THE "THIRD DEGREE."
, « POLICE METHODS IN MELBOURNE. By TelcErapli—Press Association—CapyTiifhl (Rcc. December 16, 9.30 p.m.) Meibsurne, December 16. As the result of n report by the Chief Commissioner of Police regarding the police methods of examining witnesses in the baby-farming cases, the Chief Secretary has prohibited the- "third degree." Public indignation was aroused in connection with the police inquiries into tho recent infant murdcra in Melbourne— where sensational disclosures followed upon the suicide of n woman named Mr*. Newman—by the application of tho methods of the American "Third Degree," in the examination of the deceased woman's husband ami children. The children were subjected to twelve hour.")' examination, and the husband to fourteen.
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Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1934, 17 December 1913, Page 7
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112THE "THIRD DEGREE." Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1934, 17 December 1913, Page 7
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