THE ELMSLEY CASE
NEED OF AMENDING THE; LAW. [ By Telegraph, Per Press Association.] AUCKLAND, August 6. . Social workers in Auckland consider the Elmsley case a-definite indication of tho value of police investigations, and urge the importance of an amendment in the law to en-. able official action to be taken in all similar cases. “Failing the evidence of the local constable, the woman’s statement would have been uncorroborated,” said Mr It. E. W. Matthews, solicitor for the Society for the Protection of Women and Children. “Both Constable Rimer and deserve the thanks of the community for submitting to the ordeal of waiting out in tho 'cold several nights to obtain facts for the 'Court's, information. The Society had first taken action in tho Elmsley case on June 13. It had reported the case to the Mercer police after being informed of the main fhets by a deputation of four farmers from Waerenga, who came to its offices in Auckland. The finding -in the case cannot be questioned, but no doubt the matter will be heard of in other proceedings.”
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Hokitika Guardian, 7 August 1929, Page 2
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179THE ELMSLEY CASE Hokitika Guardian, 7 August 1929, Page 2
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