HOME FOR MENTAL PATIENTS,
LAW SEEKS TO CLOSE IT.
(Bj Teleerapb.-SDscial Oorre3ponilcnt.l ; Christchurch, February 21. At tlie Police Court , this morning Mrs. Annie Honiorsham pleaded guilty to using a houso as a private hospital without having a license.
His Worship remarked thnt she had been fined before for a similar offence, and lie asked why she set herself up against tho law? The fine under tho Act was .£5 a day until the homo was closed. Her counsel (Mr. Cassidy) replied thnt she had held a license for three years, and had been endeavouring to got a license. The magistrate said that the. license had been refused because defendant had insisted on taking mental patients. Mr. Cassidy said that delondant had splendid testimonials from niedicnl men to show that the home filled n want. The magistrate replied that he knew that. He offered to grant a week's adjornment to allow defendant to consider her position. Defendant remarked that she wonld not close- the home as long as there was' a nervous patient desiring her help. The magistrate: "There you are, Mr. Cassidy. 1 shall fine her £b a day for every day slip keeps the homo open if sho talks like that to me." The case was adjourned.
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Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1370, 22 February 1912, Page 4
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208HOME FOR MENTAL PATIENTS, Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1370, 22 February 1912, Page 4
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