CHILD ABANDONED
MOTHER BEFORE COURT. ADMITTED TO PROBATION. (Per United Press Association.) Wellington, June 18. A girl of 19, married to a man forty years older, but with whom she has never lived, appeared before Mr Riddell, S.M., to-day on remand for sentence on a charge of abandoning her baby on the steps of the Home of Compassion in April. She was dealt with under the Infants Act, the Magistrate ordering twelve months’ probation. The child is to remain in the Home of Compassion for two years, the mother paying 6/- a week. The father is at present unemployed. The Magistrate said the amount could reduced when he was in a position to contribute.
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Southland Times, Issue 20208, 20 June 1927, Page 8
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114CHILD ABANDONED Southland Times, Issue 20208, 20 June 1927, Page 8
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