This is a letter dated 28 June 1922 from the Secretary of the Bar Committee in Penang to Messrs Donaldson and Burkinshaw. The Secretary acknowledged receipt of a previous letter informing him of the date of the hearing of Cecil Henry Smith's petition for admission to the Supreme Court of the Straits Settlements. It is part of a collection of legal documents from the 19th and early 20th centuries which provides a glimpse into the work of the notable personalities who left their mark on Singapore’s legal history, and the economic and other transactions undertaken by ordinary immigrants in 19th century Singapore that tell stories of misfortune and indebtedness which would otherwise have disappeared from history.
