N.S.W. POLICE METHODS
ECHO OF BETTING SCANDALS. REHEARING OF CONSTABLE’S CASE. Received May 3, 10.32 p.m. SYDNEY. May 3. At to-day’s sitting of the Royal Commission which hitherto has inquired into illegal betting operations and which later reponed in order to reconsider the case of Constable M. B. Miller, counsel for Miller, Mr. J. W. Shand, K.C., laid a charge against Police Commissioner Mackay of unjust and unfair treatment of Ccnstable Miller. Mr. Shand claimed that Commissioner Mackay, “under a false assumption of fairness,” had attempted to discredit Constable Miller and had maliciously presented to the Premier the cause of Constable Miller’s absence in the country in 1936, which Mr. Shand contended was genuinely due to ill-health. Mr. Shand further submitted that the Police Commissioner had approved of the obviously baseless charges and biassed reports of senior police officers relating to Constable Miller’s activities in connection with the crusade against starting-price bettors. The inquiry was adjourned to a date to be fixed.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 80, Issue 104, 4 May 1937, Page 7
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