STATE AND FEDERAL LAW.
DECISION OF NEW SOUTH \VAf.£3 JUDGES. 1 Press Association—Telegraph—Copyright. ' SYDNEY, Novenoer 26 The Full Court gave jud^'nant 111 tl« case of a man charged with Mea'nifc- b letter, wherein a point M ras takyu that as the crime M-as committed iiga^nc a Federal department, the State had no jurisdiction. Mr. Justice Stephen held that a Siu*..Court had no jurisdiction. Justices Own and Simpson, on the other hand, held that the State law appertaining to Federal territory remained in force till specially superseded by Federal enactments.
On the strength of this decision, accused was sentenced to nine months' imprisonment.
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Wanganui Chronicle, 28 November 1901, Page 2
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102STATE AND FEDERAL LAW. Wanganui Chronicle, 28 November 1901, Page 2
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