Curl Gordon freed of carnal knowledge charge

And in the Magistrates’ Court, a mother and son were charged today in connection with a report of carnal knowledge made by a fifteen year old girl. Eighteen year old Steve Staine was charged with Carnal Knowledge and his mother, forty-one year old Maureen Staine, was charged with Permitting the Defilement of a Young Female. Steve was unable to get bail and was remanded into custody until November eighteenth. Maureen was released on bail of five thousand dollars and is to return to court also on November eighteenth. The young girl, who turned sixteen yesterday, said Steve had sex with her on October third and that she was his neighbour. In fact, there are reports that Steve had been having an affair with the girl, since he himself was a minor.

Meanwhile, a man who fathered eighteen children was taken to court today for the carnal knowledge of a fourteen year girl. The fifty year old sculptor, Curl Gordon, however, was freed of the charge by Justice Herbert Lord when Crown Counsel Trinia Young entered a nolle prosequi, indicating that the prosecution cannot proceed. The young girl, who is now fifteen, took the witness stand and testified that she did not want further action. But the girl’s mother, who found her daughter in bed with Gordon, took the stand and said that she wanted the matter to proceed. But without the complainant’s testimony, the prosecution would not have sufficient evidence to take the matter to trial. The incident happened at about three o’clock p.m. on June second. Gordon, who was unrepresented in court, can be charged again.