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The Dallas Daily Herald
Dallas, Dallas County, Texas
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In Kansas City on July 16, Rev. Henry D. Jardine, rector of St. Mary's Episcopal Church, lost a libel suit against John C. Shea over a pamphlet accusing him of indecent conduct with female congregants. Shea was acquitted. A separate $50,000 suit against the local Times remains pending.
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Kansas City, July 16. A verdict of acquittal was returned this afternoon in the suit for libel against John C. Shea by Rev. Henry D. Jardine, rector of St. Mary's Episcopal Church in this city. The defendant admitted the circulation of a pamphlet charging indecent conduct on the part of the rector toward certain female members of the congregation, and maintained that the charges were well-founded. A libel suit by Mr. Jardine for $50,000 against the Times, of this city, is still pending.
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July 16
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A verdict of acquittal was returned in the libel suit by Rev. Henry D. Jardine against John C. Shea, who admitted circulating a pamphlet charging the rector with indecent conduct toward female congregation members and maintained the charges were well-founded. Another libel suit by Jardine against the Times for $50,000 is pending.