A REMARKABLE CASE.
CHRISTCHTJRCH, May 27, In the Magistrate's Court this rnornirigfw before Mr M'Carthy, S.M., Mary CorUd Painton was charged by her mother witE being an idle and disorderly person. Aftef' hearing the evidence of ! the complainani. and her son, his Worship dismissed the in»' formation, remarking that it was a mosi unusual charge for a mother to mak£ against her own daughter. It had been proved that the girl had means of support and was not a vagrant in any sense pi the" term. Costs totalling £7 6g were* allowed against the mother, including a return train fare to Oamaru, where the girl wafl working wh«n eno was arrested oil Wei nesday lost. ■-"
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Otago Witness, Issue 3403, 4 June 1919, Page 21
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115A REMARKABLE CASE. Otago Witness, Issue 3403, 4 June 1919, Page 21
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