TAMASESE’S SENTENCE
HABEAS CORPUS WRIT FOR JUDGE’S CONSIDERATION The application for a writ of habeas corpus made to the Supreme Court, Auckland, by Mr. Hall Skelton, in respect of the Samoan high chief, Tamasese, now serving six months’ imprisonment in Mount Eden Gaol for refusal to pay certain taxes, has been forwarded by the Registrar of the Court to Mr. Justice Herdman, at Rotorua. If satisfied that a prima-facie case has been made out, the judge will issue a rule nisi to the gaol authorities to produce Tamasese at a date to be fixed, when the case will be argued. The basis of the application is, shortly, that the Order-in-Council of May, 1920, giving authority to New Zealand to legislate for Samoa, gave power only to the extent possessed by his Majesty. It is also contended that section 210 of the Samoan Act, 1920 overrides the Habeas Corpus Act, and. is therefore vetra vires.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 562, 15 January 1929, Page 10
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154TAMASESE’S SENTENCE Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 562, 15 January 1929, Page 10
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