RECTOR AND GIRL

Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 1, Issue 188, 1 April 1932, Page 5

RECTOR AND GIRL

(Pi*ess. Assn.—

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5>!. ( i (> . tO&pb% Wete|ay. ■ i ,pas£.t .against J&old ; ^aYi^.pn? ,rectop, .of. .^9 is : chp^e4 iyi'th a ^eries, 4¥,acB:.i?ltvmis" l copducl; ^pdpY the, .'Cie/gy.' jp^ppine ; Act, is still the sensation of the hour. j Barbara Harris, 'a pretty, petite«| girl, was five hours under cross-exam- ! ination by counsel fqr fhe defence. j Throughqut the day's duel the girl j faced the Court with the cairn confid.- j ence and self-possession qf a wqmah! twice hpr years, answering a flood of ! questions many relating to sordid de- i tails .of her lif e, without demur. . j When the counsel suggested tha|| the Rector's association with her wa§ j due to a desire to take her from her ! updesirable surroundings, witpess der j nied it, though she admitted he oncei helped her to ■ get employment. She ) once gave the Rector a black eye ber cause he locked her ip a pooip and would, not .let her out. She added that Davidson always told her she looked like Greta Garbo, but she had no desire to be a film star, as she was afraid to face the canipra. Counsel plied her witl} quqstions regarding her relatiqns . with ;'a pppfessional strong-man, who sometimes earned 60/- daily by means of street performances. Witness explained that the strong man was friendly, but she did not like him, and added: "When he threatened to smash my face in, the Rector, though a small man, got on a clerical eollar and went to see him, telling the strongman he was my uncle." During the cross-examination thp Chancellor, who is hearing the case, said he had come to the conclusiop thqt "Harris. is Jjhe^ort of .(giyl who, if sHe .cah; gefc/anything out of anybody stie iaoes.''t . n ,• , Cpunsel repr'esenting ti^e .IJjshop: "Yes, and if - "she-«ean-noL.sh e starves."