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Bennett. The " "
sister of the pavement
who gave information to the police, complaining
of the man's conduct in taking her
immoral earnings from her, was a goodlooking
young English girl about twenty-five
years of age. She stated that she had known
the accused "bludger" for about fifteen
months, and during that period, with the
exception of some six weeks, he had lived
on the money she had earned on the streets.
As a rule he never got out of bed till about
and he had a fearful aversion to
midday,
work. Sometimes, when she had no money
to give him, he beat her most unmercifully.
The result was that she was black and
blue. Finally she left him. After that
he wrote her letters threatening to " kick
her inside out " if she did not send him
money. It was quite true that this wretch
had given her diamond rings, but he had
purchased them with money
she had made
on the streets. The woman told the magistrate
that she had given this " bludger " as
much as 12 within a week, and that he had
only given her a few coppers when she went
out in the evening to look for more money.
The unfortunate woman declared that she
stood in hourly terror of the man's brutality.
The magistrate asked if the accused were
a foreigner, and Detective- Sergeant Broadhurst
"
replied, No, sir, I wish he were."
The magistrate :
" So do I."
The brute received sentence of three months
for living on the results of the woman's
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