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Inhaltsangabe
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1835. Excerpt: ... CHAP. IV. PROCEEDINGS AT MAURITIUS TO THE PERIOD OF THE STATE TRIALS. Immediately on Mr. Jeremie's resumption of his duties, Mr. Reddie was sworn into his appointment. The next step taken by the government was to arrest the person named Joseph Pieretti, already alluded to, which was done by a warrant, applied for by the chief of police, acting under the governor's directions, and granted by Mr. Reddie. The facts of this individual's case, which has been repeatedly mentioned, though not understood, in England, are simply these. Joseph Pieretti, a Corsican by birth, had resided in the island for some years with an uncle, and had been involved in various disputes; he had killed a person in a duel, but on inquiry he was discharged by the magistrates. Persisting in his turbulent conduct, Sir Charles Colville had, on repeated occasions, directed him to quit the island as an alien. That this right of the governor has been repeatedly exercised, from the period of the settlement of Mauritius, both under the French and British administrations, up to the present time, is unquestionable. Indeed, in the French colonies, the governor's authority is still more extensive; he possessed the right to remove even a native colonist, up to the year 1825; and even now his right, in this respect, extends to all, except persons born in the colony, or married there; others, aliens, or native Frenchmen, being still subject to removal on his order. And that such a right should be lodged somewhere appears to be indubitable, for it is a known and common practice in France, to commute sentences of imprisonment for a long period, or transportation for a short one, to an exclusion from their European territory, with permission to settle in the colonies, where those parties are duly repor...
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