[PRESS ASSOCIATION.] CHARGE OF MANSLAUGHTER.
ADVICE TO YOUNG MOTHERS. AUCKLAND, 6th September. Judgment was given by Mr. Kettle, S.M., this afternoon in the case against two young married people named Robert John Neil and Olive Josephine Neil, charged with manslaughter of their infant child. His Worship said he had carefully considered the evidence, which, in his opinion, was not sufficient to justify him in sending the ca^e to the Supreme Court. The evidence showed 'that right up to the- time the child was taken suddenly ill, just before its death, there was nothing to arouse the suspicions of the mother that the child's life was in jeopardy. The case was one which induced him to make some remarks which he hoped would be of some benefit to young mothers. The case showed the great benefit which the community would derive from the establishment of the institution whicji had been formed in New Zealand by Lady Plunket for the training of nurses for giving advice to young mothers not too well supplied with the goods of this world, as to how to bring up their children. The institution should be supported, not only by the mothers and fathers; it was of such importance that it should be supported by the State itself.
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Evening Post, Volume LXXVIII, Issue 59, 7 September 1909, Page 3
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211[PRESS ASSOCIATION.] CHARGE OF MANSLAUGHTER. Evening Post, Volume LXXVIII, Issue 59, 7 September 1909, Page 3
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