ILLTREATMENT OF A CHILD.

Auckland Star, Volume LII, Issue 59, 10 March 1921, Page 4

ILLTREATMENT OF A CHILD.

) GIRL SEVERELY" BEATEN. i (From Our Own Correspondent i * j WHANGAREI. Tuesday. I At the Whanearei Magistrate's Court ."before Mr. F. ii. Levien. S.M.. Harriet . Edwards, a married woman from Forotl. d was charged with braving assaulted her h 15-year-old daughter by heating- her with j a stick. Mr. Steadman. for accused. I pleaded guilty, stating that the child had been suspected of stealing money, and : the parent lost her temper in chastisin? , the child. , Detective De Xcrville. who prrsecuted, said the police had revived previous '" complaints about this child bein-. ill- • treated by her mother. The girl had been severely beaten v. ith a supplejack. , her shoulders beinc litack and bli;e. and - head cut. The child was not vicious. » Accused was convicted, placed on nro- . bation for twelve months, and ord-red to pay the costs of the prosecution, v £3 17/6. 1 The magistrate sail if he inflicted a n fine it would tail upon th-? husband... He was determined !.. put down this class . of offence with a sr-n: iiand. if the woman again ill-treated the child and infringed the terms of tie p obation s^e would l>o bro,'ehi ::p and sen: to Mount ' Eden.