ENGLISH VILLAGE LIFE.
I had not intended making any replv to Mr. C. B. Page's letter, in which he questions my statements regarding the English villagersHowever, on the day following my receipt the paper containing his letter I happened o the following paragraph from a London daiiyIn a case at Norfolk Assizes oil Saturday, » ■ Justice Cardie said: "I doubt whether, tlnoug out the country, it is realised how 1,01 u these incest cases are. In the past they w not mentioned, even by the Press, an , manv parts of the country I have vnsi j it was plain that many folk did not eve" know that incest was a crime. lam glad . the Press, having recognised the evil, is• Wi » to tell the public something of the orr ' facts that exist in the social life o people." I do not quote this as an a,l ° to Mr. Page's letter, but merely as an "roosting sidelight on the matter Marlborough, Wilts.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXIII, Issue 78, 2 April 1932, Page 8
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ENGLISH VILLAGE LIFE.
Auckland Star, Volume LXIII, Issue 78, 2 April 1932, Page 8
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