FOR THE SAFETY OF THE NATION
DEFENCE OF THE REALMS ACT.
(Received January 22, 8.5 a.m.)
"LONDON, 21et January. The King's Bench has refused an application for a writ of habeas corpus on behalf of an interned naturalised British subject. The Attorney-General explained that.the Crown's rights under the Defence of the Realms' Act were at stake. Prisoner's counsel declared that when tho Act was passed not a single person or party to its passage imagined that the liberty of Englishmen was being restricted, without a trial.
The Court held that the Act conferred the widest powers to secure 'the safety of the nation.
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Evening Post, Volume CXI, Issue 18, 22 January 1916, Page 7
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103FOR THE SAFETY OF THE NATION Evening Post, Volume CXI, Issue 18, 22 January 1916, Page 7
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