THE SEDITION APPEALS.
Wellington, March 28. Arguing for the Crown in the sedition eases, the Solicitor-General said if the .Military Service Act of !5)1 (i was ultra vires there was sufiieient seditious tendency in the utterances to justify conviction". Dealing with the question of the validity of the Military Service Act, be said the Crown relied on section 477 of the Imperial Army Act, 4884, which, gave power to colonial legislatures to pass Acts to send troops abroad, but apart from that the Constitution Act gave ample power. So far as the validity of the regulations was concerned, they had not made any act done abroad an offence, and were therefore within the competency of the legislature. Mr Hutchison briefly replied, and the Court reserved its decision, adjourning till 10.30 to-morrow.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 1692, 29 March 1917, Page 3
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131THE SEDITION APPEALS. Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 1692, 29 March 1917, Page 3
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