HC Deb 13 July 1882 vol 272 c416

Order for Second Reading read.

MR. EVELYN ASHLEY

explained that the Supreme Court of Victoria had by a decision thrown considerable doubt on the question whether Colonial Courts of Inquiry into casualties could deal with any eases outside their own territorial jurisdiction. It would be very inconvenient if a case of casualty could not be inquired into by a Colonial Court because the casualty had not taken place inside the ordinary jurisdiction of that Colony.