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Auckland, Last Night'. Wlicn n case of shoplifting’ wits lining hoax'd in the Police Couvl Ibis morning, counsel for accused asked the Magistrate to direct Unit: the. names of accused, who were first offenders, should not he published. Detective Sergeant Hammond, who was prosecuting, pointed out that the case having been previously before the Court, the names had already been published. Apart from that, however, he said that tlid strongest deterrent was the publicity afterwards given in the Police Court. “It is really the greatest deterrent we have,” he added. The Magistrate, Air McKean, said it was only in exceptional eases that he would give a direction in regard to tjie non-puldieation of names.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 2223, 6 January 1921, Page 2
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117PLEA FOR NON-PUBLICITY Manawatu Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 2223, 6 January 1921, Page 2
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