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KIDNAPPING OF CHILD VERDICT FOR DAUGHTER CUSTODY AWARDED (Reed. Nov. 20, 1.40 p.m.) BRISBANE, Nov. 20. Mrs. Phoebe Maude Linton, aged 32 years, of Northcote, Auckland, who accused her father, Joseph Coleman, and step-mother, Ella Coleman, of having kidnapped her daughter. Gwcnda Marie Linton, aged seven, from New Zealand, lias been awarded the custody of the child in the Supreme Court. Mrs. Linton followed her parents and daughter from New Zealand through Melbourne and Sydney to Brisbane, where she located the child with her parents.
The judge said that Mrs. Linton obtained an order for the custody of the child in New Zealand and the respondents were lucky not to be in gaol for having taken the child away when custody proceedings were pending.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20619, 21 November 1941, Page 7
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