McARTHUR CASE
DEFENDANT RETURNING EMBARKS ON MONOWAI SYDNEY, April 24 The extradition proceedings in connection with J. W. S. McArthur—said to have been the most protracted in the history of Australia—ended to-day, when McArthur left Sydney under escort for New Zealand by the Monowai to answer a charge of having issued a false prospectus. Defendant, who was arrested on a provisional warrant last October, appealed unsuccessfully to the Supreme Court of New South Wales, then to the High Court of Australia. In no previous instance have such appeals been made in Australia, No other person against whom charges of this nature were pending has ever succeeded previously in obtaining bail..
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22403, 27 April 1936, Page 11
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