SEDITIOUS APPEALS DISMISSED
MILITARY SERVICE ACT VALID. Wellington, April 4. This morning the Court of Appeal unanimously decided to dismiss appeals by Semple, Fraser, Brindle, Cooke and Thorn against their convictions for seditious utterances under the war regulations. The Court held that the War Regulations Act, 1014, and regulations made thereunder, were valid and the appellants were rightly convicted by the Magistrate. The Court further decided that the Parliament of New Zealand had power under the Conslittution Act, 1852, to pass the Military Service Act, itilti, and that Act was valid.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 1695, 5 April 1917, Page 3
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91SEDITIOUS APPEALS DISMISSED Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 1695, 5 April 1917, Page 3
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