FAILURE TO ATTEND CAMP.

Evening Post, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 79, 2 April 1912, Page 8

FAILURE TO ATTEND CAMP.

IMPORTANT JUDGMENT. Mr. W. G.Riddell, S.M., delivered judgment to-day in the caecs of Victor Funiesa and Frank Murphy, who wereproceeded againet by the Defence Department for failing toattend the recent Garrieou Artillery Camp. ,At first hearing Messrs. Sladden arid Kennedy independently raieed the question of jurisdiction on the ground that the alleged offences wero euch as should be dealt with by the Defence authorities under their own legulationu, appearing in the New Zealand Gazette of May, 1911. •* His Worship considered that as all Territorials were subject to military law, and as there were regulations in force which gave ample and special power to the military authorities to deal ia detail with breaches of discipline. proceedings against offenders for euch breaches should be taken under the regulations and not under section 51 of the Defence Act. Fuither, as the -personal esrvico varied in character and spread ovei* an annual period, the defendant should at least have had the opportunity afforded him during each training y«ar of rendering the? required service > within, that year. Costs were applied for on the ground that the case was one of considerable importance, but his Worship refused becaueo the case was a test caf3.