APPEAL COURT.
LEGISLATIVE RIGHT QUESTIONED. Wellington, Last Night. Rex versus Lauder. The prisoner, a British subject, having married in New Zealand, subsequently married a second time in England. On return to New Zealand lie was indicted for bigamy and found guilty. The question whether he could be convicted in New Zealand was reserved by Justice Edwards for the opinion of the Court of Appeal. Mr O'Leary, for the prisoner, argued that the provisions of the section of the Crimes Act of 1908 dealing with bigamy were ultra vires of the power of tli? legislature to enact. The Solicitor General argued that the powers given to the legislatures of the colonies under the Constitution Act "To enact laws for the peace, order, and good Government of the colony," amply authorised the legislature to make triable in New Zealand an offence committed in England. The case is proceeding, the court hearing legal argument.
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Taranaki Daily News, 8 April 1919, Page 5
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151APPEAL COURT. Taranaki Daily News, 8 April 1919, Page 5
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