BOGUS DETECTIVE
NOVEL POINT RAISED IN DEFENCE DoMT’'’>r>v S'’EriAL Dunedin, December 3. When Edward McLelland was charged in the Magistrate’s Court this morning with assuming the designation of a member of the police force, when he was not a member of that body, Mr. G. T. Baylee, who appeared for him, raised a rather novel point, bringing out, in cross-examination of a police witness, that, though men in various callings chose to adopt such titles as superintendent, inspector, or sergeant, they were not arrested for assuming, the designation of a member of the police force. Mr. Baylee contended that the titles used in the police force signified rank, and were not confined to the force. The defendant in the case was alleged to have said that he was a detective, so that he could get into the jockeys’ and trainers’ room at Forbury Park on November 27. Defendant pleaded not- guilty. Chief-Detective Lewis, who prosecuted, stated that defendant had represented- himself as a detective here on holidays from Wellington.
Accused was ordered to come up for sentence if called upon within 12 months, on condition that expenses amounting to 205., and costs 95., be paid forthwith.
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Dominion, Volume 20, Issue 60, 4 December 1926, Page 8
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196BOGUS DETECTIVE Dominion, Volume 20, Issue 60, 4 December 1926, Page 8
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