Cover image for Letterbook of Lieutenant-Governor'S Correspondence addressed to Crown Law Offices.
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Letterbook of Lieutenant-Governor'S Correspondence addressed to Crown Law Offices.
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Access:
Open
Start Date:
09 Nov 1827
End Date:
09 Sep 1836
Creating Agency:
01 Jan 1825
Series notes:
The letters copied here went through the Colonial Secretary, but were addressed by the Governor to the Attorney-General and sometimes to the Solicitor-General in accordance with the practice which gave these officers the right of direct access. The letters convey instructions for the drafting of legislation or other legal instruments, and refer to the law officers all questions involving a legal interpretation, such as the applicability of British Acts, the legality of convict punishment, whether prosecutions may be made, and the protection of the legal rights of the Crown. In important matters the replies will be found as enclosures to the despatches in GO33; and the correspondence in CSO1 contains related material

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