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1 CURIOUS POSITION, j HOME SECRETARY MAY BE LIABLE. By Telegraph—Press Aesooi&tion—Copyright Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. (Received April 28, 9.20 a.m.) LONDON, April 27. A curious position has arisen in connection with the recent Irish cl e port atins, which have beer. the subject of consultations, between Ministers and l aw Officers. A meeting of Cabinet considered the matter to-night and the Court of Appeal to-day will give its decision on the application for a. writ of habeas corpus on behalf of Art O’Brien. It is' pointed out that this will govern the ether cases. Should the Court's decision be against the Home Secretary, it is predicted that the Government will have no alternative ko asking Parliament to pass an Act of Indemnity to absolve the Home Secretary from the penalties which might attach to the act of the recent deportations. This is ujidersood to be the opinion Ci 1 the majority of Cabinet.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 17027, 28 April 1923, Page 8
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