EXTRADITION OPPOSED.

Taranaki Daily News, 19 August 1920, Page 5

EXTRADITION OPPOSED.

A CASE AT WELLINGTON. ' i HUSBAND AND | By Teleffraph.—Prew jud When the Manuka ton on the' last trip tective Torrance arrested 1 iiawpg named Robert M. Rosson>a jmvlfmira wurrant charging him with. Rcrted his wife and child:at,Syg|(lry| leaving them without adequate mean* o£jj support. After a remaqd.to allotr&Ui New South Wales' police esbirt rive the case was again called aVwWll Court before Mr, AT. O. 84. .. ilell, S.M. to-day. •"' : : * ,■ *f | • \ Mr. A. B. Sievwright, for tbe'dafaifcr'' opposed the granting o{ the" orstt V tradition; of the man to points of law, and on account of.tte'flicv' that the man; who was livMg his wife, had already made adequate p<h' vision, consulting of £2 per week mony, and £1 2s 6d per week*«tllim > '' pension. Moreover/Rose h«4 itUl'wfc collect £l4O aa war gratuity, failed to Teturn that sum wow® be handed to his wife. He there was no proof that thn JutUi!£>n'the Peace who Signed the wanakt duced by the escort had tit Ttrnfilwrfrj authority to do so on law point*. Qamw sel contended that the application *|MjMra be dismissed on the ground that ftlußßrj iv&s of a trivial nature, that the ing out of the order would be nnJuiHK* oppressive, and that the not made in good faith. Ba lad Wf municated with the accused'! Sydney as to the payment of ill iliil)ij||jOT to the wife, and had received answer: "Paid." ' *s9l The Magistrate said it might. l»,t||j|| the whole case was unfortunate W'flWl as defendant was concerned, for bft'ttfcHfl be alile to satisfy the New South Iffi | Court that he had made vision for his wife and child, buttMßjj matter was beyond the province, Wellington Court, which wan catMaUnj| with the extradition alone. Umm cation would be granted: •$ Counsel intimated that he woigld peal to the Supreme Court agatact -tfcpA decision, and applied for bail pen(ipg;&is hearing pi the appeal. Bail was gqqMLf 0 £IOO, with sureties of a like ftswytytii'-jb