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Salient: Victoria University Students' Paper. Vol. 29, No. 8. 1966.

No need to arrest

No need to arrest

They had been held while the constable called Inspector Silk and. when he arrived. Jesson had asked him whether they were under arrest, to which Goring thought the inspector had answered "we don't need to arrest you."

Mr McClelland: Did the inspector say get into the police car or I will arrest you?—Yes.

Did the inspector search you both?—Yes.

Did Jesson say to the inspector you can't search me without a warrant unless you arrest me?—I don't remember.

Goring admitted he was not aware of what his legal rights were at the time he was taken to the police station.

The constable who first approached Jesson and Goring, Ian Leslie Kington, said he saw a tin of spray-cote paint (which he produced in court) in Jesson's pocket.

To Mr. McClelland Constable Kington said Jesson. after supplying his name and address had asked if he was under arrest. Told he wasn't he asked if he could go.

Questioned as to why he thought Jesson had not left Constable Kington said he did not think Jesson wanted to.