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

Solicitor requested

Solicitor requested

"I remember Jesson asking if he could consult a solicitor. That was when he was formally charged.

"I told him that there was a third party involved in the case and I was not prepared to let him use a telephone until the third person was in the station.

"I told him the reason for this was that I felt he might try to warn the third person.

"I denied him his rights at that point of time." Inspector Silk said.

"It was not a group of youths behind this. I was aware of who Jesson's associates were and their political affiliations. And because of the stated intentions of this group I was concerned about the outcome of that night," Inspector Silk said.

Mr. McClelland: You broke the rules?—I broke the rules.

Did Jesson ask if he could ring his mother?—Not to me.

"We did not have a search warrant when we went to Jesson's home. Sergeant Downs may have searched Jesson's room.

"It has been the custom since time immemorial to search the home of an accused person without warrant." Inspector Silk said.

Mr. McClelland: You deliberately charged this man with an offence on which he was not bailable as of right just to keep him in jail—No.

You did in fact oppose bail? —Yes.

Inspector Silk said he wanted Jesson locked up while the Queen Mother was here if it could be achieved within the law.

In his closing address. Mr. McClelland pointed out that Jesson had been illegally searched and the actions of the police had been, "clearly and palpably wrong."

"It was fortunate that one and not three pots of paint was at stake or Inspector Silk would have called out the Army and the Air Force as well." Mr. McClelland said.