PLOT TO ABANDON BABY

Greymouth Evening Star, 1 July 1936, Page 9

PLOT TO ABANDON BABY

— PRISON SENTENCE ON PARENTS. LONDON, May 22. | What Mr Horace Marshall, Stipen-; ‘diary Magistrate, described as “one I of the most heartless and abominable» cases that has ever come to my notice,” was heard at Leeds yesterday. Tuan Davies, 38, a stage artist and I song demonstrator, of Brixton Road, j S.W., and Winifred Mau.de Mclntosh., 26, a waitress, of High Street, Mar- ( gate, were jointly charged with aban- • doning a baby. . They were found guilty and each; sentenced to six months’ imprison- • meat in the second division. Leave to j appeal was granted and accused were • allowed bail. Passing sentence, Mr Horace Mar- j shall said: “You had only one object; in view, and that was to get rid of ’ any responsibility for this child of j which you were the parents. “You left a child only three weeks , old where someone might or might [ not have come and found it, and i whether they did or did not was ap- ■ , parontly a matter of complete indif- I ference to both of you.” , < j

Thi> charge followed th© finding of the baby behind the door of a waitingi oom at Leeds New Station on Sunday, May 10. The baby; was, exceptionally well-nourished and i.yelldressed. 7 T It was stated that police inquiries showed that. Davies and Mclntosh, Loth ol’ whonl were married, had been living together in Bank Road, Bootle, Liverpool. ■ In a letter written by Davie's to I Klcintosh he said: ’ ■ “When you see me on the station (in Leeds) put the baby in my/arms i and I will go to the police and' say, T I held him for a tall, dark lady nyhile ! she went to the cloak-room.’ Remeni- ■ be? what this means to us—a good ! summer and perhaps years; of . ness.” . 'J I On behalf of the accused it ) was • stated l Ind, they had both tried to get i the child adopted in Liverpool and in ■ Belfast, but had failed. .X- ' Davies's wife, it was stated, r had , now been acquainted with the Whole of the circumstances and was willing to forgive him. ■ ’•*.