STATEMENT TO POLICE.
NOT OPEN TO INSPECTION. REMARKS BY CHIEF JUSTICE. Per Press Association. WELLINGTON, Nov. 12. The refusal of the police to allow a statement to be seen, although the person who made it gave written authority for that purpose, was the subject of comment in the Supreme Court to-day during an action for damages arising from a collision between a motor-car and a motor-cycle. A witness said he had received written authority to see a statement taken by the police, but the inspector had refused to let him see it. The Chief Justice (Sir Michael Myers) said: “I really cannot understand it. Although the person who makes the statement gives express authority, it cannot be seen. However, the inspector may have some explanation which does not appear at the moment. Perhaps I had better not make any comment.”
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LIV, Issue 297, 13 November 1934, Page 7
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140STATEMENT TO POLICE. Manawatu Standard, Volume LIV, Issue 297, 13 November 1934, Page 7
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