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property and civil rights, and who have ever been justly proud of their judges, should be denied the privilege of finally interpreting, through their own judiciary, the laws under which they live. In criminal appeals, how-

mated that in any such case no appeal will be entertained. The building in which the court meets is at the extreme westerly end of the Govern ment grounds. It is built of the beautiful

ever, the judgment of the Supreme Court is final; the right of appeal in such cases, even by virtue of the royal prerogative, having been taken away by statute. And in cases of controverted elections for the House of Commons, the court may also be considered a final court, the judicial com mittee of the Privy Council having inti

Nepean sandstone, but without architectural ornament of any kind, having been originally erected for use as government workshops, and since altered to suit the temporary re quirements of the judges and the court. The accommodation is quite inadequate to the needs of the court, with the exception of the court-room, which with its arched roof