SUPPRESSION OF EVIDENCE
PRESS OUTCRY AGAINST BILL IX N.S.W. (bt ca»ij:—raasa assccutos—comufflW* (ACS7JU.IJHX iXD X.S. CXSZM. 434pCltf(K!*4 (Received November 12th. 9.13 p.B.V SYDNEY. November It. There is a strong Press outcry agpisat tho Suppression of Evidence Bill, wfcicfe the Government proposes to in Parliament, because it will aalw 11 a punishable offence for any swsjipif to publish details of divorce suits. H also will provide for the suppression tt* evidence in murder trials under mt*» conditions.
The Bill is denounced as ja rrtwa to tho bad old days, when dirorcn could bo heard in camera- One fMfcr describes it as a twM OMM of "lir* ing the public scandals tf SO years when nil influential persons wt» #S* lowed to have their dirty E°e® in camera. "
Another paper declares thai *£**> papers arc the wpoaakk wattfcjfas* of the people, and it wocld bo ft g/mS3s> calamity were their legiiizuat® curtailed "by St*? Chamber
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Press, Volume LX, Issue 18229, 13 November 1924, Page 11
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152SUPPRESSION OF EVIDENCE Press, Volume LX, Issue 18229, 13 November 1924, Page 11
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