A BURGHER’S APPEAL.
The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council recently refused an application for special leave to appeal to the Privy Council from a judgment by a special court of Natal, •which tried the applicant, a burgher tamed Be Jager, in 1901, for high treason, and sentenced him to five years’ imprisonment, a fine of £SOOO and in default a further three years' imprisonment. Le Jager had been resident in a town in Natal for some years, and in 1901 the town was opeupied by the Boers, whom he thereupon joined. The Lord Chancellor, in giving judgment, said an align resident in a British colony owed allegiance fo the Crown, It would be intolerable if, as soon as an enemy made good bis temporary occupation of a district, aliens who had been allowed to dwell therein could with impunity take up arms for the invader. Their lordships would humbly advise his Majesty to dismiss the oetition.
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Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XXXII, Issue 8855, 4 July 1907, Page 1
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157A BURGHER’S APPEAL. Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XXXII, Issue 8855, 4 July 1907, Page 1
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