A CONVICTION QUASHED.
Per Press Association. Dunedin, November 20. At tho Police Court to-day, a case; ivas reheard in which a man named McKay had been fined 40/ for obstructing a constable when arresting! another man. Application was made subsequently to t ae Supremo Court, and prohibition obtained on the ground that McKay was justified in. interfering, as the' arresting constable had no warrant on him. In dismissing the case, the magistrate said ho regretted having to do so on, a mere technicality, but under tha Criminal Code he had practically, na option, as it was provided that anyone executing a warrant or process must have- it on him, and produce a if required. '
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 81891, 21 November 1906, Page 2
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114A CONVICTION QUASHED. Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 81891, 21 November 1906, Page 2
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