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THE ACTION FOE ILLEGAL ARREST.

[BY telegraph.— association.] Wki.li noton, Monday. This morning judgment was given by the Chief Justice, on the motion for a change of venue in the actions which have been brought against Inspector Thomson, Detective Chrystal, the clerk of the District Court in Invercargill, and others, by Hay for damages for illegal arrest in this city a few weeks ago. Last week His Honor the Chief Justice decided that the man had not been legally apprehended, as the warrant was not in the hands of those who effected the nrresfc. Hay then instituted proceedings against, those who had been concerned in his arrest, and an application was made by the defendants for a change of venue from Wellington to Invercargill. His Honor refused the motion on the ground that the cause of action had arisen in Wellington, but intimated that in the case of the clerk of the Court the refusal was without prejudice

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New Zealand Herald, Volume XXVI, Issue 9436, 6 August 1889, Page 5

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THE ACTION FOE ILLEGAL ARREST. New Zealand Herald, Volume XXVI, Issue 9436, 6 August 1889, Page 5

THE ACTION FOE ILLEGAL ARREST. New Zealand Herald, Volume XXVI, Issue 9436, 6 August 1889, Page 5