THE COLCHESTER MURDER,

Lyttelton Times, Volume CV, Issue 12428, 18 February 1901, Page 6

THE COLCHESTER MURDER,

FURTHER PROCEEDINGS. [Per Pbsss Association.] WELLINGTON, Feb. 16. The Supreme Court delivered its judgment this afternoon mi a case in- -which Mr ■ fckerrett applied' to the Court to m.ike ab- ': Benito a 'rule nisi of Habeas Corpus, in ,the of Charles Liilywhite, whose ex•tradition is sought as . Arthur Blatch, (charged with, the .murder of Alfred iWekh, at Colchester, England, on Deo. 'B, 1893. The Chief Justice said that the ' Court was agreed as to the first point ■raised, viz., that the depositions tnken at 'the coroner'sjinquest on the murdered man -Welch word admissible before the Magistrate's Court. As to the second point, with regard to the Functions the Supreme Court 'should exercise, the judges uoz agree. That being so, their decision -was that the " case should be re-argued before the Su- : preme Court on March 18. Mr Skerreit, ■ jCcnnsel for tas accused, said it was pro- - bible tlui't'jii-, client would prefer to be Sent Home, provided arrangements could be made, for sending him via British Columbia, so that he could be identified at Tacoma (Washington (State, U.S.A.), where . he 'had lived as Lilly-white. After discussion, it was agreed that, as the Chief Justice has to go to Auckland to-morrow, the .- prisoner should l state; bis decision -whether ! he would go Home or have the case re- ' 'argued before Mr Justice Edwards next ■ week.