HORRIBLE CRUELTY TO A CHILD. [BY TELEGRAPH.—PRESS ASSOCIATION.]

Waikato Times, Volume XX, Issue 1667, 13 March 1883, Page 2

HORRIBLE CRUELTY TO A CHILD. [BY TELEGRAPH .— PRESS ASSOCIATION .]

,m r .1 .« 'fThru EDftf, Last 'Night). The Staiy to-night, has*the following :— 11 .Rumour,sa,ys ithat (th,e police, acting on information supplied by a nftmjjer of the 'inhabitant ' b! 1 *S6uth Dunedin, \'' have brought to* light < a case of shocking i jll■treatineqt.pf achild.l/y its,parents.,, An information against the, parents is to be laid', and'the'case will be''adjudicated on by the City Bench. The child, ■ alleged db bbiirrtfestcd.-isdiboy; 7£-years; 01d..-;. /I,t, is known that folf jgeyeral days the boy had his arms tied behind his back, so ; that he was unable to move them j in, , any way., , ,In ,that st^e , hej h,e Vas lbbk'ed tip 'in' an I out-iibnSc for, hours at a'stretch. Duriiig the step-j another's temporary absence, some neigh'bb'u'rs 'gaine'd^ii entrance ihtd the House anfl removed' 'file boy, wlibfeie.cofadition 'ik ' 'said to'hlHrk tfeejf pMWe/'' He'was 'it 'h • J High sYate'if'feVer suffering'fr'oiii | inflammation r 6f f 8n r e^fthe(llifa^. lS"Onfe'«f' the bonei of -tltt I \6\:V.%e^W! -has been, recently! • fra'dture'd ' ; and > Apparently was ■ unseiji'and'his' ba'eb b6re marks- -*of jre'dent. bruises. The police are becoming ac-| I'qutfinted ■with |{<th'B'"cifcvrinstaiice'B), ? vafldj .hiJvft>'h"ad r '^he'')b r dy examined! byl.l)r.; 'iDeZAvtche,'"\rho totmreß hTsirHmdvar/tb] the hosp" itaVfafld- ir now) attending I hiW,',

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