AN INTERESTING POINT
QUESTION OF JURISDICTION.
By Telegraph—Press Association,
>■ , DUNEOMN, Last Night. JMght Chinese, arrested for refusing duty on the German steamer Walkure, were before the Police Court this morning, pleading not guilty.
iMr W. C. MncGtregor, pn answer to a point raised by Mr Scurr, for the' defence, that the Court had no jurisdiction, produced a. Gazette of 1869 si lowing tli at "the North) German Confederation had in that year claimed benefits un/ler our Shipping Act of 1860, and that- proclamation had never 'been revoked. Mr Scurr retorted that the North German Confederation went out of existence after the Franco-Prussian War, and there was no agreement as to German ships nor evidence ■ that this na-tipn desired the benefits <>f pur Ac& "
The Magistrate adjourned the case till to-morrow to decide the point.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10456, 21 October 1911, Page 5
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134AN INTERESTING POINT Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10456, 21 October 1911, Page 5
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