A SERIOUS CHARGE.
CASE AGAINST A MAGNETIC HEALER. /: .■•*'.. !.'.;• far TELEGRAPH.— PRESS ASSOCIATION.] f . Kelson, Monday. ;;_ ft/HE hearing of a shocking case was comItftoenced in the Police Court to-day, before Mr. Evans, S.M., a middle-aged man named William Henry' Joseph Kingston j;;: ; being.charged with indecently assaulting KW-lonian/; According to the evi-\-;i nce for the prosecution, the man posed «* a magnetic healer, and the girl had U::; beenfinder his treatment. The prosecui i , iHx stated that Kingston told her that to? was suffering from appendicitis and ■ <fe ailments, for which he subjected ■ Mr to a form of massage. He acquired » ■great influence over her, which she was . powerless to resist, and had improper re- • ktums with her. She further alleged ;ttat accused, a married man with three ■ «mdren, proposed marriage to her, saying giim ; his wife . would not live long. He also treated her sister. Dr. Gibbs stated ; «a* he had examined the girl and found 0* to be strong and healthy, free from any organic trouble past or "present. ; "; lie case- is likely to last come days. jI ■ ■
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVI, Issue 14225, 23 November 1909, Page 5
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177A SERIOUS CHARGE. New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVI, Issue 14225, 23 November 1909, Page 5
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