Historical Records of Australia, Vol. 10

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Excerpt from Historical Records of Australia, Vol. 10: Governors' Despatches to and From England, January, 1819-December, 1822IN the introductions to volumes VIII and IX, the most important events in the life of Governor Macquarie have been noted, and his administration in matters of trade and finance, and his policy with regard to the emancipists and the public works of the colony have been criticised.Before proceeding to discuss the in¿uence of Macquarie over the judicial and convict systems, it is necessary to draw attention to some general factors which had considerable weight during his administration.In the first place, the colony had been founded on the principle of a military occupation, in which the governor was supreme. The court of criminal jurisdiction had been established with a marked similarity to a military court martial. The presiding officer was called the judge-advocate, and the members of the court were officers holding naval or military commissions. Even when the new charter was promulgated in 1814, it was considered advisable to maintain the title of judge-advocate in order to preserve a semblance of military domination.* Such a constitution had been fairly satisfactory in the early days, but as, during the Macquarie era, the non - convict population increased and legal criticism became available, it was a source of much dissatisfaction, with which Ma'cquarie was little suited to cope.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.