A PITIFUL CASE.
! ABANDONING A CHILD. . WELLINGTON, July 14. The case of the young woman Ellen Briggs, who had pleaded guilty to a charge of wilfully exposing her child""* in a manner likely to cause injury to its health, was before Mr Riddell, S.M., to-day. Accused is not 21 years of age, and is employed as a domestic servant at Taihape. She A .j has been motherless since she was nittiff *~ l years of age. The child was telM » months old and was left near the ' trance to the Home of Compassion, the mother hiding near by until the baby was found and token inside. Tt was stated that she had found a difficulty in getting a home for it as its father would not help. The mother was in desperation when she acted as sho did. The Magistrate said* it would bo a' wrong principle to extend leniency to persons who abandoned little children. He sentenced accused to 21 days' imprisonment.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10287, 15 July 1911, Page 4
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162A PITIFUL CASE. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10287, 15 July 1911, Page 4
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