THE SYDNEY "TRUTH" CASE.
0 A NEW TRIAL ORDERED, (JPcr Press Association.) WELLINGTON, July 18. The Appeal Court gave judgment to-day in Rex v. Ew-art, Defendant was convicted of selling a copy of Sydney Truth, which was held to contain indecent and obscene matter. The point was whether guilty knowledge of the contents of the paper was necessary for a rightful ""conviction. The view of the majority of the Court-Judges Williams, Edwards and Chapman-was that defendant could not he convicted unless he knew, or ought to have known, the nature of the matter he was selling. Judge Williams said it was quite impracticable that a bookseller should make himself acquainted with the nan °L tl, S, whole of *** literature he sells. The Chief Justice and Mr Justice Cooper dissented, holding Hurt the onus lay on sellers of ascertain-ing-at their peril the nature of tho contents. The convection was quashod, and a new trial ordcred s
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 7876, 19 July 1905, Page 2
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155THE SYDNEY "TRUTH" CASE. Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 7876, 19 July 1905, Page 2
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