POLICE IN MUFTI.
A MAGISTRATE'S COMMENT, APPEARANCE IN CHILDREN'S ' COURT. ! ' (By Telegraph.—Special to "Star.") CHRISTCHURCH, this day.. At the conclusion of a. sitting of the Children's Court, Mrs. A. E. f Herbert, a member." of the Court, expressed regret that officers of the police force and constables appear at that Court' in uniform. While there is nothing in the' Child Welfare Act to forbid police appearance in uniform, Mr. H. Y. Widdowson, S.M., who recently. retired, made it a- local rule that members of the force should appear in* mufti. Mr. E. D. Mosley, S.M., said he was entirely in sympathy with the suggestion. He thought the title, "Children's Court, ,, ! a misnomer. If should be a place of correction and advice to children and parents alike. He could order that the police appear in mufti, but officers and constables might be up against their Department. He thought the sooner the police-realised the intentions.of the Act the better it would be for the children.
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Auckland Star, Volume LVII, Issue 303, 22 December 1926, Page 10
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