LOCKED IN HOUSE.
CHILD LEFT ALONE.
RELIEF WORKER CHARGED.
(By Telegraph.—Press Association.)
WELLINGTON", this day. A man who left a young child alone in a house for nine hours, while he and his wife went to Wellington, appeared in the Petone Court yesterday charged with wilfully neglecting the child so as to cause unnecessary suffering. The accused was Leslie Justin Wood, a relief worker. The police said the parents went to see a football match and took two children with them. They left a third, aged three and a half years, locked in the house with some milk in a cup and some food. The child was found tapping at a window and crying bitterly. Wood pleaded guilty. The magistrate said he felt as if lie had to deal with a man from Mars, for how he could enjoy a match after leaving a child alone was beyond him A fine of £10 was imposed, in default a month's imprisonment. M M
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Auckland Star, Volume LXIV, Issue 253, 26 October 1933, Page 5
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