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BRUTALITY TO GIRL MAN AND WIFE HISSED WILD SCENE IN COURT By Cable.—Press Association.—Copyright Reed. 11.15 a.m. LONDON, Thursday. An extraordinary story of cruelty to a feeble-minded servant girl extending over three years was told when Alfred Beecroft and his wife were
charged with inflicting bodily harm. It was alleged that the girl went into the service of the Beecrofts in 1923.
Since then she has been starved, wageless, hit on the head and body with a poker and thrown to the ground and held there by Beecroft while his wife stamped on her. She was terrified of everybody and neighbours gave evidence that they frequently heard terrified screams and shouts of “Murder” and “Don’t, don’t.” A doctor said that when admitted to a hospital the girl’s body was a mass of contusions and bruises. The court was invaded by crowds of women, who hissed the defendants. When the magistrate committed them for trial there was loud clapping in the court. The magistrate then told them to be British and hear the other side of the case before demonstrating. —A. and N.Z.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 37, 6 May 1927, Page 1
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