WRONGFUL ARREST
POLICE TO PAY DAMAGES NEW SOUTH WALES DECISION SYDNEY. Nov. 17 The Premier of New South Wales, Mr. 13. S. Stevens, announced to-day that the Cabinet had decided that the three police officers who were successfully proceeded against by Robert Manners for wrongful arrest on September 18, must pay their own costs and the £3OO damages awarded against them. The Cabinet considered the jury's verdict should be regarded as binding.
The Cabinet's decision is made in spite of the fact that the Acting-Com-missioner of Police, Mr. Lynch, recommended in his report to the Government that the Crown should foot the bill. The Cabinet directed that Sergeant J. H. Silcock be reverted to uniform duty and Constables G. Murray and G. Roach be retained on uniform duty.
Damages amounting to £3OO were awarded to Robert Percy Manners, a journeyman printer, in an action against three members of the New South Wales police for wrongful arrest, false imprisonment and assault on September 18. Manners stated that he had been roughly handled after being pursued by Detective Roach, who had been looking for a bag-snatcher. At the police station he established a case of mistaken identity.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22579, 18 November 1936, Page 13
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