Anxious for the good name of the Church of England, hundreds of worthy parishioners burdened the Bishop of Norwich with lengthy letters appealing for less publicity in the episcopal trial of "The Lustful Rector of Stiffkey (Stewky)," a nationwide sensation (TIME, April 11).
Ignoring all such pleas the Church court, presided over by white-wigged Chancellor Frederick Keppel North, went on majestically and publicly with the trial of Rev. Harold F. Davidson, accused of lusting for ten years after London daughters of joy whose souls it...
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