CO129-355 - Governor Sir Lugard - 1909 [1-3] — Page 299

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formerly contended, it would be my duty to call the Registrar's attention to the matter in order that he might report in the usual way. But here I seem to have failed to convey my meaning to Your Excellency. I apree that I should report grave dereliction of duty on the part of any Registry Officer to the Governor, as I in fact did with regard to Mr. Seth; but was referring in paragraphs 13 to 15 to cases which, surely it needs no arguments to show, are matters with which the Chief Justice must himself deal. They do not come within the term "grave dereliction of duty".

I do not think that Your Excellency would seriously contend that I should refer to the Governor any question similar to those mentioned in those paragraphs. What would be the result? The Governor would consult the Attorney-General, and would undertake to decide a question with which he could not have any familiarity; and meanwhile the business of the Court would go on being badly done. Work in these conditions would be impossible.

Nor can I think that Your Excellency seriously intends to urge that Mr. Seth should have reported his absence from duty to the Colonial Secretary who would then report to Your Excellency...

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formerly contended, it would be my duty to call the Registrar's attention to the matter in order that he might report in the usual way. But here I seem to have failed to convey my meaning to Your Excellency. I agree that I should report grave dereliction of duty on the part of any Registry Officer to the Governor, as I in fact did with regard to Mr. Seth; but was referring in paragraphs 13 to 15 to cases which, surely it needs no arguments to show, are matters with which the Chief Justice must himself deal. They do not come within the term "grave dereliction of duty".

I do not think that Your Excellency would seriously contend that I should refer to the Governor any question similar to those mentioned in those paragraphs. What would be the result? The Governor would consult the Attorney-General, and would undertake to decide a question with which he could not have any familiarity; and meanwhile the business of the Court would go on being badly done. Work in these conditions would be impossible.

Nor can I think that Your Excellency seriously intends to urge that Mr. Seth should have reported his absence from duty to the Colonial Secretary who would then report to Your Excellency...

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formerly contended, it would be my duty to call the Registrar's attention to the matter in order that he might report in the usual way. But here I seem to have failed to convey my meaning to Your Excellency. I apree that I should report grave dereliction of duty on the part of any Registry Officer to the Governor, as I in fact did with regard to Mr. Seth; but was referring in paragraphs 13 to 15 to cases which, surely it needs no arguments to show, are matters with which the Chief Justice must himself deal. They do not come within the term "grave dereliction of duty". I do not think that Your Excellency would seriously contend that I should refer to the Governor any question similar to those mentioned in those paragraphs. What would be the result? The Governor would consult the Attorney-General, and would undertake to decide a question with which he could not have any familiarity; and meanwhile the business of the Court would go on being badly done. Work in these conditions would be impossible. Nor can I think that Your Excellency seriously intends to urge that Mr. Seth should have reported his absence from duty to the Colonial Secretary who would then report to Your Excellency... Page 297 ... Page 298 was not directly provided but the content suggest the page is continuing from 297. However, the original text was not properly formatted and had many OCR errors. The above response corrects some of these errors and formats the text into paragraphs. Here is the revised response in HTML format as requested: formerly contended, it would be my duty to call the Registrar's attention to the matter in order that he might report in the usual way. But here I seem to have failed to convey my meaning to Your Excellency. I agree that I should report grave dereliction of duty on the part of any Registry Officer to the Governor, as I in fact did with regard to Mr. Seth; but was referring in paragraphs 13 to 15 to cases which, surely it needs no arguments to show, are matters with which the Chief Justice must himself deal. They do not come within the term "grave dereliction of duty". I do not think that Your Excellency would seriously contend that I should refer to the Governor any question similar to those mentioned in those paragraphs. What would be the result? The Governor would consult the Attorney-General, and would undertake to decide a question with which he could not have any familiarity; and meanwhile the business of the Court would go on being badly done. Work in these conditions would be impossible. Nor can I think that Your Excellency seriously intends to urge that Mr. Seth should have reported his absence from duty to the Colonial Secretary who would then report to Your Excellency... Page 297 ... Page 298
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brud dhow to noi.ibba

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obart #X* ** 8.7 edalɔung (8 Just Jum ob I

.01

ylqar rahnu tezzel ada to ? Ausnutraq ni vorellanx?” way va

formerly contended, it would be my duty to call the

Registrar's attention to the matter in order that he

might report in the usual way. But here I seem to have

failed to convey my meaning to Your Excellency. I apree

that I should report grave dereliction of duty on the part

of any Registry Officer to the Governor, as I in fact did

with regard to Ir. Seth: but was referring in paragraphs

13 to 15 to cases which, surely it needs no arguments to

show, are matters with which the Chief Justice must

himself doal. They do not come within the tera # prave

dereliction of duty".

I do not think that Your Excellency would

seriously contend that I should refer to the Governor any

question similar to those mentioned in those paragraphs.

What would be the result the Governor would consult the

Attorney-General: and would undertake to decide a question

with which he could not have any familiarity: and meanwhile

the business of the Court would go onbeing badly done.

Work in these conditions would be impossible.

"

A27F0D48s

(vanh va as

are or wrozatyal o'r to tacitam the to yêuth to cokrolfensb

TI „Talf Inkoit^0 «larly ma I emilaoed om at si MOMOVOD

C

11.

Nor can I think that Your Excellency

lutenās seriously to urge that Mrg. Seth should have re-

-ported his absence from duty to the Colonial Secretary

251 86 (Jnentisqed to has” Jnahmegebet na et teszalnem ate

who would then report to Your Excellency, who would then

VINIA MOTt

informa

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