RESIDENT MAGISTRATE'S COURT
September int. (Before 11. \V. Robiusou, Ksq., R..U.) Janet, Watson, on the inform it ion of ..Constable Pilkinjjton, was charged with vagrancy, -and'havinjr.no visible means of support! The police iiave evidence that they knew the accused for a long time p Accused had, been seven! times charged with drunkenness. She had beeu several times-out after ..lark' under the influence of drink. . Site hud,' on enquiry, been proved to have no vi.-i->ie-mean-* of support, and was sustained mainly, by prostitution. fcShe was charged for the sake of t!i:j chi dren. The youngest child presented a m-st wretched appearance. The Magistrate committed- accused for three months to 'Bunedia gaol, with hard labor. .
James Higgins, two and a half years of age, being charged as a neglected child—under the meaning of the Neglected Oiuldroiia' Criminal Ordinance, lcj67—was committed to the Industrial School, Dunedin, to be brought up in the faith of the Presbyterian Church. Jane Farmer, aged five month*, was charged similarly, but -was "disciiai-ged t ill of age to be removed to Indust.ml cch'ool: to accompany her mother to Dunedin.
W. Bromley guve evidence on (he above cases, that, he knew accused, Janet Waipon. She'Kved about twenty yards fnnn where lu was working. The hut was of sods and bags, with-holes in both, sides and roof. Did not see accused all day Wednesday. Went over to huh and found fclie chddren crying. , lie looked for something to eat for the youngest child, but could not see anything. D"gs aud pigs could run through the hub -
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Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume IV, Issue 235, 5 September 1873, Page 5
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256RESIDENT MAGISTRATE'S COURT Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume IV, Issue 235, 5 September 1873, Page 5
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