MASS OF BRUISES
ALLEGED' SHOCKING CRUELTY TO FEEBLE-MINDED GIRL. DEFENDANTsTITsSED IN COURT. LONDON, May 5. An extraordinary story of cruelty to a feeble-minded servant girl extending over three years was revealed when Allred Bancroft and his wife wore charged with inflicting bodily harm. It was alleged that the gud went to service with the Beecrolts in 1923, and since then was starved and given no wages. She was hit on the head and body with a poker, and thrown on the ground and held by Beecroft while his wife stamped on her. She was terrified of everybody. Neighbors, in evidence, said they frequently heard terrified screams and shouts of “Murder! Don't! Don’t!” A doctor said that when admitted to hospital the girl’s body was a mass of contusions and bruises. Tho court was invaded by. crowds of women, who hissed the defendants. When the magistrate committed them for trial there was loud clapping in court, whereupon the magistrate appealed: “Be British. Wait till you hear the other side bc'ore demonstrating.”—JN.Z. and A.P.A. and Sun. .
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Gisborne Times, Volume LXV, Issue 10391, 7 May 1927, Page 2
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174MASS OF BRUISES Gisborne Times, Volume LXV, Issue 10391, 7 May 1927, Page 2
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