EVIDENCE.
(To the Editor.) Sir. —With all due respect to the magistrate who says that one man's evidence is as good as that of fifty policemen who may give evidence against him, the S.M. may believe so. j but a large majority of the public will not. You have only to follow the reports of the Police Court proceedings | and you will find that a policeman's ; word is always taken before that of ft witness, however good his reputation and standing may be. 1 am inclined to think that in some of our Courts the American system is getting in. that is. it is only necessary for a policeman to make a charge against a man for it to be taken as proof of guilt, and the hearing of the defence becomes a matter of form. I have known this to happen in some of the American Courts I have ■ visited.—l am. etc.. JUSTICE. ;
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Auckland Star, Volume LVII, Issue 25, 30 January 1926, Page 5
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