CHARGE DISMISSED
NO CONFIDENCE IN POLICE
EVIDENCE.
(By Teleg/aph.—Press Association.)
DUNEDIN, 21sfc August.
The unusual procedure of a Magistrate dismissing a charge of drunkenness occurred yesterday in a case where the defendant alleged that a constable assaulted him. Mr. Bartholomew, S.M., commented that five police witnesses sworo that the defendant was drunk, and an equal number of witnesses for the defence sworo that he was sober. Evidence for the defence Was given by some very reliable and reputable witnesses. Some of the police evidenco was very unsatisfactory, and he could not have the confidence in the police evidence that he should have expected.
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Evening Post, Volume CXII, Issue 46, 23 August 1926, Page 15
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