UNBENDING FATHER.

Wanganui Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 11637, 15 August 1905, Page 2

UNBENDING FATHER.

Maud Harvey, a domestic servant, was charged at Sydney with having abandoned a female child, aged two years. According to the evidence, the girl left the baby at the Centenary Hall with a letter to the Eev. Mr Taylor, stating that she was in desperation, being without money, and having nowhere to go. She had been everywhere repulsed and was leaving Sydney. She asked Mr Taylor to get some one to care for the .child, and not hand her over to the State, as she would claim the baby as soon as she could secure a situation.

The Magistrate committed the accused for trial, and asked her father, who was in court, if he would go bail for his daughter. Harvey refused, saying that his daughter deserved to .be punished. The Magistrate : What ! you won't go bail for your own- daughter? Bememher, air, it is not for you to judge your child ; that is for the judge at th© higher court. Surely you will go bail for her, and look after her till her trial.

The father, a well-dressed, white-haired old man still refused. "Very well," said the Magistrate, "no doubt some friend can b© found who wilLjjo bail in a small amount for her." The man left the court without a glance at his sobbing daughter.