PUBLICITY IN CRIME.
PROTECTION OF THE PUBLIC, REFUSAL TO SUPPRESS NAME. [BY X£I.E'jK.JPH. —oitx COE&XSPO.S'DENT.} CEBI3TCHUECE, Tu«ds?. "Could I have my name suppressed, sir?" asked Richard Wilson Baldwin, aged 18, m the Police Court to-day, after he had • been committed to the Supreme Court for sentence on a charge of forgery I 'wouldn't like to put a disgrace on my family, sir," said the youth. "Tne public must be protected and magistrates have to lock at that point of view," &aid Mr. E. 0. Mosley, S.M 'Therefore these offences should have the widest publicity. It is ■ sot tfait I, cannot iufke the ■ order, but I don't ' think I should. In the Supreme Court proceedings the name would be published, so it would be absurd to suppress it to-day and have it published to-morrow. The request is refused." The charge against Baldwin was that on September 23,1526, fee forged an authority lor the payment of a money-order for £3 7s 6d, causing John o'CaSiig.hfcn to act upon ;t as li st were genuine. He pleaded guilty and was committed for sentence, r„ *a. oemg cU.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIV, Issue 19557, 9 February 1927, Page 16
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184PUBLICITY IN CRIME. New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIV, Issue 19557, 9 February 1927, Page 16
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