TEMPTED TO BREAK LAW?
POLICE AND NIGHT CLUB WAITERS COUNSEL’S SUGGESTION (United, I”A.. —By fc. lepraph — Copyright) (Australian and N.Z. Press Association) Reed. 11.0 a.m. LONDON, Wed. The hearing of the bribery charges against ex-Sergeant Goddard were continued to-day. Superintendent Morton, Goddard’s superior officer, in evidence stated that Goddard was a hard-working officer who took part in the raiding of 126 clubs. About 20 police were employed by Goddard for the inside observation of clubs. Sir Henry Maddocks, cross-examin-ing on behalf of Mrs. Meyrick, suggested that the police were acting as “agents provocateurs” and tempted the waiters to break the law,- and quoted six cases of the kind. Superintendent Morton denied that when raiding one club he told a member of the club to ask Mrs. Meyrick for some champagne as a great favour, as he had a special party. Referring to the anonymous letter accusing Sergeant Goddard, Sir Henry Maddocks suggested that it was written by someone in the police force who was conversant with Goddard's work. The trial has been adjourned.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 570, 24 January 1929, Page 9
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173TEMPTED TO BREAK LAW? Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 570, 24 January 1929, Page 9
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