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GUILTY OF BIGAMY.

QUESTION OF PUNISHMENT.

[BY TUKIBAPH.—riIESS ASSOCIATION*.]

WELLINGTON, Monday.

The Appeal Court heard argument today in the case of Rex vereus Lauder. Prisoner is a British subject who, having married, subsequently married a second time in England. On his return to New Zealand he was indicted for bigamy, and was found guilty. The question whether he could be convicted in New Zealand was reserved by Mr. Justice Edwards for an opinion by the Court of Appeal. Mr. O'Leary, for the prisoner, argued that the provisions of the section in the Crimes Act, 1908, dealing with bigamy, were ultra vires. The Solicitor-General argued that the powers given to the legislatures of the colonies under the Constitution Act '" to enact laws for the peace, order, and good Government of the colony.'' amply authorised the legislature to make triable in New Zealand an offence committed in England. Further legal argument is to be heard.

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New Zealand Herald, Volume LVI, Issue 17130, 8 April 1919, Page 8

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GUILTY OF BIGAMY. New Zealand Herald, Volume LVI, Issue 17130, 8 April 1919, Page 8

GUILTY OF BIGAMY. New Zealand Herald, Volume LVI, Issue 17130, 8 April 1919, Page 8

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