 At the commencement of the trial, counsel for Williams objected to the admission in evidence of a number of records of interview containing confessions allegedly made to the police by Williams.He argued that Williams had been detained unlawfully, because he ought to have been brought before a judge and formally charged as soon as reasonably practicable after his arrest.Instead, he was detained in police custody for 28 hours, and questioned about his role in a variety of burglaries across northern Tasmania.