COURT REPORTING
INFORMING THE PUBLIC. VIEWS OF CHIEF JUSTICE. When the question of clearing the Court was raised in the Supreme Court at Hamilton yesterday at the commencement of a case in which a man was charged with an offence against a young girl, the Chief Justice, Sir Michael Myers, agreed that the Court should be cleared, but expressed the opinion that it was definitely desirable that the case should be reported in the press so that the public should know the dangers to which their children might be subjected. “If reported discreetly I think that cases of this nature should be brought before the public,” said His Honor, who added that the reporting of such cases would give people a better idea in regai-d to other matters affecting criminal law and the way in which it was administered. His Honour suggested to the press that the names of the children concerned should not be published. The names were not necessary in the public interest.
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Te Awamutu Courier, Volume 63, Issue 4491, 17 October 1941, Page 5
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