SUPREME COURT.
IN CHAMBERS,
Thursday, September 8,
(Before His Honor Mr Justice Williams.) Be C. E. HAUGHTOX.—Mr Denniston, who appeared for Mr Mouat, made an application to obtain the release from custody of Charles Edward Haughton, who stands committed to Wellington to answer a charge of committing an unnatural offence. Counsel based his application on the grounds that Haughton had been improperly re-committed on Monday last, and that the warrant was irregular. The recommittal had been made without the hearing of sufficient evidence, anl the information did not disclose the authority for the arrest. His Honor pointed out that if Haughton were now released the effect would simply be that he would be re-arrested on the first commitment, as the term for which bail had been allowed had elapsed. Mr Denniston submitted that Haughton had been and in fact now was in custody on an irregular warrant. His Honor said that if counsel liked to take a rule nis» for a writ of habeas corpus he could do so, and the rule would be argued at noon to-morrow.
Mr Denniston said he would ascertain whether hiß principal (Mr Mouat) would elect to take such action, and he would intimate the same to his Honor.
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Evening Star, Issue 4223, 8 September 1876, Page 2
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204SUPREME COURT. Evening Star, Issue 4223, 8 September 1876, Page 2
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