THE SIN OF BLASPHEMY.
•GAOL AND DEPORTATION FOE OFFENDER. (By Telegraph-Press Assn.-Copyright.) OTTAWA, March 17. Ernest V. Sterry, charged at Toronto with publishing: in a pamphlet, kncwn as "The Christian Inquirer,' a "scandalous, impious, blasphemous, profane, and indecent libel of and .concerning God and the Holy Bible, the body of the Scriptures, and Christian religion," was found guilty by a jury on Tuesday. Sentence was deferred. This is the first case of the kind in Canada. ,„ . (Received This Dav, 8.40 a.m.) OTTAWA, March 17,
Judge Coatesworth sentenced Sterry to sixty days' gaol, followed by deputation to England.
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Horowhenua Chronicle, 17 March 1927, Page 5
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