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ASSAULTED HER DAUGHTER.

Magistrate's Stern Warning|

to Mother.

The hearing was concluded at the Magistracy yesterday after- noon of the case in which a young Chinese woman, of the well-to-do class, was charged with assaulting her four-year old daughter.

In the evidence it W33 stated that Chief Inspector Kerk, who instigated the proceedings and whose quarters commanded 3 clear view of the girl's house in Wyndham Street, saw the defen-) dant beat her daughter about tilla time on the 27th nit. Mrs. Kerr. saw the little girl receive another thrashing later in the afternoon. The defendant admitted chastising her child, but said that she did so because the girl was trying to drink a mixture of hair gum, Chinese sauce and medicine.

Yesterday afternoon Dr. D. J. Valentine, who examined the girl] when she was admitted to the Government Civil Hospital, asid that the child had marks on her body of having been recently caned. There were also marks an back and both legs, from the hip down to the arkle, the right leg was in a worse condition than the laft. Marks were seen on both arms, from the elbows to the hands, there being about fourtesa Jon each arm.

{. In reply to the Magistrate (Mr.) E. W. Hamilton) - Dr. Valentine. said that the girl was mentally Dormal and was well nourished. She walked into the hospital.

TUESDAY, JULY 11, 1922.

THE BERTHA IS BACK

BY MARIAN HALE

This frock of palest lavender Canton crepe wear a two-tier- el semi-berths of off sigei and weighted with finely plex:-

The Magistrate:In your opinion; were the marks the result of and taff xs. reasonable beating for mis-

Such a shouldar treatment behaviour?-It was rather exces naturally calls for the fullest of skirts and this too is oroamant- ed with fine pleatings which

|sive.

Mr. A. E. Hall, for the defence. asked Dr. Valentine: Supposing|

I tell you at the child made a

thorough nuisance of herself from great lesson to her. He was sure 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.. would, you say that Inspector Kerr would sup- from the marks that the caning|port him in, his application for the was pereastrable?—I think the option of a fine. caning was excessive.

Mr. Hall: Excessive if she was | beaten only pace?—If the received them in the course of one day it (was excessive.

Do you consider that the caning was conducted in such a manner

as to cause the child any injary to her health?—Nɔ.

A Severe Warning.

Chief Inspector Kerr: 1 certain. I don't like to see this lady sent to prison. I hope she will de bound crer.

Focused the

Addressing the Magistrate said: Wong Lun-hing,

extend" quite stojal the hem and mount panel-wise to the wa's: line at the side fronts.

The tight bolics is dishad with narrow silver ribbon tad and caught at the front with lavender valvet 10993. Nagtam sachings ara quite the thing thật stasɔ) salther invariably extend blow the bem line of the gawa sai contrast in colour.

you' stand before me convicted of a particularly cruel and brutal Making Herself a Nuisance,

assault on your own daughter. It Addressing the Magistrate at may be true that there has been the conclusion of the evidencel no previous cruelty. and it may Mr. Hall aid that the questione true that you are not in good refore his Worship was whether health. If I have caly you to con- the correction given to the child sicer I would undoubtedly send could be classed as moderate or you to prison without the option reasonable. He submitted that of a fine. It seems, however, that į because the child was trying to must consider not only your take the concoction of hair gun, husband. but the future of your etc., the panishment was reason-child, on whom your imprisonment able. The question of excessive. will react. Is the husband, in ress was debatable. It was in Court? evidence that the child was caned)

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New York The husband having stood by

St. Louis shortly after 1 pm.. and that Mrs. the dock, the Magistrate asked Brooklyn Kerr heard her cry continuously him if he was willing to sign a

Cincinnati frem i to practically & p.m. If a bond for the good behaviour of his

Pittsburgh child could make herself such a wife for twelve months if he let Philadelphia

Chicago nuisance she deserved another her go with a fine. beating.

The husband: Yes, sir. Imposing a Sne of $100 the:

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The Magistrate: 1t la not in evidence. The evidence was that; she was beaten at 1 o'clock and Magistrate said to the defendant: St. Louis subsequently Mrs. Kerr was arons-I strongly recommend you to go New York ed at 3 pm. by the child scream-heme and try to wipe out your Detroit ing.

lapse from humanity by kind be- Chicago

Mr. Hall said that though the baviour as a mother in future. Washington beating might have been exces-You must remember, that it is your Cleveland sive to a child of the girl's age, husband and the future of your Boston he asked his Worship to take a child that prevented me from Philadelphis lenient view of the case because sending you to prison.

the defendant was not in good The husband 38 ordered to health and she did it in a moment sign a bond of $500 for his wife...

of anger when she found her Mr. Hall: Will your Worship daughter trying to drink a con- make an order to hand over the coction of hair gun and medicine child to the custody of the father? water. He could not believe for öne moment that a mother could

The Magistrate: Yes, wilfully, deliberately and inten- The father was warned by his tionally ill-treat her own daughter, Worship to take measure to pre- especially when the child was her vent the defendant from taking only daughter. It would not be reverge on the girl. humane to do so. Mr. Hall said

that this was a solitary instance)

of assaulting the child. It could) WHEN A MAN'S FORTY, not be said that the defendant hadi -

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HOW SHOULD JEWS TAKE OATH?

Judge Says Wearing of the

Hat Does Not Matter.

A Jew takes the oath in a court of law with his hat on.

The binding value of this procedure was questioned in the High Court on Le den when counsel reminded s Jaw defen- dans that he had taken the oath bare headed.

"What does it matter?" asked

the judge.

been systematically ill-treating if he has not previously worn the girl. The intention of the glasses, he should lose no time in Legislature was to protect a child having his sight properly tested. from wystemable ill-treatment and if he bas worn them, he should

Comas (to defendant): Is the neglect. The defendant was very make quite sure by a scientific sorry for what she had done. Her test that his glasses do not want oath not binding if you are un- husband had directed him to apply to the age of forty the muscles of

altering This is important. Up covered. for leniency by the imposition the eyes will sometimes make up that it made any difference.

Defendant said he did not know of a fine and to restore the child for defeos by atraining After The Judge: Some people make to him. If his Worship sent the forty, the elasticity of-these-uch of it, but "Ford on Oaths defendant to gaol it would be muscles gradually lessens natijTM breaking up a home. Mr. Hall they become quite tant/The*** The band is usually concinded that the defendant was Hongkong Optical Co. spocessors he cannot insist on the. It covered, but Commissioner of extremely repentent, and he felt to. Clark & Co., refracting and sure that these days of trial, mendiactoring opticians locatedrally does not appear to master, combiped with the same which in 53, Queen's Ross Central, here added his laniship, and- Ford she experienced by standing be the equipment to test your eight says the dath is binding even il

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