A PROLIFIC FEMALE.

NZ Truth, Issue 180, 28 November 1908, Page 4

A PROLIFIC FEMALE.

THE MOTHER OF FOUR ILLE-

GITIMATES.

An Ishmael Before the Beak. >

The religious city of Uhristchurch, which, bar Port Said, is probably the most immoral city id the world, has produced a lady 'named Daisy Ky an, who is reputed to have had no fewer than four illegitimate children. Daisy, whose baptismal monicker is Mary- Theresa, is a one, voluptuous looking woman under thirty, and is a regular daisy m the child-getting line, it is a pity she isn't married and settled down m a .respectable sort, of way, when there wouldn't be so much bother about her dffspring m the courts. The reason why Daisy is mentioned" so prominently, m this article is that she recently sued one ol^her ■ temporary husbands for the maintenance ot her latest child. The alleged culprit is. ishmael George Byrenton, a name sum-' cient to damn any man from birth and lie on his chest at night like a piece x oi indigestible pud'diug. . > ' Sergeant Johnston explained, that the child had been committed to the receiving home, and .he had taken these "proceedings to obtain maintenance from the putative father. Daisy gave evidence to the effect that the child was born on October 26, l»07, and that • . ISHMAEL WAS THE FATHKR. Mr. Donnelly: How many illegitimate children have you hafl before this one '! — Three. Magistrate Bishop : This is . the fbjurth 7 , —Yes. ■ The witness stated that . she had had two youngsters by Byrenton; including the one before this, which was aged two years last July. MrDonnelly ? — Were you living with- a black man m Christchurch ?— Never. The woman explained that between January 26 and 30 she went to the. tworoomed whare wherein Byrenton was batching and there behaved, m a disas-. trous manner. There was another young fellow there at the time, but he considerately got out of the ' road when Daisy appeared. It was at night, and Daisy went back subsequently. He promised to help the woman when she was m trouble, but the next thing she heard was that he had got married to another woman. In reply to cross-examination the woman stated that she had an order for maintenance against another man m respect of her second child. Byrenton didn't pay for liis first child, which was being kept b,y his sister m Wellington. ■ ■ Remarking upon the prolific character , of Daisy, Mr Bishop said there was at present " one of her children^ m Mount ■ Magdala Home that should be supported by its father^ In reply to his Worship, Daisy said that she had infringed the moral code four or five times with Bryenton prior to the biit-h of the • last child, and had visited him at his shanty for that purpose. Bryenton, m evidence., admitted paternity of the Is id previous to the younmest one, but said he wasn't responsible for Daisy's last indiscretion. At least, he said he was blamed for the previous youngster, and accepted^ the responsibility as 'ho had sinned with the woman m the ordinary way. He was emphatic m denying paternity of the last addition to the population. ■ His Worship held it to be sufficient eorroboration of the girl's statement il he admitted paternity of a previous child;" Bryenton said he had heard from a youn> sister of his that Daisy had been LIVING WITH A DARK MAW for a fortnight. Bryenton added that he had been told that the woman had given to a fifth illegitimate child m Oamaru some years ago. His Worship : A ' child more or less is only an incident. The man suggested that when &c woman found she could't put the child on to anybody else she fastened it on Bryenton. His whare, at the time, was m I Avon-road, near the Canal Reserve, and the woman never visited him. He worked at Belfast. Freezing Works, and had only earned 3s lid per day since August 26. He was on piece work at the rate of 20s per hundred, and all through the ! year he hadn't averaged more than 6s per day. He had a wife and child to» keep. Mr Bishop said he could only make it a matter of law as to whether there was sufficient coirobora'tion, m fact that Bryenton had accepted paternity of a previous child. Judgment was reserved.