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the next two seasons. The provision of adequate transport will certainly be a very prominent consideration in any plans for increased production and it was for that reason that the Mission which is now completing its examination of long-term plans for increased groundnut production in West Africa includes a transport expert.
COLONIAL EMPIRE
Administration of Justice (Capital Cases)
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Mr. Dumpleton asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he is now able to make a statement regarding pro- cedure in capital cases in the Colonies.
Mr. Creech Jones: Yes. On 3rd April I promised a further statement regarding procedure in capital cases in the Colonies.
The administration of justice in criminal matters in the Colonies follows broadly the system in this country, and there is for most Colonies a Court of Appeal corresponding to the Court of Criminal Appeal here. Every convicted person has the right to petition the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council for special leave to appeal from a de- cision of a Colonial court, and this right is frequently exercised in capital cases.
In the Apedwa case the initial cause of delay was the fact that the first peti- tion to the Privy Council was not lodged by the accused's advisers until eight months after the date of the dismissal of the appeal by the West African Court of Appeal. The second main cause of delay was the course which the advisers of the convicted men took (a course which is without precedent in the experi- ence of the Colonial Office) of trying to upset the convictions by taking the various proceedings of which I told the
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