Prosecution Without Pollee Attendance
24th June 1955, Page 40
24th June 1955
Page 40
Page 40, 24th June 1955
— Prosecution Without Pollee Attendance
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IF a recommendation of the Bar I Council is accepted by the Home Secretary it may soon not be necessary for a police witness concerned with such minor offences as "parking without lights" to appear in court.
Instead, police evidence and an admittance by the defendant may be introduced into court on a special form, which could be read by the clerk.
The Council strongly opposed a suggestion by a Home Office committee that a fine should be allowed for an admitted offence without a hearing before a court, provided that prosecution and defendant agreed to such a settlement.
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