CRUELTY TO CHILDREN.
LONDON, January 13. ' The wife of Charles Rushworth, a soli- J citof at' York, has been sentenced to nine' ' months' imprisonment cruelty and * ) Shocking neglect towards two adopted * [ girls of "14 and 13 years of age. Both were -drudges in the house work. i One was punished- by lifting her -clothes ' burning her' flesh with a hot iron. !Tbe husband (who is secretary of the York < Education Committee) was fined £50 for i ■failing to become acquainted with the < condition of the children. < The v case has aroused intense popular ; ] feeling. i
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Otago Witness, Issue 2809, 15 January 1908, Page 19
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95CRUELTY TO CHILDREN. Otago Witness, Issue 2809, 15 January 1908, Page 19
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