PARLIAMENTARY.
WELLiseTow, Wednesday. [The first portion of yesterday's Parliamentary proceediugg will bo found on the fourth page.l Mr Weston moved She second reading of the Offences against the Person Bill, which provide! tbat consent on ths part of a girl under IS should not excust an indecent assault, and th&t wift beatinjr showld be punished by flogging» • Me3*rs t)a Lsutour, Stewart, Grey, Lundon, Levestam, Seddon, Speight, Mosa, Pyk?, Turnbull, and J. B. Fisher opposed tbe Bill, a nd Messrs Rolleston, Hall, Stevens, Fulton, Bosen, J. T. Fisher, Barron, and Reid supported it. The second reading waa negatived oa a division of 23 to 19. The House rose at 1.25 a.m.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XVI, Issue 184, 4 August 1881, Page 2
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