IRISH FREE STATE
O’DUFFY CASE RESUMED. THE TRIBUNAL’S POWERS. LONDON, Jan. 25. On the resumption of the O’Duffy case, Mr. McGuire contended that the tribunal could legally charge a man with unlawfull membership of an association three months ago, even though such membership was not criminal at the time. Judge Hanna pointed out that citizens’ lives and liberties were in the hands of three officers of the tribunal, none of whom was legally trained and from whom there was no appeal. Mr. McGuire said that the Court might tell guards to arrest members of the tribunal, the members might order the guards not to arrest them, and the guards must obey the tribunal. not the Court. Mr. Costello, for General O’Duffy, quoting Tennyson, declared that Mr. McGuire’s application, if granted, would entail red ruin, breaking up the laws. His claims on behalf of the tribunal were unprecedented, except in time of war and rebellion. The case was adjourned.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 77, Issue 23, 27 January 1934, Page 9
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