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' THE CRIMINAL COURT.
The- Supremo Court for the trial cf
criminal- casos'sits before'the middltv h?r
December; "and the next court at which
cases which cannot be disposed of by
magistrates and be heard, does not sit1
until February 1st. The regret is that
a person eohmiittcd for trial on the loth
of December will have to wait until Feb
ruary 1st before his case can be disposed
of, and should he be unable to get bail,
ho has to stay in prison. The deten
tion may, indeed, be longer, because
there arc certain crimes with which the
Supreme Court, only has jurisdiction to I
deal, and the sitting of that court does <
not take place until February loth.
Therefore, because the well-paid adminis
trators of the law may enjoy an extended
holiday, people who may he innocent are
liable to be imprisoned for a couple of
months. This is a littloj-inaltcr which
should not escape the attention of our
legal reformers.
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