ERSKINE CHILDERS

Dominion, Volume 16, Issue 53, 25 November 1922, Page 5

ERSKINE CHILDERS

WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS REFUSED JURISDICTION OUSTED BY STATE OF WAR BY TELEGKAPH—PRESS ASSOCIATION. —COPYBIGHT. London, November 23. The Master of tho Rolls', in refusing tho writ of habeas corpus in respect to Erskine Childers, held that his jurisdiction was ousted by the state of war which Childers helped to bring about. He also refused writs in respect to the eight other men, and refused to grant a ’stay of proceedings on the ground that he had no jurisdiction. Reierring to the destruction of the Four Courts by the revolutionaries, and other ruinous work, he said that if this was not a state of war he did not know what was. It was plainly the Government’s duty to save the country from utter destruction. Tho King’s Bench has refused to grant a writ of habeas corpus in respect to two women arrested by tho Free State authorities. The decision was on similar grounds. The Colonial Office denies the statement that Childers has teen deported to Ascension Island. —Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. AN APPEAL LODGED 1 (Rec. November 24, 7.35 p.m.) London, November 23. An appeal has been lodged in the Childers case. —Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. IMPORTANT CAPTURES REBEL DIRECTOR OF MUNITIONS (Rec. November 24, 7.35 p.m.) London, November 23. It is officially reported that Sean Russell, quartermaster of the Northeastern irregulars, has been arrested at Clontarf. Russell is director of munitions and chemicals, and is responsible for the organisation and tho preparation of land mines. Hales, an important leader r of the irregulars in the south, has been captured at Upton Court with important documents in his possession. Hales’s brother is a prominent member of the Provisional Parliament, and supports the treaty.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. MARY MACSWINEY REFUSED SACRAMENTS “ONLY HERSELF TO BLAME IF SHE DIES” • London, November 23. The Bishop of Cork, in a sermon, said that Mary MacSwiney had been refused the Sacraments. Her hunger strike, if carried to Vhe extreme of death, would bo a mortal sin. If she died she had only herself to blame. — Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn, j 1