POLICE EXCEED DUTY
Defence Claim In Court Press Association—Copyright Ashburton, May 7. A reserved decision in a case of an unusual type was given to.day by Mr Morgan, S.M. A man was charged with being found drunk in a publid place. Counsel for the defendant held that the two constables who hnn arrested him exceeded 'their duty by carrying the defendant from the yard of a hotel to the roadway so that they could arrest him in a public place as diLclosed by the evidence of the constables themselves. The Magistrate held -that it had been given that the yard of the ho<‘el was part of licensed premises, but even if the defendant was commuting an offence of being on licensed premises without lawful excuse during closed hours (he was not so charged) no power to arrest or the right to remove him therefrom for that offence is given a constable. He could find no legal (authority for i'he action of the constables in removing the defendant. The case was dismissed.
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Taranaki Central Press, Volume IV, Issue 428, 8 May 1937, Page 6
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171POLICE EXCEED DUTY Taranaki Central Press, Volume IV, Issue 428, 8 May 1937, Page 6
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