THE LAW AND THE PRISONER

Auckland Star, Volume XLIV, Issue 88, 14 April 1913, Page 7

THE LAW AND THE PRISONER

■APPEAL COURT'S ARGUMENT. (By Telegraph. —Press Association.) WELLINGTON, this day. The Appeal Court sat thie morning to heaT argument in the case Rex v. Barker and Bailey, who were charged jointly ■with' having robbed a man named Alexander of a tin box containing £17 10/. They were found guilty. In addressing the "jury at the trial, the Crown Prosecutor, "the Hon. J. A. To'le, said: "You have sworn to give a verdict according to the evidence. Esptgate ' has bwotu that the prisowre robbed him, and this is uncontradieted. .You must believe him." The question was whether the observation -was an infringement o? bcc■tion 423 of the Crimes Act. There were also further questions as to the ailmiesibility of statements made to the police in answer to questions, and ac to- the right of the police to question prisoners after arrest. The prisoner is not represented by counsel. The Attorney General appears for the Crown. During argument. Mr Justice Williams asked whether it w«s not -the business of the police after an jirreet to keep their mouths shut and their ears open? Argument ie proceeding.