TERRITORIAL CASES
IMPORTANT DECISIONS. ' In delivering judgment in the Brightwater Territorial cases' til Magistrate said that the cases had a most important bearing on the administration of the Act. He- decided.—(l) That no person could ho compelled to toko the oath as prescribed by ,the military authorities, (2) that no person could be compelled againi't his will to serve in \i territorial force, unless he was rposted thereto by statutory stops (section 23), (3) a person wrongfully posted may ecquiesce and lose his right to object, and taking thp oath of allegiance is such a.n acquiscence (-!-) that the j words "lawful excuse" in Section 5] I must be construed "reasonable e» I cuse."
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10705, 28 August 1912, Page 3
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117TERRITORIAL CASES Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10705, 28 August 1912, Page 3
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