The Calcutta Weekly Notes Law Notes and Notes of Cases of the Calcutta High Court and of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council and the English Law Courts Monday July 26 1926

and the Lord Chief Justice who delivered the judgment of the Court remarked in quashing the convition that the photographs having been handed to the jury it was apparent to them that the prisoners had been previously convicted and it was just as clear a statement to the jury that the prisoners had been previously convicted as would have been shown by evidence to that effect and the conviction c [...] The fair thing is to show a series of photographs and to see whether the person who is expected to give information can pick out the appropriate person it is the duty of the police to behave with exeplary fairness remembering always that the Crown has no interest in securing a conviction but has an interest only it securing the convition of the right person.” 157clviii THE CALCUTTA WERKLY NO [...] The longer the period lowed to elapse from the time of the event to e time when the witnesses give evidence the eater the probability of confusion and of the itlt being obsemtd particularly in a case like this where the accused happens to be a police officer and the alleged offence arises out of his conduct during the course of his duties." The concluding words of Pearson J. deserves very'car [...] 165 of the Evidence Act pitt questions to the witnesses with regard to the statements they made to the police in order to show that the witnesses had made contradictory statements to the police officer and before the Court it was held that the Judge was clearly wrong in making such use of the statements-42 C. L. J. 528. [...] 162 (1) and it is further opposed o the spirit of the new section the plain Meaing of the words used in the section and the legislative history of the section.