CHILDREN RUNNING WILD
A CALLOUS FATHER. By Telegraph—Press Association. Invercargill, Last Night. At the Police Court, before Mr. Cruieksanks, S.M., John Boyes, a laborer, at Lady Barkly, was charged with neglecting his two children. Sergeant Simpson said that the defendant could not leave drink alone, and had frequently been hunted out of Winton owing to his habits. His wife was unable to live with him, and was residing with Boyes' father, who, in a letter to Mr. T. Pryde (secretary of the Charitable Aid Board), had described his son as a "drunken waster." When Constable Anderson went to the defendant's place he found the children running wild in the bush and feeding on raw rabbits' flesh, which they had found. Mr. T. Pryde and Mr. A. McLean (city misisonary) gave evidence as to the defendant's ways of living. The children had been absolutely neglected, not having been washed for a considerable time. The. defendant said that his wife had been the cause of it all.
His Worship Said Boyes was unfit to look after the welfare of such bright children, and he would have to place them in Lome Farm Home. Defendant was ordered to pay 5s per week each towards their upkeep.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 287, 3 April 1913, Page 5
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203CHILDREN RUNNING WILD Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 287, 3 April 1913, Page 5
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