A CIRCUS CASE.

Auckland Star, Volume XXIV, Issue 241, 11 October 1893, Page 5

A CIRCUS CASE.

The hearing of a charge against William Beardon, of Fillis's Circus, of causing grievous bodily harm to his son, Albert, was concluded at Sydney on tho sth inst, Mr O'Malloy Clarke, before whom the case was begun, was still too unwell to attend tho Court, and the evidence was concluded before him at tho Union Club. lb will bo remembered that while tho circus was showing at tho Exhibition Building the lad dived, at a reiiearsal, ab his father's request, from a trapeze, 70 feob high, into a net. Ho alighted on his feet instead of on his back, and s-ustained a fracture of the thigh. The lad was examined ab considerable length by

Mr Clarke, and stated thab lie took tho Jive voluntarily, and was not afraid to do so. Tho accident was duo to his own carelossness. Ko thought ho was in the neb when he was only halfway down, and he turned ovor and fell on his feot. His father

was not cruel to him, though ho sometimes smacked him when he misbehaved himsolf. The accusod was sent on to tho quarter sessions for trial, nnd was allowed bail.