A Schoolmaster m Trouble.
i (UNITED I'BESS; ASSbotATION.) ? >| ' Christohuhoh; T|esday. "Ait the Magistrate?^ Courtjtoiilay David Blair, master of the School of /Art, was charged with indecency. iThe case rested on the evidence of; several children, whose statements were 'very contradictory, as to the dress and apoearanceof iftbe !man they had seen committing the jofeiice. One little, girl of nin^ years old !had thought at the titne that Mr Blair was the man. 1 She>said she k told some others, and'' they' were infected •with the. =idea,,that he was ,Mr Blair, ( .A v Idetective to6kthe children to opposite ithe ; Scho9.l of Art; and <\alle<J itheir/at? tention to Mr Blair as he 'passed by. They then concluded that he was the man, but two days bef6re three of tliem hafT p^i'^eo? out? another man Very'^ajfi -'*' 1 f dtent m appearance as the offender. • : The benchi cohsidered/the/cas^fpP/the/ « iprosecution had coinpletelv broken down* ;and there liad y b 4 eln'a ; mJstalfe*ls*to the .inan'Siidenlity^ifThe, c.ase and the decision of the Bencli was received with applause. ■■•'- - ,■
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Manawatu Standard, Volume X, Issue 1481, 15 October 1885, Page 2
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170A Schoolmaster in Trouble. Manawatu Standard, Volume X, Issue 1481, 15 October 1885, Page 2
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