Police Right To Enter House Disputed
(P.A.) AUCKLAND, May 14. If the police have reason to believe that a wanted man is in a particular house and have a warrant for his arrest have they the right to enter those premises without the consent of the landlord or without a search warrant This question was raised by the defending counsel in the Police Court yesterday during the hearing of a charge against Bernard Robert Mathews of wilfully obstructing the police. Senior-Detective Finlay told the court that when two detectives were investigating the breaking and entering of the Huia Post Office they had a warrant to apprehend Ira George Land. Believing he was in a house occupied by Mathews, thev went there. “You are not coming into my bouse without a search wan ant, Mathews told them. When a detective entered Mathews tried to throw him out and in a scuffle tore his clothing. Defence counsel said his instructions were that the wanted man had left before the arrival of the police. In adjourning the case pending a decision on a legal point, Mr. J. H. Luxford. S.M.. said it was remarkable that the question had not arisen previously It all went to show that the police had always had the co-operation of the public.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXVI, Issue 22946, 14 May 1949, Page 6
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