GAOL FOR PARENTS
■ For neglecting their three children, aged eleven, four, and two years and four months, Henry Smith, aged 32, dock labourer, of Hackney, was at North London sentenced to two months' imprisonment and his wife, Dorothy Smith—" the worst offender," remarked the magistrate, Mr Hopkin Morris—was ordered three months. When the man was originally bound over for stealing 7s 6d from a gas meter, well-disposed persons, influenced by his story of poverty, sent many contributions of money and clothing. Following inquiries, however, the magistrate remarked that the couple were " abusing every source of kindness " and " drying up the wells of generosity " for others.
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Evening Star, Issue 22203, 4 December 1935, Page 14
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105GAOL FOR PARENTS Evening Star, Issue 22203, 4 December 1935, Page 14
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