Case headnotes and other papers, 1947-1948; 1952-1954

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(fols. 1-4) notes on Habeas Corpus, with a typed list of authorities, n.d.
(fols. 5-10) The Judicial Office: extract from The Law Times, Vol. 217, pp. 173-174 (three copies), 2 Apr 1954
(fols. 11-16) The Service of the Law: extracts from a speech of Sir Hartley Shawcross, QC (Queen's Counsel), MP: The Law Society Gazette at pp. 412-415 (two copies), Nov 1952
(fols. 17-51) cuttings from The Times and elsewhere, mostly Law Reports, and various notes in Wilson's hand, 1951-1954 (contained in the same folder as fols. 52-152)
(fols. 52-152) Case Headnotes: points abstracted from cases (1792-1954) to be quoted as precedents, [c. 1950s] (contained in the same folder as fols. 17-51)
(fols. 153-168) judgement in a case heard in H.M. Court of Appeal at Nairobi, against a conviction by the Supreme Court of Kenya of the murder of three children, signed by J.H.B. Nihill, President; N.A. Worley, Vice-President; H.J. Lockhart-Smith, Judge of Appeal, 16 Aug 1951
(fols. 169-171) judgement by Wilson in a case, heard at Dar es Salaam, of a murder committed on the island of Mafia, 26 Oct 1948
(fol. 172) 'Re Bail': quotations from a judgement by Atkinson, 15 Apr 1947.

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172 Leaves

MSS. Afr. s. 592/7, folder 1

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