The Police Commission

Waihi Daily Telegraph, Volume V, Issue 1378, 14 July 1905, Page 3

The Police Commission

Ming Evidence by Convicted Constables The Robberies Still Going On Auckland Uie Worst of tlis^Lot By Telegraph.—Press Association. Dunkdin, this day. At tho Polico Commission Sergeant Eyon suggested dividiug boats into two section!, with a sergeant in chargo of each. Chiof Detective Herbert also said that tho beats were 100 largo for propor oontrol, and sugges'.ed three sections, with a sergeant for each, and an oxtra inb-inspootor for night July.

Tno Commission took ovidonco at (lie gaol from thoconvictod constables. Moses said tho working of tho boats in Duuediu was like clockwork. Tho men know exactly when lo expoot the sergeant. riiie\ing had boon going on some timo before ho ;oinod, Ho could not go into den toils. Toe many men would bo drugged into trouble. There Mvoro upwards of twenty in it. Ho was approached, and it was explained to him wh;it was being done. The robberies were so systematic that it would bo very hard to detect them. Surprise visits by the sergiants would cortiinly have curtailed them. McDona'd said he had only been a week or two in Dunedin when ovortures wsro made lo him, aud ho was dragged into what was going on, It was hard to say bow many wero implicated, but ho reckonoJ 24 to 30. Bomo of them were still in tho foroe. Ho boleivod robberies woro going on in other placos, such as Chris!church, Oamaru, Timaru and Auckland. He bad heard that Auokland was the worst of the lot. Osborne also gnvo similar ovidence. Later, At tho Polico Oommission two constables gave evideuco denying what MacDonald had said as to tho older hands being implicated. /

Auckland Force Indignant Demands Source of Information ' By Telegraph.—Fresa Association. Auckland, this day. Rrgarding tho evidence of ex-Constable McDonald beforo the Polico Commission, that ho heard that Auckland was the worst plaeo of the lot in regard to thofis, tho members of the Auckland foroo have oxprossed the opinion thai tho Comumsion should insist on obtaining the source of McDonald's information with the view of sifting it to tho boltom. An inquiry ntnong tho firms whose warehouse keys havo boon deposited at tho walchhouso has elicited the statement that they have no compl »inta or suspicions regarding the Auckland force,

Tiinani Police Defended Timard,thin day At tho conclusion of the Police Court business Mr Moss-Jonas, J.P., took strong exception t) the reflections cast on tho polico of Tiuiaru, Ho said it was monstrous that such suggootions should be made, Ho had lived hero for 85 years, and had never heard a word ageinst the police. They hud always been abovo suspicion, and he wished loexpress his opinion that tho police wore honest and straightforward wherevor he had soon them.