GASPARINI, THE ESCAPEE.
[BY TELEGRAPH. —PRESS ASSOCIATION.] Wellington, Tuesday. This afternoon Mr. H. S. Fitzherbert, solicitor, accompanied by Mr. G. Robertson as interpreter, went to the Terrace Gaol for the purpose of taking the necessary steps to apply for the issue of a writ of habeas corpus on behalf of the prisoner Gasparini, who is at present in custody on an order of the Supreme Court for extradition to New Caledonia. The principal grounds on which the writ will be applied for are to the effect that the prisoner is a subject of His Majesty the King of Italy ; that the evidence adduced against him did not, according to the law of England, prove that he had been convicted of an extradition crime within the jurisdiction of the Republic of France, and had escaped from legal confinement; that the documents produced were not properly authenticated ; that His Excellency Sir James Prendergast exceeded his jurisdiction in admitting in evidence statements alleged to have Deen made by the prisoner to the police constable; and that it was not shown that the treaty between Her Maiesty and the President of the French Republic of the 14fch of August, 1876, had not been terminated.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XXV, Issue 9115, 25 July 1888, Page 5
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