SIR,—In a letter printed in your issue of September 13
Mr. G. W. R. Thompson makes the following propositions
1. That identification parades are not sanc- tioned by the law (presumably he means that the law forbids them).
2. That they are completely superfluous. 3. That a person put up for identification, even with his own consent, can thereafter bring an action against the Crown for 'mistake in • law.' It is not apparent for what mistake of law the action will lie.
4. That after arrest a person must not be 'tampered with' (whatever this means) by the police. 5. That the police are 'more than obligated [sic] to adhere to procedure in criminal cases which is laid down by statute—indeed . . . the procedure is more important than the theory.' Would he supply authority for the first four of these propositions, which I for one believe to be entirely inaccurate; and state what exactly he means by the last one?—Yours faithfully, C'unthrae, Woodland Drive, East Horsley, Surrey
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