The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-02-25
II0RSEWIIIPPING A NURSE.
BRUTiL BEHivIOR or AN ENGLIsH
GENILEMIN FARMER.
Extrnor ordinary Testimony In "a Police Court
Woman Pulled out OF He'd by her Hair,
and Stabbed with Fork aud Scissors.

ron n, Iond,n rtgroih.
At the Slough Petty Sessions. on the 9TH
inst Robertson Francis Norris. described ns n
gentleman farmer. OF iNer Heath, Bucks. aud
Caroline Carter. nurse recently in their cm-
ploymcnt. The complainant was conveyed in "a
he rV nature Of the p pSse ete@trj
considerable excitement in the district.
The prisoners, on taking thcir place In tho
dock with their child were Missed by the spec zee
tators. Mrs. Morris was faslionably attirod In
a black velvet coat. hat and feathers. Caroline
lows. gave her evidence viii lie almost in faint
ing condition. She said she. entered the pris-
oners' service nj the end of May. Mrs. Morris
began pinchinR her on the second day after she
went there, and has since prosecuted her.
About month ago she broke poker over her
nursery Sometimes tho baby used tO cry Mt
night, md Mrs. Morris said it was her fault.
left his stool. aud had since struck her with tho
poker. the husband was not present when
Mrs. Morris struck her. but az she cried and
screamed he came up To see what was the mat
ter. She Threatened witness that If the child
cried at night she would give her wit
not complain TO her husband. Mr. Morris had
not ill-used her before that Mrs; Morris had
horscwhipped by Nir. Morris after he came
home from church. In the morning she played
with the child W stairs TO make i happy, but it
in the garden with the child but wont UP stairs
to the nursery to take his things of. Mr. Nor
u
into The nursery. Mrs. Morris having gone out
with the child into the garden that II should not
her masters hand. He told complainant to liz
across the table, but she refused To- do it. llo
then took hold of her arm, got her across
huck. but She could not shy how many times
She iriod 10 get away but Mr.. Morris had shut
the door, and he pulled up her clothes and hit
her across the logs with the whip. That was
while she was standing behind tho door. The
iaple was spit up the middle when he wanted
IH 1 IR tyl "A lp ffl La NIL
when he tried Ia bend her down across It, 1t WAS
split In the middle The woman was not in the
room at Hll while he WIS striking her with the
whip. Complainant cried while he was thrash
ing her. He hit her once or twice ON the legs
Thc Win WAS a horerwhlp belonging to the
cook. Thrift. and Mr.. Morris hit her with the
stick ana handle Of cartwhip also. Mrs. Nor
could not gct out. She did not get her dinner
ull eight o'clock at nix mt which WAS piece Of
some dry bread in the morning and nothing to
drink. unless she had some water. She WIS
never allowed down stairs in the kitchen. and
when they went out the boy used To- iGstrn the
door. So that she could not get in. Mrs. Morris
had also hit her on's' with the whip while get
AMI Mr. Morris SAID 81. was waiting for some
one. and hit her with the whip. Mr. Morris
used To Kick her, and had done SO more than
once since the hor~rw whipping: but witness
could not tell how many tinics. lie had kicked
her on the side, Mr-. Morris used to run din
nrr iorN INTO her. and make her arms blue.
Hcrarms wcrr all over stars. On" morning her
arm was all over blood. which ran down her
sleeve. That was done with the : .i--ur-. because
"a" child had been crying. Mr.. Morris ran
tn" scissors into her moro than a doom times
ON" morning. That WIS tho worst umr and
took place utter Christmas. Last SUNDAY She
ran away. Tho reason witness hair was 80
short vl- because Mrs Morris had pulled her
hair 9ut with both hands. After she had ill-
used her ia Tine dav witness WAS so upset that
shr did not know what she was doing. Sh. had
t. krep til" fire uilEht ia the nursery an night.
nui m" female pri-ourr used 10 come an sec
THAT She did -n. II IA" wa- not up. Mrs. Morris
H. u To- pail her cut II hni ly the hair of her
head. Once or twice She did that. At this point
Bhnini;l Mrs, Morris used tr push her IN tine
back with rtick-did IT more than once. II WIS
stick used 10 rake the fire. On" morning Mrs.
Morris touched her with a dinner knife, and
said she would run her through with IL and
would ram the POKER down her throat IL she
back with the poker because the child cried in
the hight. Witness showed the bruises made
10y Mrs. Morris, when she punched her. to the old
housekecper. Sometimes there would be "a piece
pnch,i out: little pieces Of skin used to come
from the arms. She had a father. eight sisters
and brothers. but did not know where they
lived. Shr had mo- mother.
TIN" complainant here tainted, and the case
had d. be- stopped for timel
Mr.. Talbot. secretary of the Princess Louise
tn" entire history Of the poor girl. and. If 1t
pleased God that She should recover. she would
l." taken back tu Tia" II one. lie hoped thu magis-
ir0irs would adjourn the case So that their So
lclior might Dee instructed.
The complainant having been removed from
That the Ben .h hal decided to adjourn tho TX
animation. The prisoners We're then removed
10 the cells, and rs they LEFT the room were again
Kissed