A CRUEL SISTER.
TIMAUU. April 11. To-day a young woman was sentenced I» seven days’ imprisonment for havint cruelly beaten her eight-year-old sister. The evidence showed that in an ungovernable fit of temper the accused beat hei sister with a broom-handle and a shovel it the most inhuman way. Accused admitted the offence, and said she did it in a fit m temper. The charge was laid under tin Children’s Protection Act of 1890.
[The name of the woman was not given in the Press message,, but we shall endeavor to obtain it.—Ed. E.S.]
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Evening Star, Issue 11858, 11 April 1903, Page 6
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94A CRUEL SISTER. Evening Star, Issue 11858, 11 April 1903, Page 6
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