DISCRETION OF THE PRESS.
SUPPRESSION OF NAMES. CHRISTCHURCH, August 21. That discretion in regard to the suppression of names should be left to the judicial officer presiding over a court, and not to the newspapers, was an assertion made by the magistrate, Mr E. D. Mosley, this morning. He was considering the case of a 17-year-old lad convicted of assault on a female. When the same case was before the Supreme Court Mr Justice Adams said he left the question of suppression to the press. Mr Mosley commented that no editor or reporter could be aw'are of the circumstances of cases. He agreed to suppress the names in. the present case, and the accused was convicted and discharged.
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Otago Witness, Issue 3885, 28 August 1928, Page 75
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118DISCRETION OF THE PRESS. Otago Witness, Issue 3885, 28 August 1928, Page 75
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