Salient: Victoria University Students' Paper. Vol. 29, No. 8. 1966.
Taken seriously
Taken seriously
Cross-examined by Mr. McClelland Inspector Silk said he had taken the whole matter very seriously. The tenor of the messages had caused him to take extensive measures, and he admitted that this was because the slogans were opposing the Royal Tour.
Had the slogans been in favour of the Royal Tour or some some such thing as "vote Labour." the police would not have taken such drastic measures to apprehend the offenders.
Just before he had taken Jesson and Goring from Victoria Square to the police station Jesson had asked if he was under arrest and had been told he was not.
"I told him I would like him to go to the station."
Pressed by Mr. McClelland
Inspector Silk said that he thought Jesson had voluntarily stayed at the police station until his arrest. For some time during their interview, Jesson had propounded the application of case law to rule 10 of the Judges Rules to him.
After the interview. Inspsctor Silk said he told Jesson he was under arrest for being a rogue and a vagabond in that he was a suspected person and warned him that anything he said might be taken down and later used in evidence.