POLICE WITNESSES.

Press, Volume LIV, Issue 16144, 23 February 1918, Page 4

POLICE WITNESSES.

-A QUESTION OF CREDIBILITY. "That is why the boy is dishonest. You have been putting liira up to tell falsehoods. Tlie reason the boy is here is that ho has had no proper example from you," said Mr S. E. McCarthy, S.M., at Petone on Thursday, to a lather who denied that his sou, in his presence and in the presence of the ponce, had made an admission of the theft of some fowls. Two police constables had given evidence as to the statements made. In eiving jndgmonb the Magistrate said : "This is a question lam otten confronted with. Tho polic9 are a body of men wholiave been selected with great care from respectable members of the community. Their object is not to harass the public, but to detect crime. lam faced in tho Court with a blank denial of the police evidence by interested parties. A constable may sometimes s"peak an untruth but the occasions are very rare. Unices the Court is prepared to'accent the evidence ot constables, evou when it- is contradicted by interested partie* crime would go unpunished. J n thii case, if the father cannot se? theft in I the action of ine boy, it is evident that he cannot distinguish between ritrhr an-1 ! wrong, and tho reason the bovl- w'