THE APPOINTMENT OF JUDGE EDWARDS.
[BY TELEGRAPH, —PRESS ASSOCIATION.] Wellington, Saturday. John Aldridge, who was , convicted of forgery at Blenheim recently and sentenced to five years' penal servitude, and wno is now a prisoner at Mount Cook gaol, has applied for a writ of habeas corpus, on the ground that Judge Edwards, who tried the case, is not properly a Judge. The application will raise the question of the legality of Judge Edwards' appointment. The case cannot come on for hearing till the return of the Chief Justice.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XXVIII, Issue 8533, 6 April 1891, Page 5
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88THE APPOINTMENT OF JUDGE EDWARDS. New Zealand Herald, Volume XXVIII, Issue 8533, 6 April 1891, Page 5
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