Hide Article Text (OCR)
The Starved Child—Examination Before the Police Judge.—The case of William Lally, and his wife Bridget, drew a considerable crowd yesterday at the Polioe Court, whose morbid curiosity was exoited by the unnatural horror of so much of the revelation as had transpired the day before. The testimony was of a very conflicting oharacter. Dr. J. P. Walker testified that the ohild had not suffered from disease, but for want of care and nourishment; some of the prominent symptoms of starvation were not visible, but the Doctor adhered to his original opinion that want of food was the cause of the little sufferer's emaciatedand skeleton-like appearance. Dr. Quinn, on the contrary, who had been called upon to examine the child on Monday, said that the emaciated condition of the child was not the result of starvation. The child was represented tohave lately recovered from the measles, and in his practice similar cases of debility had occurred in children upon whom the tenderest care had been bestowed. In the present casethe child was cleanly, which is evidence that ithad not been entirely neglected. Some of the neighbors gave a deplorable description of the manner in which the child was treated, while on the contrary, Sarah Lally, sister to the defendant, testified that she had charge of, and devoted a great portion of her time, night and day, in her attendance upon it.The general conclusion was that the little sufferer had been wantonly neglected, although there was no evidence that its father or stepmother were quite so lost to humanity as to entertain the idea of starvation. Be this as itmay, it will not long trouble them or the world. Its appearance in court yesterday sufficiently denoted that it has been summoned to another and a better sphere. In conclusion the Judge discharged the woman, but as far as the man isconcerned, he thought it a caee fit fo^ the Grand Jury. Lally was thereupon committedin default of finding bonds in $500, to answer at the Court of C ommon Pleas.
Newspaper Details
Cincinnati Daily Commercial
Cincinnati, Ohio, US
Wed, Jul 28, 1858
Page 2
Full Page
Clipped by
Dalt D.
CT, USA 05 Jun 2021
Other Publications Near Cincinnati, Ohio
Cincinnati Kentucky Times Star
Cincinnati Christian Age
Cincinnati Israelite
Cincinnati North Journal
Weekly Cincinnati Times
