July 26 Winnipeg Richard C. Malone […]
When
1979-07-26
Description
July 26 Winnipeg Richard C. Malone, former publisher of the Winnipeg Free Press, pleaded guilty to one charge of buggery and one charge of attempting to obstruct justice in the "juvenile sex-for-cash" scandal that occurred in February 1979. He was also committed to trial on two charges of gross indecency to which he pleaded not guilty. On October 2, 1979, Malone was found guilty on two charges of gross indecency involving juvenile males, and on October 23, 1979, was sentenced to one year in jail for obstruction of justice. He also received concurrent sentences for other offences.
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July Winnipeg Preliminary hearings […]All Places
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Richard C. MaloneAll Periodicals
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"Status of Fellatio, Masturbation to Be Tested in Winnipeg Cases," Body Politic, no. 57 (1979), p. 14."Malone Trial Sept. 4," Winnipeg Free Press, 31 August 1979, p. 3"Malone Pleads Guilty to 2 Charges," Globe and Mail, metro ed., 27 July 1979, p. 8Alan McLean, "Publisher Gets One-year Sentence on Charge of Obstructing Justice," Body Politic, no. 58 (1979), p. 12"Ex-publisher Pleads Guilty: Six Charges Dropped," Vancouver Sun, 27 July 1979, p. A8"Ex-publisher Jailed on Obstruction Count," Globe and Mail, metro ed., 24 October 1979, p. 9"Ex-publisher Guilty of Gross Indecency," Toronto Sun, final ed., 3 October 1979, p. 5"Boys Were 'Really Men of the Street': Homosexual Trial," Toronto Sun, 6 September 1979, p. 4
