Protection of South African Natives
SPECIAL OITICIAL PROPOSED
DURBAN, Sept 1
Considerable interest has been roused among native authorities and welfare workers in a suggestion that the State should appoint an official to be known as the Natives ’ Defender, whose duty it would be to see that natives summoned for technical and otJher offences were properly advised or represented in the Courts. Sir James Rose Innes, the former Chief Justice and a champion of native interests, gives the proposal his full support. “No man is tried for his life,” ho said, “without special arrangements being made for his defence, but sncih cases are few in number. If, at the other end of the scale, wo create a number of offences which are not known to common law, and affect natives only, and if wo sweep scores of natives into gaol for these offences, special care should be taken to see that the importance of the offence doe 3 not lead to a disregard of precautions in favour of the person charged.”
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Manawatu Times, Volume 61, Issue 236, 6 October 1936, Page 4
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