CHILDREN'S OBSERVATION.
The opinion was expressed by Mr ; Justice Chapman a [few days ago that as a general rule lie had found children, being very observable and able to carry impressions for a little while at least, were good witnesses. At the Auckland Supreme Court he enquired if the Auckland police in prosecuting enquiries .made use of lohildren as observers, and what had been the result? A constable stated that he had found children observant * .and certainly very .safe in the matter of identification. In connection with the case before the Court, a little girl liad given a- very clear and accurate description of a man, specially noticing a patch on the knee of trousers worn, and subsequently .picked out the accused without the slightest hesitation from lamomg-st a group. A pair of trousers wiitih a patched knee was being worn by accused when arrested on the day after the crime was alleged, to have been committed.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10254, 2 June 1911, Page 4
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157CHILDREN'S OBSERVATION. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10254, 2 June 1911, Page 4
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