QUESTIONS BY POLICE

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 89, Issue 263, 7 November 1945, Page 3

QUESTIONS BY POLICE

COMMENT BY CHIEF KifnCf

“PRINCIPLE IS ’iVROW 1 N;. . Nov. i, . ft fe wrong in prin. d ; , should not be permitted. In n? opin ion the attention of senic '■< i™ ' those holding the highes’ in » ’•' police service should be drawn to th , matter so that approprla no , be taken to avoid a re-c. lirenc: stated the Ciilef Justice Sir hat Myers, in reference to the rx ! • e t.ro cedure of taking stateme i • : a, su . ' petted persons. The comment was ma ., during th I hearing of rape charge: against >, of three Maoris. A constable had depost I ,h s he ’ 1 put two questions to th; accused ' , relation to the alleged incident, i j*? then warned accuse,’ litres I added, “that he was not cor.ipeliec . make any further stater ent ai. tha . if he did it might be used against h)m. To Mr. Willis, Crows 5’rosecuter > witness said he did not t -. t ■ ■ 1 sary to first warn the ac Mr. Willis: And your Witness: Well, I was i> , complaint of a witness it . I did not think it neces him until such time as : ; thing to incriminate him i His Honour: You o.. known that you had no ri to have committed the a ; 1 :• i L, . -.I.question without first w; 1 Witness explained he was -.uiawaif . that he was neglecting procedure. His Honour: Well, the ■ tr's > .’ known by every police chief officer of the dep; ->.t ■. self, the better it will b ’he <!■ , ministration of the princi >■ w d British justice are admin His Honour went on tc ■■ constable had committe blunder, but he was gle . had been raised. He had lower court depositions before him on previous c • . similar things had taken Drawing the attention < rment to the matter, His . .. . ed that if this were not : would be a multiplicity thing, perhaps, and befor> knew where it was ther Royal Commission of Inq fir •> < methods of the police.