AN UNUSUAL CASH.
(By Telegraph Special Correspondent.) Hastings, July 11. An unusual case was hoard at the Hastings S.M. Court this morning, when Hilda M'Jntosh was charged with assaulting Robert Cochrane Sachs by striking him on the hack of (hi* head with a stick. The girl came into the Court crying, and, in answer to the charge,'said that she did not strike him 011 the back of the head, lie said, she continued, that "he was not the father of my child, and I will strike him again if he fays so, and talks about 1110 the way he dots." His Worship, addressing accused, said that he knew nothing of her relations with complainant, but she would do herself no good if she continued this course. Accused: "Well, lie has no right to say that he is not the father of my child." His Worship: "If you continue in this course I will have to send you to prison." Accused: "I don't care. 1 will go to prison. I will do the same thing again if ho talks about me like lie has done." Mr. Lusk, for complainant, said lie had no desire to sec the girl sent to prison, but she had said that she would do tho same thing again, and he wanted his clicnt protected. His Worship adjourned the case for a fortnight, and accused left tho Court in tears.
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Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1180, 15 July 1911, Page 3
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233AN UNUSUAL CASH. Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1180, 15 July 1911, Page 3
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