TWO SONS ILL-TREATED.
UNUSUAL CIRCUMSTANCES. WIDOWER WITH NINE CHILDREN. [BIT TELBOBAPH,—I-HBSS ASSOCIATION. ] GBCBISTCHtTSOH, Tuesday. At the Police Court, George Arthur Evans was convicted and ordered to come up for sentence when called upon within 12 months on a charge of ill-treating two sons, aged 11 and 13 years respectively, Police evidence showed that the children had been thrashed and kicked. Their bodies were badly bruised. Evans" said his wife died recently, leaving him with nine children, whose ages ranged from 19 years to 10 months. The eldest girl had left home. The magistrate, Mr. H. A. Young, said that accused had to work hard, and his lot was harder than the ordinary man had to bear. The magistrate took that into consideration in determining the penalty. Application for suppression of the name was refused.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19254, 17 February 1926, Page 14
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