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Journal of the House of Lords
… President in the Chair. Dr. Patrick Kelly is called in, and the Correspondence and Papers relating to Samples of Tea … to me, from all my Inquiries, that there were several Courts: First, the Village Court, in which the Potail and the … Cases. The following is the Mode of proceeding in these Courts: before a Plaintiff can have his Cause inquired into, …
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… in the Chair. Sir Alexander Johnston is called in, and makes the following Statement: I was asked, on the former … System has prevailed. An European would be subject to the Courts the same as a Native? Yes. The Chief and Puisne Judges … Bombay, and is a Court of Appeal from all the Provincial Courts in Ceylon. The same System is administered in this …
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… in the Chair. George Harris Esquire is called in, and examined as follows: What Situation did you fill in … Year 1794 to 1801. I think I came over to England in 1801, and whilst I was in England a Company's Servant was appointed to the Situation, and I was displaced. You not having been a Company's Servant? …
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… in the Chair. James Cosmo Melvill Esquire is called in, and further examined as follows: Will you turn to No. 40 of … relating to the proposed Reforms of the Mofussil Laws, Courts and Practice, as containing a perfect System, but only … and Inconsistencies that before existed in the King's Courts in India have been done away, and the greater Part of …
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… in the Chair. Sir James Brabazon Urmston is called in, and examined as follows: You were in the Company's Service in … I filled the several Stations in the Company's Factory, and was President of the Factory about Five Years in the … There have been Instances where they have individually and privately contracted for the Teas, but I believe …
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… The Honourable Mount Stuart Elphinstone is called in, and examined as follows: You have been Governor of Bombay? I … many Natives are exempted from the Jurisdiction of the Courts. Some of those Exemptions are carried further than it … there any considerable Arrears of Civil Business in the Courts? No, there are not. Do the Natives appear to be …
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… in the Chair. John Walter Sherer Esquire is called in, and examined as follows: What was your Situation? I was the … Three new Collectorships, and a few Embassies to Foreign Courts, and Charges of that kind, but nothing further. [15] … away from their Work, for little Irregularities, by the Courts of Judicature, 'till the Opium Season of Growth and …
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… The Honourable Mount Stuart Elphinstone is called in, and further examined as follows: You stated in your Evidence … of the Introduction of the Jury System into the Native Courts in India; does that apply equally to what we term the … Law into the Administration of Justice in the lower Courts. Should you, for the same Reason, consider that the …
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… in the Chair. Robert Rickards Esquire is called in, and further examined as follows: Will you turn to No. 2. of … is an Account of the Total Annual Amount of the Revenues and Charges of the several Presidencies in India from the … as they can pay them, rather than seek Redress from the Courts. There cannot be a stronger Proof in support of this …
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… in the Chair. The Honourable Andrew Ramsay is called in, and examined as follows: What were the various Situations you … was some Years ago? Most certainly it is. There were some Courts of Justice specially formed for their Protection, were … them? They have no Power, except that of resorting to the Courts. Are there Instances in which Ryots have made …