PRISONER TO BE RELEASED.
(FBESS ASSOCIATION TEI-ECRAM.) DTJNEDIN. June 11. In tho Supreme Court, this morning, the Magistrate's conviction of, Erie Hnnsson was declared bad, and aii order was made for. his immediate release". '>, [His Honour -vir Justico Adams heard, in chambers, on Thursday, an application for a, writ of habeas corpus, for thi> release of Eric Hansson, who was sentenced at Middlemarch .by Mr E. C. Le"vey, S.M., to two-terms kit imprisonment on charges of procuring liquor while prohibited. Mr A. C. Hanlon pointed out that the Licensing Act fixed a maximum penalty of £lO, in default three, months', imprisonment, but th;> Magistrate had given Hansson no option. Counsel urged that the Magistrate had no jurisdiction to issue thd" warrant under which the man was held;]
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Press, Volume LVII, Issue 17170, 13 June 1921, Page 9
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127PRISONER TO BE RELEASED. Press, Volume LVII, Issue 17170, 13 June 1921, Page 9
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