ELIZABETH BARRY'S BABY.

NZ Truth, Issue 250, 9 April 1910, Page 6

ELIZABETH BARRY'S BABY.

Mother Must Maintain.

The illegitimate brat. is all over th& landscape m Christchurch, and it bobs up mostly m the local S.M:'s Court, i Elizabeth Barry is , a woman past her first youth, and was sued for the raamtenance of her love , child; which bad been committed to a receiving houne. Sub-In-spector McG-xath explained to Magistrate Bishop that Blizafce'Ai was a married woman separated : from/her husband, and the youngster had entered into yellful existence since the separation. It had been, found impossible' tjb get at the father, owing/ to the laok of corroborative evidence, and tbe Villainous person .was. at large and unpuaished for his misdeeds. 'Apparently the ' woman was left to reap his wild oats. ' In reply to. the Bench, Ettzwbeth said th4t for a living she .'took m sewing and went out scrubbing, an iorand-out sort of occupation. • She resided with her daughter,, who worked ior W^eks, the; printer; •• earning , tfifrfauni&Beat salary of IflS pef ' week. Their rent coat them 9s a week. ' / ■ His Worship / said that Elizabeth ■ couldn't expect to have her child kept! for nothing, v i'l'm not goiug- to allow j people to dump their children) on to the; State," he sai^ - , f "Can't you let me have ishe child? 1 " pleaded , Elizabeth. / His Worship' said . the chili's custody -. rested with the .Minister- for fcd'ucation. The S»b-Inspector sfatxtd that tbe { mother would . never pay anything. All that the ppHwe could ' obtrfin from her' was promises.- "You go ; out nursing," he said to EJJfeabeth. / The Magistrate made, an order for ! the payment of 3s pef '/reek towards *hej child's maintenance.