WIRE-TAPPING
Held Legal in U.S.A. (Rec. 12.25.) WASHINGTON, Apr. 27. The Supreme Court delivered- decisions on wire-tapping to-day. rhe Court held, firstly, that it was- legal to use a detectaphone to pick up. and amplify a conversation. The 1 decision upheld the conviction of three New York attorneys, who were charged with conspiracy in the Bankruptcy Division. Evidence against them was obtained by Federal agents, who used the device in question in a room adjoining. The Justice Department said that the Court’s sanction would have an important bearing on national defence counter espionage work. The Court held, secondly, that ,it was legal to use evidence obtained through actual wire-tapping in a trial, so long as the defendant was not a party to the intercepted mes-
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Grey River Argus, 29 April 1942, Page 4
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125WIRE-TAPPING Grey River Argus, 29 April 1942, Page 4
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