ANCIENT LAW.
INVOKED IN ATJSTRAIJA. An Act of Parliament passed in England in 1381 was invoked as the basis of a charge of breaking and entering against Leonard Turner and William Dogan at the Queanbeyan Police Court. The defnedants were charged that "for that they did on March 9, 1933, make entry into lands and tenements of one George Nairn Morton in McQuoid Street, in the town of Queanbeyan, with strong hand and with multitude of people, and not in a lawful and peaceable and easy manner and contrary to the law provided." Counsel for the defendants strongly criticised the action, which used an ancient source of law for the charge. He asked for an adjournment, as he was not prepared to continue with the case without knowledge of the ancient Act. Bail was fixed at £20.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AS19330324.2.113
Bibliographic details
Auckland Star, Volume LXIV, Issue 70, 24 March 1933, Page 9
Word Count
137ANCIENT LAW. Auckland Star, Volume LXIV, Issue 70, 24 March 1933, Page 9
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Auckland Star. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Acknowledgements
This newspaper was digitised in partnership with Auckland Libraries.
Log in