NEGLECTED CHILDREN
THE CHRISTCHURCH CASE
BY TELEGRAPH —PRESS ASSOCIATION. ' CSHRISTCHTJRCH, Aug. 4 The painful story of distressing cir cumstances in the life oi ti?.e Smith fam~ uy was agam unfolde\ Ik th% Magistrate's Court this hioraine, when George Charles Smitij and fimily Smith were charged with having wilfully neglected Archibald Charles Hozer Smith, Lawrence Clyde Hozer Smith, and Ernest Herbert Hozer Smith, so as to cause them unnecessary siiffering. Evidence was given that the children were not properly clothed, and went to school bare-footed with their feet in a very bad state. Both defendants pleaded not guilty, and were committed for trial at the Supreme Court. Bail was allowed in their own surety of £75 for each defendant.
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Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XIII, Issue XVIII, 5 August 1912, Page 8
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118NEGLECTED CHILDREN Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XIII, Issue XVIII, 5 August 1912, Page 8
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