Scene in a German Church in Melbourne.
Melbourne, September 7. At the Collingwood Police to-day, two men named G. C. Utty and C. Preuss, were charged with insulting behaviour in a place of public worship on Sunday last. It appeared that thoy had interrupted service in the German Evangelistic Church, to which they bolonged, by going forward and demanding liberty to speak. A scene cf great confusion followed, and the men wero eventually removed by the police. Their defence was that the pastor led an immoral life, and was unworthy to remain in chargo of tho church. Two of the trustees, Preuss being ono, had notified to the pastor, who was the third trustee,their wish to hold a meeting prior to service to submit charges against the pastor, and all that the defendants did was to insist on this being first held, which the pastor disregarded- The interruption wa3 not denied. The defendants wero each fined in a nominal ponalty of 20s, with costs.
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Auckland Star, Volume XVII, Issue 215, 13 September 1886, Page 3
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164Scene in a German Church in Melbourne. Auckland Star, Volume XVII, Issue 215, 13 September 1886, Page 3
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