INFANTS’ LIFE PROTECTION ACT.
A case of peculiar interest in respect to the adoption of infants was heard at Auckland this week. Klsie Treacy, a married woman, was charged with a breach of the Infants’ Life Protection Act, in having, without a license as foster mother, adopted an illegitimate child, and accepted a premium (of from the parents. Mrs Treacy admitted the offence. Chief Detective M’Mahon pointed out that Mrs Treacy had kept the child for over three months, and that its maintenance would have cost her from 12s to 15s a week. If the woman were fined the whole amount of the premium accepted, she would have kept the child that time for nothing. There was no suggestion that Mrs Treacy had not properly looked alter the child. The Magistrate said there was no doubt that the offence was made by law a very serious one, and the penalties were heavy. In this particular case it may have happened that no harm had come to the child, but the offence was one which the law intended to be firmly dealt with, and he could not see his way to do other than impose a heavy penalty. Defendant would be convicted and fined £2O and costs.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXV, Issue 1085, 12 April 1913, Page 2
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206INFANTS’ LIFE PROTECTION ACT. Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXV, Issue 1085, 12 April 1913, Page 2
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