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Section 3 abolishes the necessity of calling upon the

accused in cases of felony after a verdict of guilty has been

returned by the jury. Hotions in arrest of judgment are

of necessity made upon technical grounds. If any such grounds are open to a defended prisoner his counsel may be trusted to bring the forward at the proper time, and an

undefended prisoner is extremely unlikely to discover any

such grounds. The section still leaves it open to the

accused to move in arrest of judgment after verdict and before

sentence.

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In my opinion this is an Ordinance to which His Excellency

the Governor may properly aasent in the name of His Majesty

and on His behalf.

Attorney General.