It is known to use spies, private detectives, election nomination forms and press cuttings.
I was unable to find any press cuttings of public criticism.
A newspaper can keep an archive of press cuttings without any difficulty.
I would wish to add a warning against not merely the undesirability but the impossibility of sentencing people from press cuttings.
There are also extensive press cutting collections.
The archive of press cuttings that forms the bulk of the material consists of news items taken from 135 newspapers and periodicals.
The estimated expenditure on press and public relations (inclusive of staff and press cutting service but excluding media advertising and promotional material) for 1988–89 is £469,000.
Yes, of course they read the newspapers, but individual magistrates do not subscribe to press cutting agencies and get an overall picture of what is going on in the country.
