This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1855 Excerpt: ...in this province, especialy one to be Chief Justice, for Your Grace by considering the past disorders in this Govern', will find they have proceeded from persons ambitious to have that Office, and by the several relations, and dependencies and parties, which arise on any party struggle, where, in so small a Country, ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1855 Excerpt: ...in this province, especialy one to be Chief Justice, for Your Grace by considering the past disorders in this Govern', will find they have proceeded from persons ambitious to have that Office, and by the several relations, and dependencies and parties, which arise on any party struggle, where, in so small a Country, the Judges commonly take sides, and the Administration of common justice becomes precarious. There are few cases which come before Judges (natives of this Province) wherein they are not some way interested, and there is even danger of the People's loosing all sence of Justice as well as of good Govern'. In the present case of the prosecution of Oliver De Lancey, the chief Justice is his Brother, and the other Judge a weak man, and strongly attached by friendship to the De Lancey's family. I informed Your Grace by my letter of the 29th of May (a duplicate of which 1 sent pr ship Samuel and Judith 8th June and now inclose a triplicate), of the dispute which happened and still continues between the Governour of Canada and me in relation to the release of prisoners on both sides and of the designs, which I think that Gov' has in prejudice to the British interest and Commerce among the Indians, to which I beg leave to refer Your Grace, I at the same time sent Your Grace copies of the letters which passed between that Gov' and me. Since that time I have got all the French prisoners, who were in the hands of our Indians, delivered up to Mr Johnson (the Officer whom I employ to manage the Indian affairs) and I have restrained the Five nations from sending deputies to Canada. This no one Gov' of New York (before this time) was ever able to obtain; The Five nations have always before this, at the conclusion of a war, made peace in Canada, seperately from ...
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