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Per Press Association. ** AUCKLAiNI);. February 15. At the' Supreme Court Criminal Sessions, to-day, a young man named Claude Marmont was found not guilty \ on a charge of indecently assaulting a \ little girl at 'Newton and discharged. WELLINGTON, February 15. At the Magistrate's.. Court, Eliza i Couchman. who conducts a laundry at Petone, was charged with employing ! women at hours between 6 p.m. and 8 , a.m. without holding a permit, and with having failed to keep an overtime book. A plea of guilty was entered. The In--1 spoctor of Factories said the case was a very bad one, and a good deal of ingenuity was employed to keep him, out" of the laundry. It was quite*a common thing for girls to work overtime behind locked doors. They had been known to faint at the work tables, when they would be tal^en outside for half an hour and then brought back again. The 'Magistrate imposed a fine of £5 on each information, with costs amounting to £B. -
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume L, Issue 1234, 16 February 1907, Page 5
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166COURTS. Wanganui Chronicle, Volume L, Issue 1234, 16 February 1907, Page 5
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