THE LILLYWHITE CASE
DISSENTING JUDGMENTS. PRESS ASSOCIATION. WANGANUI, February 26. In the Supreme Court this_ afternoon, Mr S. •T. Fitzherbert mentioned that lie had received a telegram from Mr H. D. Bell, Crown Prosecutor, Wellington, and! another from Mr Skerrott, of that city, asking him to request Mr Justice Edwards to deliver judgment, in the Lillywhite extradition ease. The Court was moved for a motion for a writ _ of habeas corpus, with a view of having Lillywhite discharged from custody, he having been committed - by the Magistrate at Wellington under the provisions of the Fugitive Offenders Act, 1881. Mr Justice Edwards first read the judgment of the Chief Justice, and then read his own judgment, which dissented from that of the Chief Justice., As the opinion of the Court is divided, the result, presumably, will bo that an order on the motion for a rale absolute will not- be made, and Lilb r wmte will be extradited in accordance with th* decision of the Magistrate.
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New Zealand Times, Volume LXXI, Issue 4292, 27 February 1901, Page 5
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