SHOCKING CASE.
■ <• PLIGHT OP TWO CHILDREN. (By Telegraph.—Press Aesociatlon.l Whangarei, October 18. Shameful neglect' of two children was disclosed durinp the hearing of a Court case hero. (!oon;c Smith, of Puhipuhi, wns charged with 50 starving the children as to endanger their lives. Medical evidence showed that the children wero terribly emaciated, 'l'lio elder bay, aged eight year.?, weighed only 2st. 101b.; the younger boy, aired six, 2st. Gib. The chihlien have since improved a lit'tlo by a few days' care af Whangarei Hospital. Accused, who is a widower with a housekeeper, was committed for trial, Hail in the sum of .C2OO was allowed.
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Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1263, 19 October 1911, Page 4
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104SHOCKING CASE. Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1263, 19 October 1911, Page 4
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