DEFENCE OF THE REALMS ACT
. .WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS REFUSED. ByTelegraph—Press AGBOciation-Oopyrifiit' . London, January 21. The King's Bench has refused an application for a writ of habeas corpus on behalf of an. interned naturalised- Bri- • tish subjcot. The Attorney-General explained that the, Crowd's rights under the Defence of the Realms Act were at '' stake. Prisoner's counsel declared that i';-; when the Act. was passed not a single person, or party to its passage imagined .. .-that the liberty_of EnglishnJen was being restricted -a. trial, '"t The Court held'that tlie Act conferred the widest oowers to secure the safety of,.the nation. , r , .
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Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2676, 24 January 1916, Page 6
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100DEFENCE OF THE REALMS ACT Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2676, 24 January 1916, Page 6
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