SPEAKER WILLIS.
HELD TO HAVE OVERSTEPPED HIS POWERS. FULL COURT PROCEEDINGS. i. ; Sydney,! November TLf / ■Thh . Full Court’ upheld i-.tjjc demurrer raised by plaintiff in the case ot Perry, a member of the Assembly, ■against Speaker Willis and the Scr-gaant-at-Arms for assault and wrongful imprisonment, arising out of the recent scenes in the Assembly. Defendants pleaded not guilty, and that any action taken was for the purpose of preserving order and maintaining the Standing Orders.Phuntofl’s second plea claimed that' L thcri» was ■ no justification for being brought back to the House in custody and detained. The Court field that the Speaker was merely acting as chairmpji) qfr a meeting, and had nb positive. ppwpr; The' cause-of disorder having . .open removed on plaintiff leaving the Speaker had un power to bring him hack, which Justice Pring characterised as an deprivation of a'man’s liberty.
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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXI, Issue 81, 18 November 1911, Page 6
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