His Promise to Children
FATHER WHO REFUSED TO GIVE THEM UP
A father who refused to give up his two children to tho Middlesex County Council saying that it was the dying wish ot their mother that he should “act the father” to them was fined £2O at Tottenham. He was Herbert Georgo Felstead, described as of West Green road, Tottenham, summoned for unlawfully assisting the children to leave an authorised children’s home. It was stated- that the children had been cared for under a compulsory adoption order by tho Council owing to the conditions of their home life. Felstead said that he had given a promise to the children before he left home that ho would not surrender them to the Council.
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Manawatu Times, Volume 61, Issue 211, 7 September 1936, Page 11
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123His Promise to Children Manawatu Times, Volume 61, Issue 211, 7 September 1936, Page 11
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