IDENTIFYING SUSPECTED PERSONS
POI.TCF. METHODS CRITICISED
(UL.lted Pre»» Association )
CHRISTCHURCH, This Day
The police-method of -identifying people suspected of offences was criticised by counsel. Judge and jury when a case that rested on identification 'came before the Supreme Court. The-accused was Charles Thomas Lnscelles,- charged with interfering with a little gill in a picture theatre. After comment by counsel. Judge .Stringer said-.there was no earthly use in asking either adults or children to make a satisfactory identification unless there was a general resemblance between the people lined up. There .was no use, for instance, in put. ting Chinese among Europeans. The jury returned a, verdict of not guilty, urging that there should be strict methods of identification in order to prevent a mistake, and adding: “We reckon the present method is unfair.”
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXI, 17 November 1926, Page 5
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