SUPPRESSION OF NAMES.
A MAGISTERIAL VIEW. AUCKLAND, September 17. When Mr R. A. Singer applied to Mr F. K. Hunt, S.M., at the Police Court to-day for an order for the suppression of the name of a young man who had been acquitted on a jcharge of indecent assault, the Magistrate suggested that it might be a good idea if the accused’s name were published, as it would let the public know that he had been acquitted. “ I do not think so,” said counsel. “ If it was published over 250,000 people would know it, whereas if it is not published merely a few people would be any the wiser. I believe your Worship suppressed the name of a shoplifter the other day. Equal discretion should be exercised in cases where suppression is applied for. I quite agree that a man in business, for instance, should know jhe names of those who steal or are likely to steal from him.” Mr Singer afterwards suggested that each magistrate worked on certain rules about the matter. , “I am not working on rules. I use my discretion,” said Mr Hunt, who ordered the suppression of the accused’s name.
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Otago Witness, Issue 3889, 25 September 1928, Page 36
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194SUPPRESSION OF NAMES. Otago Witness, Issue 3889, 25 September 1928, Page 36
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