CASE DISMISSED
COMMENT FROM THE BENCH
(By Telegraph.) (Special to "The Evening Post")
CHRISTCHURCH, This Day. A statement that the police dirt not bring a constable forward to give evidence in a case in the Magistrate's Court yesterday led to comment both from the Magistrate (Mr. E. D. Mosley) and counsel for the defence (Mr. Thomas), the charge, which arose out of a collision between a motor-car and a cart on Saturday, was one against Bernard Richard Oean, that while in a state of intoxication he was in charge of a motor-car in Taam street. In addition to criticising the nonappearance of the constable, Mr. Thomas alleged that the defendant had made several requests for a doctor and these had been refused by the police. One of the requests had been made to the constable who was not called as a witness. The Magistrate said that in serious rases such as this one the Court had to be satisfied that intoxication was proved. He would suggest that a senior officer of the police should be present when men were brought in to.-the station. Apparently a senior man had been there on this occasion, but he had not been called a» a witness. That was a matter for the police and not for the Court, which must found its decisions on the evidence submitted However, the Court was not satisfied and the case would be dismissed.
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Evening Post, Volume CIV, Issue 28, 2 August 1927, Page 9
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235CASE DISMISSED Evening Post, Volume CIV, Issue 28, 2 August 1927, Page 9
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