JUDGES AND SECRECY.
MR. JIASSKY CONDEMNS NEW METJJODi'. (Bj TtlcKraph.-Snecin! Correspondent.) Mastcrton, August 13. "A mosl undesirable fashion is coming inlo vogue in tliis country," said Mr. Mastcy, speaking at Masteiton on Snturd:iy evening, "of holding secret inquiries nml hearing cases k'liind closed ilooi-s, Recently ilicrc were secret proceedings in the Supremo Court when the liberty of a subject was at stake, mid Mien thoro was the inquiry conducted by tho Chief Jui lice nt Rarotonga behind closed doors. Many witnesses very properly, as I iliinU, ueclincd to give evidence unices the doors were opened. They deinandod nn open Court mid independent Bench in every case. To encourage this .secret administralinn of justice would be io go back over a hundred years, and give away the priceless privileges for which our"forefuthere contended."
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Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1205, 14 August 1911, Page 6
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132JUDGES AND SECRECY. Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1205, 14 August 1911, Page 6
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