PALMERSTON GAOL
ITS REMOVAL OBJECTED TO. (BY TELEGRAPH— SPECIAL TO THE POST.) PALMERSTON N., This Day. When the Grand. Jury had returned from considering a case at the Supreme Court yesterday the foreman (Mr. W. F. Durward) handed a memorial to the Chief .Justice protesting against the removal of the gaol to Wanganui, considering that it should be kopt there for criminals undergoing short sentences, as at present. His Honour replied that the matter was outside his jurisdiction and he_ had no power to deal with it. The Minister of Justice had such power, and lie would send him tho memorial.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19140520.2.19
Bibliographic details
Evening Post, Volume LXXXVII, Issue 118, 20 May 1914, Page 3
Word Count
101PALMERSTON GAOL Evening Post, Volume LXXXVII, Issue 118, 20 May 1914, Page 3
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Evening Post. 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.
Log in