FATHER'S HYSTERIA.
"You have sentenced me to death," was the! agonised cry of an ex-soldier named Brophy," when his 13-year-old daughter was ordered by the Bath magistrate to be sent to a home because her father's health made the home unfit for her. The girl, after stealing a fellow school-girl's coat, and pawning it, ran away to Bristol. Mrs 'Brophy declared that one cause of the girl's unhappiness was that she was stage-struck, but they would not let her go on the variety stage, with which Brophy had been connected all his life. The girl declared that she would rather be sent to a home than return to her father! The chairman told Brophy kindly that it was no reflection on him that he was a physical wreck, but his health did make his home unfit for flic girl to live m. Brophy burst into tears and pleaded that the girl should be restored to j him. He grew hysterical on hearing ■ .that the Bench adhered to their decit sion, and was assisted from Court crying incoherently fdr a doctor. i
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume XLI, Issue 9506, 4 May 1921, Page 2
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181FATHER'S HYSTERIA. Ashburton Guardian, Volume XLI, Issue 9506, 4 May 1921, Page 2
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