A FOOLISH CUSTOM.
Oil a man being arrested for crime it. is expected that the police will caution him that anything he may say will be given in evidence against hnn, "This custom," recently observed a London magistrate, "is a very foolish one. I have carefully considered it during my experience at the Bar, ancT as a magistrate, and, it has always seemed to me very foolish to maintain the caution. There may be an outcry in the press as to the insullicieney of evidence in a murder trial which might cause a great deal of anxiety to the Home Secretary, who might be perplexed as to what to do. It may be possible to prevent all this by nof checking the confession. A prisoner may be going to say something whicn would at that time be strong evidence of innocence; he is stopped, and when he makes the same statement before a jury, th jury say, 'All this has been concocted since."
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVIII, Issue 81917, 29 January 1907, Page 4
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163A FOOLISH CUSTOM. Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVIII, Issue 81917, 29 January 1907, Page 4
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