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NFIDENTIA L.
Hongkong.
My Lord,
C.O
30923
RECP
371
Tre 16 SEP 09
Government House,
Hongkong, 13th. August, 1909.
Gov 30876
Enclosures
With reference to the letter from
the Chief Justice, dated the 19th. ultimo, a copy of which
has been forwarded to Your Lordship under cover of my
Despatch No. 234 of even date, I have the honour to state
that, as the remarks made by His Honour in that letter
and supported by the attached list of cases in which a
trial by Jury had been applied for and refused appears at
first sight to go far towards justifying the conclusion
drawn by the Chief Justice "that the case for the altera-
-tion of the law put forward by the Chamber of Commerce is
not borne out by the facts"; I accordingly referred the
letter to that body for any explanation they might wish to
make and I requested the views of the Attorney-General
and Crown Solicitor upon it, and I attach their replies.
The Chamber'a reply is enclosed in my Despatch referred to
above.
RIGHT HONOURABLE THE RARL OF CREVE,
800.
2.
&C...
800 - 1
On 4th. instant the Honourable
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