EJECTING A MEMBER.
• -.__ o—; A SPEAKER IN THE LAW COURTS. MR. WILLIS LOSES HIS CASE. jti TeUrraDh— Vtca Asjoctatlon-OooyrlElit (Rec. April 19, 8.30 p.m.) Sydney, April 19. The High Court dealt to-day with tho case of Perry versus Willis, Speaker of the State Legislative Assembly, arising out of tho scenes in tho Assembly in September, when Mr; Perry, member for Richmond, after leaving tho House, was brought back by the Speaker's orders, and admonished. Mr. Perry brought an action against the Speaker and tho Sergeant-at-Arms for <EIOOO damages for assault. In a demurrer action which followed tho Supremo Court ruled that the Speaker had no power to deal with a member once he had left tho House. Mr. 'Willis appealed to the High Court, which has now unanimously dismissed the appeal. The Chief Justice, in delivering judgment, said the Speaker had no more power over* a member oufaido the House than over any other person. A disorderly person could be removed, but it was a difforent thing to bring him back to the Chamber to make an example of him.
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Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1419, 20 April 1912, Page 5
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180EJECTING A MEMBER. Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1419, 20 April 1912, Page 5
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