BABY CRUELLY ASSAULTED
YOUHG MARRIED MAN’S OFFENCE ADMITS THE CHARGE [Per United Press Association.] ASHBURTON August 25. Arthur Norton Sim (22), of Hinds, was committed for sentence after pleading guilty to a charge of having assaulted Norton James Sim (11-week-old baby) as to cause it actual bodily harm. The accused was married last May, and resented remarks about his married life and the baby. On August 2 the accused, after having drink, took hold of the baby’s head while it was in its cot and stuffed one finger in its mouth. The accused said he did not intend to kill the baby, but endeavoured toinjure it that it might become ill and die.
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Evening Star, Issue 23354, 25 August 1939, Page 8
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113BABY CRUELLY ASSAULTED Evening Star, Issue 23354, 25 August 1939, Page 8
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