Extraordinary Incident in a Court.
, At tho Turnbridge, Kent, Magistrate's Court, Mr (1. ]). Warner, solicitor, made a somewhat peculiar application to the Bench, lie paid gyr that in Juno last an illegitimate child Hi was left by a servant with his client, a respectable married woman named , Barton, having children of lier own. I The amount for the keep of the infant was paid up to August last, when the mother emigrated to America. Under these circumstanced Mrs Barton applied to the relieving officer to I remove the child to the workhouse. The officer, he regretted to say, [ acting under the instructions of the guardians, refused to admit the child to the workhouse. This decision, ( he submitted, was both illegal and s morally improper.—Mr Collins, the ' relieving officer, said he had consulted the Board of Guardians, and l thoy refused to admit the child to the ; workhouse—Mr Warner said his only course was to advise bis client to leave the infant in the Court, and then, it would find its way into the AjUnion. The chairman, Viscount Warding: What, is the child to be left in this Court ? Mr Winner: If you will 1101 make an order to admit it to the Union it will bo left to the custody of the Justices (laughter.) Colonel Gerinon (one of the Magistrates): If the child is to i§t be left here, what is to become of it ? Mr Warner: That is for the Bench to decide. (Laughter. | I diall advise the woman to place the child on the table of the Court, and then the police will take it to the relieving officer, and we shall hear no more about it. Turning to Mrs Barton, the learned gentleman said, " Put the child on the table, leave it, and ti&\\ out of the Court." This the female appealed to, did, and retired from the Court, leaving the feeding bottle with 111? hapless infant. Mr Warner: Tho child is now destitute and neglected, and your Worships \can order its removal to tho Union. The relieving officer took up the infant and conveyed it to the work-
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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume X, Issue 3362, 16 November 1889, Page 3
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352Extraordinary Incident in a Court. Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume X, Issue 3362, 16 November 1889, Page 3
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