JUSTICES' JUSTICE.

Evening Post, Volume LXXIV, Issue 150, 21 December 1907, Page 7

JUSTICES' JUSTICE.

MAN FLOGS HIS DAUGHTER WITH CAPtTWIIIF. IS FINED FIVE POUNDS. fßr TEiEcnAPn.— SrEoiAi, to The Post/) CHRISTCHURCH, This Day. Three justices of the peace distinguished themselves at Kaiapoi yesterday. A man named William .vf'Brid© was charged with having assaulted his daughter by flogging her with a cartwhip. The accused elected to be dealt with summarily, and pleaded guilty. It appears that accused became enraged because the girl, who was about twenty years of age, did .not put a cover on a horse, and he beat her unmercifully j with a whip-handle, using both ends. 1 According to Dr. Volckman, who ex--1 amined the girl, thero were contusions on her back and arms, and in addition to being beaten she had apparently been kicked as well. There wero twelve or j fourteen weals on her back, and eight I or ten similar marks on her arms, although the skin was not broken. i The accused stated, m explanation, ■that he had lost his temper, and asked I to be leniently dealt with. In reply to the Bench, Sergeant M'Kay I etated that M'Brido was a man of property. Tho justices inflicted a fine pf £5, and costs amounting to £7 17s. A man named Hayes, who had gone I to the rescue of the girl, and had been threatened by M' Bride, applied for an order binding over the latter to keep tho peace. The Bench mado an order requiring 'M'Bride to find ono surety for £25. mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm