ALL CHARGES AGAINST REV. TAYLOR DISMISSED
- BOY WITNESSES UNRELIABLE. t Per Press Association. WELLINGTON, Last Night. In the Magistrate’s Court to-day Mr 6. Page, S.M., dimissed all charges of indecent assault on. males against Bev. .Thomas Pcilden Taylor. The case commenced yesterday. The, evidence of the hoys to-day was similar to yesterday’s. ’.if' ,xi I A detective’s evidence was . that when taxed with the allegations accused gave an unqualified - .denial of them. He stated that, all he had done was to conduct examinations of the hoys for their own good.; He also gave them instruction in sexual matters.
Without calling on counsel Magistrate Page dismissed the charge stating that no jury would convict., the hoy ■witnesses on their own admissions being thoroughly unreliable.
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Manawatu Times, Volume LIII, Issue 6667, 21 July 1928, Page 8
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