{"http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.14288\/1.0061264":{"https:\/\/open.library.ubc.ca\/terms#identifierAIP":[{"value":"5fb72e3c-4d43-4ff9-92a5-e4a68354cff9","type":"literal","lang":"en"}],"http:\/\/www.europeana.eu\/schemas\/edm\/dataProvider":[{"value":"CONTENTdm","type":"literal","lang":"en"}],"http:\/\/purl.org\/dc\/terms\/alternative":[{"value":"CORRESPONDENCE--QUEEN V. JOHNSON.","type":"literal","lang":"en"}],"http:\/\/purl.org\/dc\/terms\/isReferencedBy":[{"value":"http:\/\/resolve.library.ubc.ca\/cgi-bin\/catsearch?bid=1198198","type":"literal","lang":"en"}],"http:\/\/purl.org\/dc\/terms\/isPartOf":[{"value":"Sessional Papers of the Province of British Columbia","type":"literal","lang":"en"}],"http:\/\/purl.org\/dc\/terms\/creator":[{"value":"British Columbia. 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Basil Humphreys,\nProvincial Secretary.\nProvincial Secretary's Office,\nMay, 1880.\nThe Deputy Provincial Secretary to Eli Harrison, Jr., Esq.\nVictoria, B.C.,\n19th February, 1880.\nSir,\u2014I am instructed by the Hon. the Provincial Secretary to enclose a copy of a\ndispatch dated Ottawa, 4th October, 1879, referring to the case of Johnson, an Indian\nconvicted of the crime of murder.\nMr. Humphreys desires me to say that he has reason to believe that the sentence\nhas not been carried into execution, and he requests you to apply to the Hon. Sir\nMatthew B. Begbie for a copy of his report upon which the order of His Excellency\nthe Govern or-General was based.\nI have the honour, &c,\nT. Elwyn,\nDeputy Provincial Secretary,\nThe Under-Secretary of State to the Lieutenant-Governor.\nCopy.\nOttawa, 4th October, 1879.\nSir,\u2014I am directed to inform you that His Excellency the Governor-General in\nCouncil, by Order in Council dated 4th inst., has ordered that in the case of Johnson\nalias Altos, an Indian, tried before the Honourable Sir Matthew B. Begbie, Chief Justice,\nat the recent Glenora Assizes, Cassiar, for the crime of murder, and having been convicted thereof was sentenced to death, such sentence to be carried into execution within\ntwo months, the law to be allowed to take its course.\nI have, &c,\n(Signed)       Edouard J. Langevin,\nUnder-Secretary of State. 456 Correspondence\u2014Queen v. Johnson. 1880\nEli Harrison, Jr., to the Chief Justice.\nVictoria, B.C., 20th February, 1880.\nSir,\u2014I have the honour to state that I have been directed to request that, for the\ninformation of the Provincial Government, your Lordship will be good enough to\nfurnish a copy, or permit one to be made, of your Report to the Secretary of State of\nthe case of the Indian Johnson, convicted of murder at last Assize at Cassiar, it appearing that the sentence of death passed on him has not been carried into execution.\nI have, &c,\n(Signed;       Eli Harrison, Jr.,\nSolicitor, Attorney-General's Department.\nThe Chief Justice to Eli Harrison, Jr.\nCourt House, Victoria,\nMonday, Feb. 23rd, 1880.\nSir,\u2014I do not think I have any copy of my Report to the Secretary of State in\nJohnson's case. It was acknowledged as received, and I was informed that the sentence\nwas directed, at Ottawa, to be carried out.    He is called \"Jackson\" in the answer.\nMy Report to the Secretary of State was probably very curt: the murder was witnessed by several people.\nI have, &c,\n(Signed)       Matt. B. 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