AN ISLAND SENSATION.

Gisborne Times, Volume XIX, Issue 1506, 14 July 1905, Page 3

AN ISLAND SENSATION.

f . A TRADER'S ARREST. P& Vslssrz&E, Kress ;&**'»«• Copyright ;‘j? ■ . •• Sydney, July IS. ’’ .On an application for habeas corpus the >’ Cffart ordered tbe release of Hozelton, a ) Salomon Island trader and an ex-assistant who was arrested a few days ■S; instance of Mr Oliphant, Acting Commissioner in the Solomons. affidavits set out that he had information that Hazelton was in arms in tho Solomons. He •iss.aed a search warrant, and discovered arms aboard a schooner Hazelton was running. He then'issued a summons against Hazelton, and visited bis schooner to obtain certain data. - Hazelton 'threatened-be '\would bp thrown overboard if ho came aboard without showing his authority, and ■patching Oliphant’s arm resting on tho gunwale shoved him back into tbc boat.’ .Oliphant issued a warrant for tha arrest of Hazelton, on a charge of laying hands on _wbim and threatening and openly insulting | Britannic Majesty through tho Acting

{Resident Commissioner of Solomon Protectorate and Deputy Commissioner of the Western Pacific. Oliphant, in his capacity $s Magistrate, tried the oase himself, and sentenced Hazelton to a fine of £lO or to undergo three months’ imprisonment in (Fiji, directing him to pay his own expenses

removal to Fiji. • Both came from the {Solomons in tbe same steamer. On resch- • ing the Brisbane river Oliphant issued a new warrant for the detention of HazeltoD, ejvho, on arrival of tho steamer at Sydney, .Was placed in tbe look-up on the strength of the Brisbane warrant, pendiug his re-paoval-to Fiji. Mr Justice Cohen ordered jxia release oh the ground that Oliphant, in' zsseing the Brisbaue warrant, acted outside •Wifc territory wherein ho had jurisdiction,