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experienced in ascertaining the degree of credit
which they ought to give to Native testimony,
and, finally, from the delay, in the proceedings
of the Court, which were productive of great
inconvenience to the Witnesses who attended
the Sessions, and great expense to the Government,
which defrayed their costs. The obvious way
of remedying these evils in the system of
administering justice, was, first, to give the
Natives a direct interest in that system,
by imparting to them a considerable share
in its administration. Secondly, to give
them a proper value for a character for
veracity, by making such a character the
condition upon which they were to look
for respect from their countrymen, and
that from which they were to hope for
promotion in the service of their Government.
Thirdly, to make the Natives themselves, who
from their knowledge of their Countrymen
can decide, at once upon the degree of
credit which ought to be given to Native
testimony, judges of fact, and thereby
shorten the duration of trials, relieve Witnesses
from a protracted attendance on the Courts,
and materially diminish the expense of the
Government. The introduction of trial by Jury
into Ceylon, and the extension of the right
of sitting upon Juries to every Native of
the Island, under certain modifications, seemed

Identifier: | JB/010/162/002 "JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 10.
Date_1	1825-05-26	Marginal Summary Numbering
Box	010	Main Headings
Folio number	162	Info in main headings field
Image	002	Titles
Category	correspondence	Number of Pages	4
Recto/Verso	recto	Page Numbering
Penner	sir alexander johnston	Watermarks	[[watermarks::j whatman [motif] 1825 balston & co]]
Marginals		Paper Producer	jonathan blenman
Corrections		Paper Produced in Year	1825
Notes public		ID Number	3598
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