Twenty-three in a Family.
GIRLS IN THE POLICE COURT. [Bt TatsaßAPH.] [Special to ths " Stab."] AUCKLAND, Mabch 19. The fecundity of Auoklanders is wellknown, anda case in the Police-court jesterday illustrates that fact, and also how larnkinism may grow through no neglect on the part of the parents. Alioe Percy and Rhoda Fletcher were charged with stealing a shilling's worth of apples from the orchard of Thomaa Bteadman. Mr Percy appeared, and said his daughter was the youngest of twenty-one children he had reared, and he had never previously had any* complaint to make against her. Mrs Fletcher said her daughter waß the oldest of thirteen children, and she had only recently left school. Sergeant Pratt informed the Court that not only did the girls steal the fruit, but they also assaulted Mr Steadman, who was now suffering from the effects of their misconduct. This statement waß denied by Percy, who asserted that the aaeault, if any, was committed by Mrs Steadman, who threatened to put his daughter in the pond. The Bench, after hearing the report of the Probation Officer, dismissed the girls with a caution.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 5880, 19 March 1887, Page 3
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187Twenty-three in a Family. Star (Christchurch), Issue 5880, 19 March 1887, Page 3
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