Cruelty to Children.

Manawatu Standard, Volume IX, Issue 98, 28 March 1885, Page 2

Cruelty to Children.

< ■ (UNITED PBEBS ASSOCIATION;* 1 < ' ( .. . -. .DcTNEDiisr, March; 26,. ( ; At f he Police Court to-day the charges against ths Flemings . was heard, Further evidence was taken m the charge against the father of assaulting the son by tying him to a bedpost and whipping : him. . Dp Ferguson's evidence ; jwafc; to | the effect that the whipping 'must have i been a very sinartone^ The bruises re- • iflained'from the 12th io 1 the 2OthV ! Tlie : Ben cli.said they, had a 1 dbubt whether i '■ theycould,dealßurninarilywiththecase,aiid I said they woirld"give thpir' dWisibn'totftorrow. ; .. Carrie, Fleming, the ,»step- < mother, was, 'then .chargejd i ciously inflicting bodily ,harm on "[ Isa- ; ■ bella Fleming, five years old, ott ttoe Bt'h ; iiijstaut/ The little; girl, who.cajledhcr -: . stepmother Mis 3 Condine, was examined I briefly, and said she was beateu with a i whip by tho^ accused, The; other phil- ; dreti gave evidence, and it- appeared that ; the little girl was, whipped , m the same ; way as the boy ha<} been. ' Her clothes ! were taken off ; she was laid facedown- : , ward^on thelhacl^ and beaten, with a i cart-whip for wetting the bed. The bo,v . ; stated jthftt he. had tried ta dry the sheet lat the fire; to save his sister from. getting ' the beating. 1 ' The' d6ctor said that the i little child's body was covered with bi vises old and new There was no : danger of permanent injury from them, i but any beatin-g which inflicted them must have befen unnecessarily severe, and a series of such whippings would be likely to permanently depress the child. The accused was committed for trial, [ bailbeingallowfed.Af urthercharge against , Fleming, of assaulting the other child • ; May, aged nine was withdrawn; '