Jasper County Democrat, Volume 9, Number 4, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 April 1906 — CRAPSEY'S TRIAL NEAR ENDED [ARTICLE]

CRAPSEY'S TRIAL NEAR ENDED

Prosecution Has All Its Evidence in and Defense Had No Evidence \ That Wasn’t tinted Out. Batavia, N. Y., April 27. —The trial of Rev, Algernon 8 Crapsey, of Rochester, before an ecclesiastical court of the Protestant Episcopal church, is nearing its close. The prosecution ended its case after presenting the text' of the church fundamentals and the , text of what Crapscy said. The de-; sense endeavored to present the test!- 1 mony of a number of prominent clergy- j men as to whether or not l)r. Crupsey's sayings constituted heresy. But the court ruled the testimony out on the ground that no man could j qualify an expert in doctrine, and on. the further ground that the witnesses were called to express opinions on subjects which were before the court for decision The lawyers for the prosecution nnd defense will sum up today. The defense had no evidence, but that noted above, which was ruled ou>t.