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seemed to me the most advisable method
of attaining these objects. Having consulted
the Chief Priests of the Budhoo religion
in as far as the Chingalese in the Southern
part of the Island, and the Brahmins of
Ramiseram Bemisseram, Madura and Jafna, in as
far as the Hindoos of the Northern parts
of the Island were concerned. I submitted my
plan for the introduction of trials by
Jury into Ceylon to the Governor and Council
of that Island Sir T. Maitland, the then
Governor of the Island, and the other
Members of the Council, thinking the adoption
of my plan an object of great importance
to the prosperity of the Island, and fearing
lest objections might be urged against it
in England from the novelty of the measure,
no such rights as those which I proposed
to grant to the Natives of Ceylon ever
having been granted to any Native of
India, sent me officially as 1st: Member
of the Council to England, with full
authority to urge in the strongest manner
the adoption of the measure, under such
modifications as H.M. Ministers might on
my representations deem expedient. After
the question had been maturely considered
in England, a Charter passed the great
Seal, extending the right of sitting upon
Juries, in Criminal cases, to every Native of

Identifier: | JB/010/162/003 "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	003	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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