CO129-357 - Governor Sir Lugard - 1909 [7-9] — Page 163

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Hon. Attorney-General,

Enclosure

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Rece Reo 19 AUG 09,

I think the amendment of the Code in this

matter to bring it into line with the new English practice was

made without a full appreciation of its possible results or of

the difference between local conditions and those prevailing in

England.

With a Court consisting of two Judges only

I consider that a litigant who desires to have issues of fact

decided by a jury should be entitled as of right to a jury.

2.

The old stories about the unreliability of

Hongkong juries have little bearing on present conditions - the

Jury Lists (Special and Common) are much larger than thay used

to be, owing to the growth of the Colony, and the Special Jurg

List especially contains jurors of a vary high standard of

intelligence and experience.

3.

It is improbable that employer and employed

would sit on the same jury, as the former would probably be a

spacial

the latter a common juror.

I think the letter of the Chamber of

Commerce and the enclosed bill should now be referred for

consideration to the Law Society, which has (I hope) just

entered upon a new lease of life.

(sd.) F. B. L. Bowley,

Crown Solicitor.

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31st. May, 1909.

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