SHOCKING NEGLECT OF A BOY.
PARENTS CONVICTED OF MANSLAUGHTER. Dy TeleeraDh—Press Association—CorjrSaM Melbourne, Dccembor 12. George and Elizabeth Cooke have boon tried on a charge of manslaughter of tlioir sou, aged thirteen. The ca-uso of death was brain disease, but attention and nursing wero lacking. Tlio hoy lind been ailing for years and weighed eighteen pounds two ounces. His body was in a shocking condition. Cooko gave ovidcitco that bo was a bottlc-waslier, and.left. li<jmo early every day. . Thero was always plenty of food in tlio Itouso. Ho did not take tlio boy to tlio Hospital, because he had lost two brothers through doctors. l'loth ;wcre found guilty, niia wero remanded for sentence.
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Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1931, 13 December 1913, Page 5
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113SHOCKING NEGLECT OF A BOY. Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1931, 13 December 1913, Page 5
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