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gratitude through me to the British
Government for the very valuable right of
sitting upon Juries which had been conferred
upon them by His present Majesty, as
appears by the addresses contained from page
16 to page 50 in the printed papers herewith
sent. The charge delivered by my successor
the present Chief Justice of the Island
in 1820, contains the strongest additional
testimony which could be afforded of the
beneficial effects which were experienced
by the British Government from the
introduction of trial by Jury amongst the
Natives of the Island. See that Charge
in pages 289 & 90 of Vol: 10 of the Asiatic
Journals. As every Native Juryman, whatever
his cast or religion may be, or in
whatever part of the Country he may
reside, appears before the Supreme Court
once, at least, every two years, and as
the Judge who presides delivers a
Charge at the opening of each Session
to all the Jurymen who are in attendance
on the Court, an useful opportunity is
afforded to the Natives of the Country, by
the introduction of Trial by Jury, not
only of participating themselves in the
administration of justice, but also of
hearing any observation which the Judges
in delivering their Charge may think proper

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Folio number	164	Info in main headings field
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Category	correspondence	Number of Pages	4
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Penner	sir alexander johnston	Watermarks	[[watermarks::j whatman [motif] 1825 balston & co]]
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