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

Denied his lawful rights

Denied his lawful rights

The admission that he had denied Jesson his lawful rights by refusing him access to counsel and illegally searching him was made by Inspector Robert Peter Silk under cross-examination.

Jesson (21). a fourth-year law student, was charged with wilful damage in that he painted anti-Royal Tour slogans on the track wall at Adding ton Raceway the night before the Royal trotting meeting.

He was also charged with attempted wilful damage of the Royal dais in Victoria Square the same night.

The original charges of unlawful entry of the raceway and being a rogue and vagabond in Victoria Square were withdrawn by the Crown Prosecutor (Mr. C. M. Roper).

Opening the prosecution, Mr. Roper said it was contended that Jesson and two others had painted antiRoyalty slogans in 3ft high letters on walls at the raceway.

Jesson had attempted to paint similar slogans on the floor of the Royal dais, but after two letters had been painted the paint ran out and they were interrupted, Mr. Roper said.

The supervisor of Addington raceway gave evidence of finding the slogans painted on the racewav on the night of April 22, and of ringing the police.