CROPLEY INQUIRY.
HELD-UP BY SUPREME COURT INTERVENTION.
By Cable —Press Association —Copyright. Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. (Received November 17, 7.40 p.m.) SYDNEY, Nov. 17. There was an unexpected development of the Cropley Inquiry to-day When tlio Commission met Mr Watt (counsel for Alderman Walker) announced that he had obtained a Supreme Court rule nisi, prohibiting the inquiry from proceeding. He said he had taken this 6tep in consequence of certain statements made on Friday regarding his client, when the latter was Absent. He took it as a fundamental principle of justice that it charges are mhde against a man, they should be made when he is present, and able to answer. Mr Watt entered a protest against these proceedings being kept in the records of the case. The Commissioner adjourned the inquiry until the writ was dealt with on Thursday.
(Received November 17, 9.30 p.m.) SYDNEY, Nov. 17.
In support of tlie rule nisi, it is claimed that the Cropley Commission is illegal and contrary to law, inasmuch as its real purpose is to inquire into a criminal conspiracy to obtain a bribe, such crime being properly cognisable by the Court of law, and that the Commission is not such a Court.
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Timaru Herald, Volume XCVIII, Issue 18084, 18 November 1924, Page 7
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203CROPLEY INQUIRY. Timaru Herald, Volume XCVIII, Issue 18084, 18 November 1924, Page 7
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