THE THIRD DEGREE.
| A WELLINfITON CASE. Per Proas Association. Wellington, Last Night. During the hearing of a case against four youths for breaking and entering and theft, counsel criticised the linger print evidence anil attacked the polite methods of obtaining statements from, persons suspected or in custody. The Judge srtid that then' was nothing to show that unfair pressure had been .used by the detectives. There was no indi- ! cation that any leading question bad been put. The English law left it to the Judge to decide aa to the admissibility of evidence of this kind. The Jaw of New Zealand did not, but trusted to the jury, on the principle that trust should be placed in the democracy in matters of this kind. Ho was prepared to follow that course in the present ease..
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 224, 10 February 1913, Page 8
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135THE THIRD DEGREE. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 224, 10 February 1913, Page 8
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