Adolp Becks Case
X-..X-, ' ... >•..'. '■.-.-..V.77 SHARP RAPS TOEL OFFICIALS* Per United. Press Association. Dy Electric Telegraph. >- Gopyiight, LONDON, Nov. 20. Received 27th, 5.4- p.m. The -report of the ; committccr ap-* pointed. by the Government t(» en* quire into the case ot Adolf lkck^ twice wrongfully convicted v 6f thefts, suggests that instead of the erection! of a new- court of appeal a slight change should he made, to compel « judge to stato a case for the Consideration of tho court, Crown cj-ses being; reserivod. It points out that the miscarriage of justice in B^k» a case wouW have been remedied- in tho first instance if the Recorder . (Sir. Forrest Fulton) had acceded t& count sel's point regarding tho comparison! of the incriminating documents of 1877 and 1896. The JSpvao Office is severely blamed for not communlsat- 4 ing to the Public Prosecutor or to the police th§ discovery, in , 1808». that Beck was not Smith. The com* mittee. suggests various means of im« proving the judicial administrative machinery. . I nrsnnnnnnT/i
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Southland Times, Issue 19472, 28 November 1904, Page 2
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170Adolp Becks Case Southland Times, Issue 19472, 28 November 1904, Page 2
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