GENERAL O’DUFFY.
POWERS OF THE TRIBUNAL.
PEOPLE’S LIVES IN ITS HANDS. I .1 LONDON, January 25. On resumption of General O'Duffy’s case, Mr McGuire contended that the tribunal could legally charge a man with unlawful membership of an association three months ago, even though such membership was not criminal at the time. Mr Justice Hanna pointed out that the citizens’ lives and liberties were in the hands of the three officers of the tribunal, none of whom were. legally trained and from whom there was no appeal. _ Mr McGuire said that the Court might tell the guards to arrest the members of the tribunal, and the mem bers might order the guards not to arrest them. The guards must obey .the tribunal, not the Court. Mr Costello,'for General ODuffj, declared that Mr McGuire’s application, if granted, would enyail the breaking up of the laws. His claims on behalf of the tribunal were unprecedented, except in time of war or iebellion. The case was adjo rned.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 54, Issue 91, 27 January 1934, Page 5
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