The Manawatu Herald. Thursday, February 11, 1909. PROTECTING WITNESSES.
WE endorse Magistrate Thomson’s remarks when giving judgment in the case of Woods v. Easton at the local Court last Tuesday, when he stated that it was essential to protect witnesses who were called to give evidence in a court of law. If such protection were not forthcoming from our Judges and Magistrates, unscrupulous men could make it very warm for witnesses who are called, at times unwillingly and at great inconvenience, to give evidence against them. Were this to obtain, intimidation and bribery would be rampant, and the Jaw and justice would be set at defiance. In the British Empire, at least, witnesses can rely on the protection of our courts, and can snap their fingers at the intimidator, but woe betide the perjuror. It is extremelygratifying to know that in New Zealand cases of threatening behaviour by litigants towards “ hostile” witnesses is very rare.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXI, Issue 450, 11 February 1909, Page 2
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155The Manawatu Herald. Thursday, February 11, 1909. PROTECTING WITNESSES. Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXI, Issue 450, 11 February 1909, Page 2
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