POLICE METHODS

Hawera Star, Volume XLVII, 13 June 1928, Page 11

POLICE METHODS

THE MONEY CASE. ORDERS TO BE REVIEWED. PROSECUTOR’S INVESTIGATION. (United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph Copyright.) (Australian Press Association —United Service.) Received 1.35 p.m. to-day. LONDON, June 12. At the police inquiry, Miss Marie Egan, who introduced Sir Chiozza Money to Miss Savage, gave, evidence that "when she heard that Inspector Collins desired an interview regarding the Money case she refused to go to the local police station, and insisted that the interview take place, at the Constitutional Club. Inspector Collins said that he wanted the truth, because he already knew everything. He had been with Miss Savage the whole afternoon. Mr. Birkett. cross-examining, asked if witness had any complaint against Inspector Collins. Miss Egan: .“My complaint is that he is very subtle. When he put down statements he gave a. slightly different conception than I desired to convey.” Sir William Horwood, questioned by the commissioners, said "that there were no rales to guide officers when taking a. statement. Regarding differentiation in various types of examination he said: “I am having the general orders reviewed, and I should be. happy to follow out your suggestions if they are acceptable to the Home Secretary.” Mr. Lees Smith: “Do you mean there is ground for alteration ?” Sir William Horwood: “The rules have stood the test for nearly a century.” Sir Archibald Bodkin (Public Prosecutor) gave evidence. He said: “The Home Secretary referred the Money case to me, pointing out that if proceedings were not taken he must be in a. position to satisfy Parliament, as there was no case for a perjury prosecution. I was clearly of the opinion that the police had committed wilful perjury after I had read the shorthand notes of the magistrate’s judgment in dismissing the case after hearing Sir Chiozza Money’s evidence. I also considered that there was not the slightest suggestion that the judgment of the police was mistaken. I therefore ordered Inspector Collins to carry out an investigation with a- view to a prosecution of the officers, and pointed out to him that two respectable people had been pounced upon on an absolutely false charge.” Sir Archibald | emphasised the supreme importance and urgency of the matter from a public viewpoint. The hearing was adjourned.

’ EXAMINATION OF WOMEN WITNESSES. Received 10.25 a.m. to-day. ' LONDON, June 12. At the police inquiry. Chief Constable Wensley said that their experience in taking statements from women was that they certainly did not desire the presence of a pol ice woman. When intimate questions were being asked, especially in regard to themselves 1 , lie thought it would ho an improvement if policewomen were always present, unless the woman witness did not desire it.