CHILDREN ILL-TREATED
FATHER BEFORE THE COURT. CHRISTCHURCH, This Day. In the Magistrate's Court George Arthur Evans was convicted and ordered to come up when called upon within 12 months on a charge of illtreating his two sons, aged 11 and 13. The police evidence show-cd that the children had been thrashed and kicked, and that their bodies were badly bruised.
Evans said Ms wife died recently, leaving him with nine children, their ages ranging from 19 years to 10 months. The eldest girl had left home. The Magistrate, Mr. Young, said the accused had to work hard, and his lot was harder than that of an ordinary man to bear. He took that into consideration in determining the penalty. An application for the suppression of defendant's name was refused. — Press Assn.
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Northern Advocate, 17 February 1926, Page 5
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