JUDGMENT IN THE GAUDIN CASE
Wellington, This D;iy. The judgment of the Supreme Court in llie above case refused on all grounds tno application for a writ of Habeas Corpus. The Chief Justice and .\li .Justice Edwards held that the Supreme Court has 110 jurisdiction To interfere vlth t)v;.sentence of the Military Court, legally "Constituted in Samoa. The (jues'&UPas. to whether or no the prisoner was illegally arrested in Auckland did not affect the issue. Prisoner liaa 110 right to be tried under the army Act, having no military standing witli regard to the forces in Samoa. The right for detaining prison- I or in .New Zealand is given by regula- J tion 12, made by the Governor iincL'r tlie War Regulations Act, 1911. No costs were allowed. Sir John l'"iiul!.iy •tv.O.. appeared for the petitioner and tne Attorney-General for the Crown.
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Horowhenua Chronicle, 16 February 1915, Page 3
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