AN IMPORTANT DECISION.
If the decision of the Chief Justice in a case heard before him 'tin Wellington on Saturday is sound in Jaw, there will be very little hop© of stamping out ah offence wMch.is amongst the most infamous.'to !b6 found in the criminal calendar/ To compare the case with one of paternity, which requires corroboration in the main essentials, is to admit a possibility of blackmail or colluision which cannot, under the greatest stretch of the imagination, be said to exist. If the kw as to -accomplices is> such that corroborative testimony is required m a case of this nature, the sooner the law is altered the better.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10244, 22 May 1911, Page 4
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110AN IMPORTANT DECISION. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10244, 22 May 1911, Page 4
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