CRUELTY TO A CHILD.
'.::■'■■'■.■■'■ .-■■'■. ' J :■——f—o-^—^—'::':':■ ]'--\ ■-.}.. -, '~-V- " '■■■' .'A BAD CASE." :: , I';'';-;::;.- : : ; ;^ ■' -,- {BV TELEOEAPII—riiESS ASSOCIATION.) ' , ,'.: ■ ' "/ Wriangarol, Fobruary 22.''•'.' :. At tlioi P.olico Court Arthur. Edward Sell and Marguerita .Sell were chargcd.wiih.com-' mitting -an': aggravated assault'' on .a , child,' Allon Hoger.Tait,: aged three years and j^ ur months, tho son 'of, .the female' defendant. The child, which was stripped in one of the Court' antc-rbomsj', was'■ examined- by the Justices and'found to be in a fearful state— a mass of'. bruises from head to foot. . The police/produced: supplejacks, with which the child'had been',flogged.;' ■.•.•, Dr. Baxter; who was called: in to treat the little sufferer,' said Ms. opinion was, that the' boy had; been.^beattin. in a most, cruel, disgraceful manner, and could not- have stood, it much: longer. ■•' , .... .- .-.;..: In giving judgment ,the Bench' Said the perpotrators of. such .n .deed : should be troated jii the'■■ samej mnJiner— flogged till they wore back and -bluo all over—but as. the Court did'nbt- want t'o'.-'sond , -. a young couplo to gaol thoy would fin.e them £6 etton,; or • threo' months' imprisonment.
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Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 439, 23 February 1909, Page 4
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173CRUELTY TO A CHILD. Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 439, 23 February 1909, Page 4
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