PRISONER’S COMPLAINT
UPHELD BY JUDGE OF SUPREME
COURT. (Per Press Association.) Christohuroh, last night. A prisoner on trial at the Supremo Court to-day complained that ho bad boon subjected to a certain modloai examination without hie ooi-soo*, and liad not le?n informed of tho result ot that oxaminatioi* Mr Justice Deuniston said that a prisoner, oftor arrest and before trial, bod no right to bo subjected, against his will, to any physical examination other than wos
Doccssary for prison rules for tho obsorv' ones of order, or for identification purposes. Any oompfihory i xamiuatiou i r interference other than for these purposes Was illegal, nud tho sooner that was realised by tho proper authorities tlo bettor.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XIX, Issue 1523, 3 August 1905, Page 3
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