SHOCKING BRUTALITY.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1790, 15 September 1888, Page 4

SHOCKING BRUTALITY.

A charge of brutal cruelty, illustrative of the evils of child marriage, is under investigation by the chief magistrate of Calcutta. The complainant it a Hindoo girl, aged 11. She states I hat she bad been living with her husband for the last 18 months, that her husband has a brother and his mother living in the same house, that she bad to do all the cooking and the household Work, and that her mother-in-law frequently beat and ill-U6ed ber. On Jane 22nd she accused her of using too much salt in a dish that she was cooking, Her mother-io-iaw abased her all day. and threatened that she should be brand* d. At 10 o'clock that night her husband, his brother, and her mother-in-law threw her down, and the men bound and fagged ber while the woman branded her with an iron ladle which she heated in the fire. She was branded three times on the cheek, also on the legs and arms. Foar days later she managed to get away, and sought her mother's protection. The doctor who examined the child's injuries deposed that hb had no hesitation in saving that the burns were ciused with a red-hot iron. The feirl alleged that ihe had been cruelly treated ever since her boßbind had asked the reason as to the visit of a certain Mshommedan. The family hold a respectable position.