Extract of An Original Letter From Calcutta Relative to the Administration of J
Extract of An Original Letter From Calcutta Relative to the Administration of J
Philip Francis
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At prefent, I believe, it would not produce the fame effect, nor is it likely to take place by honourable means. The Council think that, as they are veiled by law with the civil and military government of the country, they are the firft power in it, and that the jurifdiction of the Court does not extend generally to the natives. Whereas the Judges, J) 2 by ( 20 ; by adapting their conftru&ion of the law to the powers they affume (the former not to be queftioned, the latter not to be refiftedj h...ave found means to bring not only every inhabitant of the country, but every a£t of government, within their jurifdiction. That conclufion at lead mud be drawn from the principles they avow. It refhs with thcm> as they affirm, to give damages to any man, who complains to them of any act of the Council, by which he may pretend to be aggrieved, againft the indi- viduals, who compofe it. They may exercife this power ad arbitrium ■> — they find the facts themfelves, and may give damages to any amount, without the intervention of a jury, and thffe muft be paid down.
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