CHANGE AT TRIALS
Accused At Table
CFrom Our Own Reporter)
WELLINGTON, April 22. The dock will lose some of its significance in the next criminal sessions throughout the Dominion. It will be used when an accused person is arraigned, and when a convicted person is sentenced, but during his trial the accused will sit outside it, at a table on the floor of the Court. The Minister of Justice (Mr Hanan) said that after he had raised the question of the use of the dock in criminal cases, this question had been considered at a conference of the Judges. The Chief Justice (Sir Richard Wild) had informed him that, while the judges were satisfied from experience that past New Zealand practice had not infringed personal dignity or prejudiced fair trials. they nevertheless thought a change was desirable.
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Press, Volume CV, Issue 31042, 23 April 1966, Page 16
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137CHANGE AT TRIALS Press, Volume CV, Issue 31042, 23 April 1966, Page 16
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