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CONTENTS 
The Admiralty Offences (Colonial) Act, 1849 
Other Acts conferring Jurisdiction . 
CHAPTER III. JUDICIAL APPEALS . ’ 
$8 1. THE PREROGATIVE IN THE DOMINIONS . Lo 
The Prerogative and the Statutory Right } 
Power of Colonial Legislatures to affect the Prerogative 
The Canadian Act of 1888 regarding Criminal Appeals 
Appeals of Right and by Special Leave . 
Appeals in Canada and the Commonwealth 
The New Procedure ; : 
The Order in Council of 1909-11 
THE LIMITATIONS OF THE PREROGATIVE . 
The Canadian Act . . . 
The Views of Sir R. Stout , : 
The Commonwealth Constitution 
The Judiciary Act, 1903 . . . 
The Conflict between the High Court and the Judicial 
Committee . . : 
The Judiciary Act, 1907 . . 
The Ontario Bill of 1909 . 
Tue CONSTITUTION OF THE JUDICIAL COMMITTEE 
The Composition of the Court . 
Colonial Representation . 
The Functions of the Court 
The Procedure of the Court 
The Conference of 1901 . 
vs ’ ,, 1907 ; ‘ 
The Proposal for the Conference of 1911 
Possibility of improving the Court 
CASES OF SPECIAL REFERENCE 
The Act of 1844 . . . 
Cases of Refusal to Decide : 
Appeals from Canadian references . 
CHAPTER IV. THE PREROGATIVE OF MERCY 
§ 1. Ture PREROGATIVE UP TO 1878 . 
The Nature of the Prerogative : : 
The Letters Patent of the Period prior to 1878 
The Instructions . . 
Sir H. Parkes’s Views . . . 
Sir H. Robinson’s Views ‘ 
Lord Carnarvon’s Views . . 
The Case of Louisa Hunt in Tasmania 
Nanadian Practice 
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