Colonial administrators combined prosecutorial and judicial powers over Africans

Evidence

In criminal cases, the administrator acted as public prosecutor as well as judge, for it was he who, after a preliminary investigation, referred felonies to his own court for adjudication. — Alice L. Conklin, A Mission to Civilize_ The Republican…, 310

Categorization

• QUESTION: What due-process protections did this fusion of roles actually leave Africans, given the governor general and attorney general oversight described?
• XREF: connects to: Colonial courts combined all government powers without separating them. — Lawrence M. Friedman, A History of American Law, 179