STRUCK GIRL TO SPITE HER FATHER.
HIT A SLEEPING CHILD WITH BOTTLE.
Per Press Association. DUNEDIN, December 1. Stating that when Stanley Redvers Buller struck a sleeping girl, aged six, over the head with a bottle, he was fully responsible for his act, Mr Justice Kennedy sentenced him to nine months’ reformative treatment to-day. Medical evidence was that the prisoner showed no signs of insanity, but the crime could be attributed to drinking prior to the offence. The girl’s skull was fractured. The judge said the prisoner was fortunate he was not charged with murder. The true explanation of the prisoner's conduct was that he had struck the girl to spite her father. Although it was some time since the prisoner had taken drink, his mind at the time was apparently in an irritable condition. It might be said in prisoner's favour that when he thought he had murdered the girl he immediately went to the police, and the latter's timely assistance may have saved the girl's life.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 19241, 1 December 1930, Page 9
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