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Case 186

1. Application to Waifs and Strays' Society 27 July 1883

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The mother of the children left her home five years ago, and has since been leading an immoral life in the mint, Borough, and the father obtained an order form from a magistrate, amounting to a judicial separation. The man who has lost the sight of one eye, is now attending Hospital, as the sight of the remaining one is rapidly failing.


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