LIBELLING THE POLICE
EX-INSPECTOR SENTENCED. Bt Tolejrrapli—Presj Association—Copyright ; . London, July IC. .In the : King's Bench Division .of the High Court of Justice, , . ex-Inspector Symo was sentenced" to eight months' imprisonment for libelling Sir Edward Henry, Commissioner of Police iu tho Metropolis since 1903. Symo published a pamphlet in which ho accused tlio Commissioner of encouraging perjury and blackmail and tyrannising' over subordinates. . ■,""- .• • Accused, who conducted his own defence, alleged blackmail and tyranny. He flouted tho presiding' Judge (Lord Coloridge) and the jury, alleging that the latter was packed. , ' _ In his'summing up, Mr. Justice Coleridge eaidHho case disclosed tho higher police authorities' scrupulous fairness and untiring caro in dealing with complaints. No police administration in tho world could emerge from such charges 'freor from suspicion.
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Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2205, 18 July 1914, Page 5
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124LIBELLING THE POLICE Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2205, 18 July 1914, Page 5
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