Case 3737

This case is a peculiar one. The father is a man who ought to be in a fairly good position as a Law-writer. But he has been unsteady & now "cramp" prevents his working. He has been sold up, & I expect him to be turned out of his home.

A year ago, not very long after his wife's death, I had [?] the assistance of the Society (Mr. Waugh's) for preventing Cruelty to Children, in consequence of his harshness, & neglect of his children. The consequence was that he was fined, along with his oldest daughter, - & intimation was given by the magistrate that if he was again convicted he wd. go to prison. He Home was wretched. Mr. Waugh took (by order of the magistrate) two of the children, S. & H., away entirely, & he has placed them in Homes. The oldest girl was turned out of doors by her father: one of my daughters got hold of her, & we sent her to a Training Home. She is now in respectable service but not earning [?] wages. Another boy, W., [?] [Zeagan's] Home for Boys: & he is now in Canada, near Ontario, & promised to do well there.

E., on whose behalf this application is made, is almost certain to go to the bad unless she can be got away to some Home or Refuge. I do not see how her father is to maintain himself: & he will exert no good influence on the child. The mistress (Infant)