MANSLAUGHTER
CHILD DIES AFTER BEATING (By Telegraph.—Press Association.) NEW PLYMOUTH, 11th Sept. Arapera Kaiora Hadfiekl, wife of Rev. Kahi Hadfield, of Waitara, was found guilty of manslaughter in the Supreme Court to-day. She beat her foster child, a little girl, with a broken tennis racquet until, according to medical evidence; the body and limbs were a mass of bruises. She then put the child to bed, but it died shortly afterwards. Accused said that the child had sworn obscenely at her, and she then stripped her clothes off. The naked body was beaten. The application of the defence for a Maori jury was granted, and they found the accused guilty after two hours' deliberation. Sentence was deferred till Saturday.
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Evening Post, Volume CVI, Issue 54, 12 September 1928, Page 8
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