CO129-368 - Acting Governor May - 1910 [8-9] — Page 645

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that in the circumstances as the Crown had obtained an authorita-

-tive decision in its favour in the later case on the same

question that it should not have attempted to pursue further

641 the appeal in the former case.

4.

Holding this view I need scarcely say that

if I had been at the time in my substantive office of Attorney-

-General I should certainly have declined to sanction what I

regarded as the ill advised action of the Crown Solicitor. I

may observe in regard to His Excellency's observation as to the

very inconvenåent situation created owing "to the two contra-

-dictory judgments" that that position would not have been in

the least altered had we given two judgments on the same point

instead of one.

5.

I only desire to add that in Sir William

Goodman's case who I believe acted on several occasions as

Chief Justice and was afterwards appointed to the substantive

post questions must doubtless have arisen of a similar

character but I have not heard that they were regarded as &

stumbling block to the practical discharge of his duties or

that the position in his case was over assailed.

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(sd.) W. Rees „avies.

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The Honourable

The Colonial Secretary,

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