SHOCKING CASE

Grey River Argus, 2 June 1914, Page 5

SHOCKING CASE

CHILD iILr-tiyEATEEf'VBy 1 -"- A • . ANOTHER. fP*r Press Association.) - INVERCAJRGIIX, June'i. Before !Mir Hjitch^on,rs,M., at Riverton, a married wo&aiT named Nellie McCrcath Was charge^! that "being- the mother, £nd having _the custody of Gladys McCreath, 'ag-ed 4} y?ars, she did- wilfully, ill-treat the' child in a manner likely to> cause it unnecessary suffering:- ' ' "" 'j, "* From the evidence it appeared that lon May 15th, the attrition of a cak [ stable _ was directed^ W the child, dn'd on examination ie found if a .mass of from \head to heel, w,ith sv^me abrasions arid' marks about its face. - „ , The little one was taken to a doctor who upon examiaiation,'' described it as a shocking ca i s©. * • The woman was fined £ro and-jex--1 lenses, or in default two months' vim ,pnsonment with, hard labour. - The custody of' the child was taken .from -her., ' , * , ' v