NURSE DUCKED IN A BATH.

Taihape Daily Times, 15 July 1919, Page 5

NURSE DUCKED IN A BATH.

SIX COLLEAGUES -CHARGED

WITH ASSAULT.

Six probationary . «nursVes——Emi]y Cox, Flo-rence Couchman, Mabel Bookman, ‘Hilda Lawrence, Mamy Martin, (ind Esther Piercy——wel'e summoned rat Tower Bridge Police Court, _London, charged with assaultrng Emily Russell, another nurse, at Bermondsey infirmary. -

Mr Percy Robinson, who defended, asked Miss Russell to accept. the sincere apology of the defendants for what. had taken place. '

Mr Gill (the inagistrate): A very! handsome apology has been made. 1:! Miss Russ‘ely_l_satisfied with that? .;__Missy’/Raisysell said she was 11‘o~t.V She _s;aid_‘-gthat ‘on lthedmorning of 29, _.whenglle ..was in bed, the. six nurses.‘ rushed __.into her bed_l'ooni,‘s'e;izéd 11e13,:~' and .c_;3_.rri,e.d lierfiinte the hathl'oom.'The". bath 'h'2idL.be;.en ,pr:epare,d water, and they put. her‘ inteit. ‘They’ held her under the watch for seine 'C_old_-Water’ Wag poured over her 'haid,:‘ éLnd’When‘ the six Went she had to leave, her ‘dressing 'gown‘and .nigll"tdl'ess~ in-.l the‘ bath. and go teiher room for’ a-‘ towel. -'l‘he six ~nurs'esv had acknow-I "Oledged since‘ t.ll"ait.‘fheir- act.‘ Was‘ not 1 ‘a joke, but was done malevolenxtly. 9 ‘ Mr Percy .Robinson: ‘For any indignity you may have sufl‘ered, I take the second opportunity of expressing their ‘ regret. This nlatto:: "has been investi— 1 gated by the Guardians?——-Miss Rus-1 sell: Yes. i And you are not satisfied with their 1 dccis'ion ‘¥——l\T;o‘v. It takes one b‘a'€':li to one’s school? «days? «You received a duekinrg€?—~]3t= was an insult, It was disgusting treatnient. ~ - A V 3 B'oys take a less serious View of it.‘ Has your haelth suifered?+l have had e.s_cvere _eold,. nothirig more. . Mr Toiiham, who ‘appeared for the _B.erlnondsey Gu_ardians,_ said the girls’ had bbcen.re.pr'lnlanded by the conmiit-“ tee, and ‘if convicted they would be disicharged frQnlytlle,i_nf.irl'nary. ‘ The ‘re-' i sult would be that they could never be lnurses in a Poor ‘Law Instituition; and | the conviction would ‘preclude any. application fior a ‘situation in any H hospitel. _ Mr Gill (to Miss Russell): You have i had a good deal to complain of. Are you now prepared to accept the :‘}.‘.ology‘!——N~O, sir. ! Mr Gill decided flia-t. Cox might merely have been an onlooker. and disimissed the summons against her. The iother summonses were adjourned.