið ava: I

Tuo of het Erdie I doidw amo it synseɗo add zurb:1sTorram a to

1

etuloads edt of ne ¿Chal qabrtæë no notósɛtavnoɔ at yons(IsOXI

B: Milw aqoo of eghirt brift a to drsætaloqqs set not ytless501

no anotaa900 vena #dd to walv mi ,fimod smerque sɗd to assalard

aldt atsisting of beaster eari etata to vratenos2 sdt dobrtw

sile naind o; niana bojatiɛod svað blwoife I „VideWova? moitasup

sysei no sal soitaut .Tk to srvtraqob siit juď ¡brewto? 19ddÍ MEI

mt anbilst od bluoda I bishil Justs*tió a mi rettsm and atuq

-urront end tot vonelinox woy of droger ton bib I ti yêub vo

etata protostaitoanu taom erit oteta 20 *1adato#2 add to moid-

.sald Inseang ont te etaixs duffy aristts to

1

..ɔda svari I

#conta *.4 (.b2) .soltaub Tel:0

od to noktaoup oft no cubastoreli s cela conns 1 .2.9 BTINE A Yot mottsho moona antbelt to Wilidinaoq .betatoqqs 110gbut

tonsilsaXN

-0.M.0.X,bisqui dolnobe¬T «İ? -anoxgnoll to Tomavoð

Memorandua.

For the 6th. or 7th. time since I have been in the

Colony, less than 3 years, there is a deadlock in the business

of the Court, with which it is impossible for me to grapple in

any other way than by postponing the hearing of cases already

fixed for trial for an indefinite period, thereby causing great

inconvenience to the profession, and grave hardships to suitors.

The hardship is likely to be specially felt on this occasion, in

view of the proximity of Chinese New Year; because every effort

has to be made to get cases decided before that date.

I must not be understood to imply from the above that

when there is no deadlock, things work satisfactorily. The

business of the Court has to be carried on with a deadlock al-

-ways imminent. The hearing of cases has to be pieced and patch-

-ed and contrived to keep it going with any semblance of order

and regularity, in a manner which is scarcely dignified for a

Court which has important functions to perform, and is a

serious impediment in the proper administration of justice. But

periodically, circumstances over which I have no control bring

matters to a pass which no human ingenuity can grapple with, and

then wholesale postponement of cases is the only way out of the

difficulty. On this occasion the deadlock has been caused by the

Assize lasting for five days, and the hearing of an extradition

case

3