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Telegram reads: 'Urgent important case awaiting trial by Supreme Court cannot be...

Catalogue reference: CO 37/249/2

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This record is about the Telegram reads: 'Urgent important case awaiting trial by Supreme Court cannot be... dating from 1911 July 3 in the series Colonial Office and predecessors: Bermuda, Original Correspondence. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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CO 37/249/2
Date
1911 July 3
Description

Telegram reads: 'Urgent important case awaiting trial by Supreme Court cannot be dealt with in the absence of Chief Justice and there is no one in the Colony suitable for acting appointment. Unless Chief Justice will arrive shortly urge strongly that judge should be obtained from neighbouring colony or Dominion of Canada for this purpose'.

Unnumbered telegram, folios 6-12

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
21851/1911
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9731730/

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CO 37

Colonial Office and predecessors: Bermuda, Original Correspondence

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