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(a) SLR 2028 in-sists he is not guilty, that he was framed..
(b) 2027 says he was framed by the police boyfriend of the girl with
whom he had co-habited formerly. She apparently cheated him of a large sum of money, and the police friend had him charged with blackmail, either to stop him asking for the money, or because he asked for it on this last point I am not clear.
10) Victoria Prison
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Many claimed frame-ups here. They were not all recorded, but the following are submitted:
(a) 27387 says a taxi driver refused his fare when he was with several
friends. They blamed the driver, and he called a policeman and said they were trying to rob him. As drivers are afraid of police charging them for not picking up passengers, it is quite possible this could have happened. The man is extremely angry and says it has ruined his life, in which he has no previous record.
(b) 13899 says he was once found guilty of having an offensive weapon,
and served time in prison. Four days after his release, when he had made up his mind to go straight, he was charged with loitering. He says he pleaded guilty because if one pleads not guilty, there is a long remand term waiting for the case to be heard.
Several other prisoners mentioned that pleading not guilty made the time in prison longer because of the long wait for the hearing.
(c) 26214 He strongly claims that he was framed by police on charges of assaulting police, intimidation, traid membership. He insists he is not guilty of any charges and wants retrail.
I do not claim to believe all the cases noted above. That some were frame-ups I do not doubt, especially as they fit in with the pattern observed in many other cases dealt with personally. In the Prison Cases,
I had no means to check all the facts.
3. Cases Attending the Ward Office
These cases were not included in Mrs. Bexhall's report, most of them attending the office after that report was made.
1) L/79/77
He was on a false traffic charge, and had to engage a lawyer. He was acquitted, but feels aggrieved because of time and money wasted, as well as emotional stress.
2) L/2341/76
Says he was detained for over 24 hours by a detective who beat him and charged him with assaulting polce and resisting arrest. He pleaded Not Guilty. Hastings was employed by our ward office to defind him and he was acquitted.
3) L/105/77
He and friend,
obstructing police.
were hawking. They were charged with The Law Department of the University supplied a
lawyer and police dropped the charge.
4) L/1403/77
He married a girl believing her to be of age. She left home and he went to police to report her missing. They arrested him and charged him with having carnal knowledge of a girl under 16. We found a lawyer. result was a discharge, without recorded conviction.
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