THE BAIL SYSTEM
/ / ADVOCACY OF (3HANGE S\DNEY JUDGE'S VIEW Small shopkeepers are often black--mailed, sometimes by tears and sometimes by terrorism, into going bail for accuse 1 persons, said Judge Curlewis iu a Sydney Court lately, when advocating a change in the bail system. If the shopkeepers refuse their business suffered, said the Judge. The , police carried out their duties most efficiently, but they were just as much the victims of the bail isystem as were people who went bail in ignorance of their responsibilities. The Judge advocated an alteration of' the sj stem to provide that a prospective l>ondsman should be interviewed by a chamber magistrate before bail was accepted and told clearly the consequences should the accused, person fail to appear for trial. Some people were ;oo silly to realise the facts for themselves, the Judge added.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXI, Issue 21919, 1 October 1934, Page 6
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139THE BAIL SYSTEM New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXI, Issue 21919, 1 October 1934, Page 6
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