# Manx Primary Source Archive — Transcription

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**Transcribed:** 2026-02-25 19:26  
**Method:** Automated (Claude Batch API — claude-opus-4-6)

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already seen it when a Set-Coroner shall
become a great Public Nuisance — there
can be no doubt but that the appointment
rests solely with the Governor

The Practice of holding Persons to
Bail for an indefinite Space of time
appears to want Amendment —

Upon the whole, My Lord Duke
I am humbly of opinion

That the Legislature of the Island
is composed of three Estates only namely
The King the Governor and Council and
the Keys — That the Deemsters are neither
more nor less than Members of the Council
And that the Receiver General is a Member
of the Council — that the Governor is sole
Judge in The Chancery
Exchequer
Staff of Government
& Debt Courts