ALLEGED CRUELTY TO A GIRL
A UNIQUE DEFENCE.
Press Association,
DUNEDIN, yesterday.
MargaretMluttle was charged at the Police Court with beating her daughter, Nellie, aged fourteen, with undue severity. Complainant stated she had been beaten for an hour with a hupplojack across tho body and arms. A second beating with a strap lasted about half an hour. The defence was tho girl was punished, but nob excessively, for going to houses improperly conducted. Her mother had dressed tho girl in boy’s clothing in order to prevent her going to such places. Owing to the conflict of evidence the Magistrate dismissed the case, it being understood the Salvation Army would look after the girl in tho meantime.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2098, 5 June 1907, Page 2
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