POWERS OF POLICE
JUDGE'S CRITICISM OBTAINING OF CONFESSIONS CURTAILMENT SUGGESTED (Received June 19, 10.15 a.m.) MELBOURNE, This Day. Strong criticism of the police system of obtaining confessions from accused persons and using them in evidence was uttered by the Chief Justice, Sir Frederick Mann.
Stating that examination by the police of persons in custody may be, and often is, carried to most undesirable excess, his Honour .suggested that the powers of the police be greatly curtailed.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXI, Issue 144, 19 June 1936, Page 9
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76POWERS OF POLICE Evening Post, Volume CXXI, Issue 144, 19 June 1936, Page 9
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