CO129-582-4 Legal Department- vacancies for Magistrates and Crown Counsel 11-5-1939 - 24-10-1939 — Page 16

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C. O.

Mr.

Mr.

Mr.

Mr. A. J. Dawe.

Sir H. Moore.

Sir G. Tomlinson.

Sir J. Shuckburgh.

Permt. U.S. of S.

Parly. U.S. of S.

Secretary of State.

DRAFT.

cy. para. 307

Ms. 549 on

20453/6/37

Personnel

-print W/w.).

as may be necessary, am not, havever

9.

ні

favour of merging

the two offices nito one office of "Magisivate

and Crown Counsel."

3.

I assume that there will

be two distinct offices, viz.,

Crown Counsel and Magistrate, and

I have us objectim to that candidates appointed to

benig

either office will be informed

that they will be required to act

in the other. I am accordingly

proceeding with the selection of

a candidate for the second vacancy

with the title of Crown Counsel,

and he will be informed that he may

be required to carry out the duties

of Magistrate. He will not be

appointed until after the 1st of

January 1940.

FURTHER ACTION.

Ac.

I observe from the last

sentence of paragraph 3 of your

(1)

despatch No. 332 of the 11th of May

that officers appointed as Crown

Counsel