VAGRANCY CHARGE
YOUNG GIRL IN COURT “IS IT A BOY OR A GIRL?” Charged with vagrancy, a girl of 17 years, Myrtle Vera McCutcheon, came before Mr J. 8. Barton, S.M., at the Wanganui Magistrate’s Court on Saturday. Is it a boy or a girl?” asked the Magistrate, who did not seem at all sure of the sex. Detective J. Walsh assured his Worship that it was a girl. She had been arrested that morning in Guyton Street, and had been noticed by the police during: the last three weeks. She had been living the life of a vagrant and had associated with a young man, an ex-sea-man, who had given her a few shillings. Her parents had not been traced, although they were supposed to be in Stratford. Detective Walsh added that the "rirf was in a very dirty state, and only had the clothes she was standing up in. A remand was granted .the girl to remain at the receiving home in the meantime.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 19865, 13 June 1927, Page 8
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