SCHOOLGIRL'S "WICKED MOMENT."

Evening Star, Issue 12764, 17 March 1906, Page 5

SCHOOLGIRL'S "WICKED MOMENT."

A twelve-yesir-old schoolgirl, Mary Woodman, of Burlington road, Enfield, was recently charged at Enfield with, administeriibg poison to her mother, Caroline sills with intent to murder. The child's demeanor showed she felt her position, acutely. The mother, who is seriously ill, had to be seated while giving evidence. She said the grrl was her daughter by a former marriage. The witness had a sick baby, and sent hex daughter for some medicine. The girl returned with a bottle , containing liquid, and told her mother that the doctor had sent some medicine for her, and said that she roust take it at once. He had not sent the baby's medicine because he had not the bottle. The mother, thinking this strange, tasted the liquid, which burnt her lips, and she did not drink it. The bottle was taken to the doctor, and an consequence the girl was arrested. On the way to the police station the young prisoner said': "I did it in a wicked moment. Mother had been irritable and cross, and I meant to ldH her, but I afterwards felt sorry and took the bottle away." According to the evidence, the bottle contained spirits of salts sufficienik to kill several persons. The girl was cornmifcted; for trial.