Costs Against Police

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 344, 3 May 1928, Page 9

Costs Against Police

WELL-KNOWN ECONOMIST CHARGED POLICE CASE FAILS (United P.A.—By Telegraph — Copyright) (Australian P.A.—United Service) Reed. 9.5 a.m. LONDON, Wed. The well-known writer and economist, Sir Leo Chiozza Money, and Irene Savage, were charged at the Marlborough Street Police Court with indecency in Hyde Park. Sir Leo denied the allegations of the police. Following Sir Leo’s evidence, the Magistrate stopped the case, dismissed it, and awarded £lO 10s costs against the police. Defendant gave evidence that he had known Miss Savage for 18 months. She was of unquestionable reputation and was engaged to be married. Frequently they went to theatres together. On the night of the charge they dined in the West End, walked to the park, and had been sitting in adjoining chairs for ten minutes when a plain-clothes policeman appeared suddenly, and made the charge. Defendant was roughly handled en route to the police station. The Magistrate said the explanations of the police why they failed to obtain the available evidence failed to satisfy him. Anyway, he could not help thinking that in such cases the police in charge of the stations should send the reports to headquarters for the consideration of the Commissioner. If that had been done the present case would not have been brought. Sir Leo Chiozza Money is a wellknown publicist and writer, especially on economic subjects. He was born ac Genoa, Italy, in June, 1579. He is a son of tho late Joseph A. Chiozza, and assumed the additional surname of Money in 1903, after the death of Mrs. Money Chiozza. He was a Liberal member of the House of Commons from 1906 to 1918, and was Parliamentary Private Secretary to Mr. Lloyd George when the latter was Minister of Munitios during the war. He joined the Labour Party in 1918. He has been on many public commissions and inquiries. His publications include “Elements of the Fiscal Problem,” “The Nation’s Wealth,” and “The Peril of the White.” Sir Leo was married in 1592 to Miss Gwendolen Stevenson, daughter of the late George Elliot Sb-venson, and th4y have one daughter. In an article published m the “Evening Standard” on April 10 Sir Leo made the assertion that the white races at present are in process of being utterly swamped by the coloured races.