HERBALIST'S OFFENCES
—PresB Aseoeiation.)
Found Guilty of Assaults on Boys
(By Telegraph
. CHRISTCHURCH, Last Night. In the Supreme Court before Mr. Justice Northcroft, Joseph Isherwood, a herbalist, faced three charges of indecent assault on males. He pleaded not guilty and his trial occupied the greater part of the Qaj The Crown Prosecutor ^Mr. A. T. Donnelly) described tho case as one of the worst ever before the Court. The jury retired for an hour and 10 minutes and found the prisoner guilty on all three eharges. Ho was remanded for sentence. Henry Perey Rentoul Ramsbottom Isherwood pleaded- guilty to a charge oi unlawful carnal knowledge of a giri under the age of 16 and was remanded for sentence,
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Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 24, 12 February 1937, Page 8
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