POLICE VETO OF PERMIT
ANOTHER STREET SPEAKING CASE [Per United Press Association.] ■AUCKLAND, September. 7. The opinion that the police had no right to veto the permit granted by the City Council tor the holding of meetings was expressed by the magistrate (Mr W. 11. M'Kean) during the prosecution to-day of James Henry Edwards and Roderick F. Rowlands on charges of holding a meeting in a city park .on a recent Sunday without a permit. Both admitted a technical breach, but formally pleaded not guilty in order to “ discover if possible who has the final authority to grant permits for meetings.” ' Edwards said the Minister of Justice, in a letter to him, said that the City Council was the sole authority in the matter, and he- (Edwards) wanted to know why the police had power to veto any permit. The magisti’ate again expressed the view that the by-law should be tested in the Supreme Court, and adjourned both cases for a week to see whether an appeal would be lodged in a similar case heard recently.
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Evening Star, Issue 21820, 8 September 1934, Page 18
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