THE RIGHTS OF THE PEOPLE.
i SIR; W. HALL-JONES' iPRQTEST. (By Wire—Parliamentary Reporter). j Wellington. August 25. | Before the Juries Act Amendment Bill was read a second time in the Council iV'bv. ll„ n . Sir W. Hall-Jones said that Parliament liad taken away some of tlif people's rights under the jury system by giving magistrates power to convict for the offence of inciting to disaffection against, the Government. How' ' would party politicians Bke to face that i. provision of the Crimes Act and the war rcL'iilnt.ions? Parliament bod'dearly encroached upon tho rights of the ' I people b.\ depriving persona accused of sedition of the right o : f triai by jury. Tha Bill, said the councillor, had given a. wholly wrong impression. The offence of inciting disaffection was subject to •. lualilication under the Crimes Act that no person should be deemed to have sedl- , tioiis intention when he intended, in ' . good faith, to show that His Majesty I had been misled or mistaken in his - j measures, to point out errors and defects in tho government or constitution, or to incite people to attempt to proj cure Tiy lawful means the alteration of | any matter affecting the constitution, i government or laws.
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Taranaki Daily News, 27 August 1917, Page 2
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