ONLY IN EXCEPTIONAL CASES.
SUPPRESSION OF NAMES. District S.M. Speaks Out. In view of the recent controversy regarding the suppression of names for publication in connection with court proceedings and recent suppressions made by magistrates in various parts of the country, it is refreshing to hear a clerly defined intention to make rise of these powers on]y 'in exceptional circumstances. A statement to, this effect was made by Mr. J. H. Salmon, S.M., at Morrinsville on Monday at the conclusion of a case in which Bennett Jaques Wright was fined for driving a motor car while under the influence of drink. Mr. McDavitt, for accused, asked for the suppression of the name. His Worship: I never suppress names except in exceptional circumstances. Mr. McDavitt said that the accused’s aged parents lived in Auckland and asked if it were possible to suppress the name from being published in the Auckland papers. His Worship: When you once open the door for the suppression of names it is very difficult to close it. He added that he could not help it if the parents Would be shocked.
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Putaruru Press, Volume IV, Issue 121, 25 February 1926, Page 5
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