Not Guilty But a ''Social Blackguard

NZ Truth, Issue 1029, 15 August 1925, Page 6

Not Guilty But a ''Social Blackguard"

"We are not a court of morals. If this young" blackguard seduced this young girl, that is not a crime". — Mr. Justice Reed. ""We feel'ho lied to the detective. Had he been a man instead of what we call a social blackguard, he would probably not have been here to-day.. We believe there was intercourse, but that the accused overcame the powers of resistance of the girl. We cannot find him guilty of rape. "—Foreman, of the jury. A man by his powers to subdue the will of a somewhat simple-minded girl so duces the girl, injures her, and all but ruins her life, yet he commits no crime'