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Tin* rcniili-mv of (lie prisoner was searched, and a pair of boots found on the premises.tVillium ll.illmsluTid appeared on summons to answer a charge of assaulting and beating one t'utlieriue May, of the ago of 14 yean*, on the1 Itli inslunf.Mr. lt;1- * ’Meagher appeared for the complain-out. and Mr. Kcadett lor the defence.The cvidein-o for the complainant was to the ell eel that she had been hvim» at defendant** honne for about sixteen or seventeen months, tin Thursday last she was sent by Mrs. Hollin-nhead‘n servant to see what o'clock it was. and on her return the defendant beat her with a whip, hurting her back very much. Two witnesses appeared for the complainant, one of whom saw murks on lies back, which was sore for three days.In cross-examination, complainant acknowledged that defendant had cautioned her before nbout going out, and she denied getting out of the window at eleven o'clock at night; she was u iiurse-girl at Mrs. Hollinshead’s ; she had been in the habit of going to TitnmoDy'a to see the time of day ; there was a clock at Mrs. Hollin-hliead's, hut it Itad stopped ; Mr. Hollinshead had n watch on her.The evidence for the defence was that defendant hud frequently cautioned the girl against going out at night and in the daytimo, but that she had persisted in doing bo in defiance of hia orders. Ho had only administered what he considered well-deserved punishment.These facts were clearly proved by the evidence ; and the bench, in dismissing the case, ex pressed an opinion that the defendaut was perfectly justified, and lud ouly done his duty in chastising the girl for going out at night when ordered not to do so.
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Newcastle Chronicle
Newcastle, New South Wales, AU
Sat, Apr 20, 1872
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