SEX 'CHARLATAN
'? DEPORTATION' ORDERED. • •. \ / v7f ; ?<.- A • • • ' • (Australian, and N.Z. Cable Association.) j LONDON, March 24.' Homer Tyrrell Lane, an American, who was a lecturer to the Australian Expeditionary, Force, .was ordered- to be deported 'by Magistrates for'offences under the Aliens'A it. Tho evidence showed that..,Laue lived in sumptuous rooms in Gordon Square, ainLgdyo private lectures to men and women on ■psych Q-analysis,. which were of ? a • sexual /’nature,’charging two guineas .per hour. His income was £2^9o'yearly, ‘ ; ‘The. prosecution described Lane as "a charlatan 'and'a danger to society. He established'- a “Children’s- Self-Govern-ing Commonwealth” in Dorsetshire in 1903,' which was, closed in 191'8,’' the police , alleging that JLane had-- indecently assaulted inmates. ! There also was evidence that a wo- ' man patient'gave. Lane £1522. Qn the other hand, the Bishop of LiverpooL.'-latti headmaster - of Rugby, gave eviddh'ce that' treatment by Lane was extremely * helpful'iii the spiritual .' growth of 'youths. T" Lady Betty. Balfour and other wellknown people gave similar evidence. ' Lady Betty said it was a national calamity.--that the Commonwealth closed down. .
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Greymouth Evening Star, 26 March 1925, Page 2
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