MANSLAUGHTER
THRASHING RESULTS IN CHILD’S DEATH.
MINISTER’S WIFE CHARGED. Charged with manslaughter of a child by striking her unlawfully Arapera. Kaiora Hadfield, aged about 37, wife of the Rev. Ivahi Hadfield, of Waitara, was to-day committed for trial to the Supreme Court. Mrs. Hadfield pleaded not guilty. Accused, who is a full-blooded Maori, was allowed bail in a personal surety of £l5O and another of similar amount. The dead child was Pirihira Tomuri, aged 10A, who was adopted by the Hadfields. On the morning of Sunday, May 20, she was punished by Mrs. Hadfield for a misdemeanor. She appeared to be all right about lunch time but at 7.45 p.m. a doctor was called in. On Ms arrival the girl was dead. An inquest was held in conjunction with the trial in the Lower Court and at the conclusion the Coroner (Mr. R. W. Tait, S.M.), announced a verdict that the cause of death was shock in consequence of a thrashing administered by Arapera Hadfield. Medical evidence was that the body and limbs of the child were covered practically all over with bruises and in many places the skin was broken and had bled. Death was due to syncope following shock. In a statement to the police accused said the child had sworn at her. She intended the punishment to be 1 severe but not so severe as it proved. She used a bi'oken tennis racquet to administer punishment holding on to the loose strings and striking with the handle.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 3799, 31 May 1928, Page 3
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250MANSLAUGHTER Manawatu Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 3799, 31 May 1928, Page 3
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