Semple v O'Donovan - [1917] NZLR 273

Constitution Act — Power of Dominion Parliament — Act enforcing Military Service beyond Dominion — Whether ultra vires — War Regulations — "Seditious Utterance" — New Offence created by Regulation — Power of Governor in Council — Whether Information bad as including more than one Offence — Summary Procedure — Whether Right to Trial by Jury — Constitution Act, 1852 (15 & 16 Vict, c 72), s 53 — Army Act, 1881 (44 & 45 Vict, c 58), s 177 — Military Service Act, 1916 — War Regulations Act, 1914, ss 3, 4, 5, 6 (c) — War Regulations, Nos 1, 3, 4 (NZ Gazette, 1915, II, 3263, and 1916, II, 3751) — Justices of the Peace Act, 1008, s 122.