THE WHITE SLAVE TRADE.

Poverty Bay Standard, Volume X, Issue 1035, 11 February 1882, Page 4

THE WHITE SLAVE TRADE.

At Bow-street, London, a young German girl named Englehardt, aged 10, was charged, before Mr Flowers, with stealing a gold wateh from a young woman named Spillner. Both parlies lived in Francis-strect, Tottenham Court Road. The prosecutrix missed her watch, and upon a search being made it was found sewn up in the lower part of the prisoner::! dress. During the hearing of the ease it was stated that six young girls occupied the room where the prisoner slept. In her defence she denied having stolen the watch, but alleged that she had been the victim of a practical joke. Through M. Albert, tiie interpreter she stated that a short time ago she made application Io a registry-offiee-keeper—whose name she gave—a! Hanover for a situation. She alleged that he induced her to leave her mother clandestinely by means of tempting offers of a lucra ive situation being found for her in England. She was sent over to the man w ho kept the house in Francis-strect, her expenses having been paid by the registry-office keeper, upon the understanding that all charges were to be paid out of the money received at the situation it was promised to find for her. Upon arriving here she alleged that she found herself entirely in the power of the person to whom she had been sent, as, being unable Io speak one word of English, she could not leave him—in fact: site was a slave to him. She made these assertions with a view of warning young girls not Io be deceived by the tempting offers that, were made to them by the agent in Hanover. Mr Flowers caused inquiries to be made into the case, and through the instrumentality of Mr Klaftenberger, of the German Benevolent Society, the prisoner’s return to her friends was provided for. She was discharged upon the prosecutor expressing a desire to withdraw the ebarge.