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December 3, 1881
Richland Beacon
Rayville, Richland County, Louisiana
What is this article about?
Judge McKenzie, in charge to Toronto Grand Jury, highlights increasing wife-beating in Ontario as a scandal, citing 88 arrests for ill-treatment, 63 for neglect, and 51 for threats to kill wives, urging vigorous punishment for perpetrators.
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Judge McKenzie, in his charge to the Grand Jury of Toronto the other day, referred to the crime of wife-beating, which is on the increase in Ontario, and which is becoming the scandal of that province. During the past year there were arrested in Toronto eighty-eight persons for ill-treating their wives, sixty-three for neglecting them and fifty-one for threatening to kill them. Judge McKenzie thinks that wife-beating is one of the most brutal of crimes, and that the brutes who indulge in it should be vigorously dealt with.
What sub-type of article is it?
Crime Story
Historical Event
What themes does it cover?
Crime Punishment
Misfortune
What keywords are associated?
Wife Beating
Domestic Violence
Arrests
Toronto
Ontario
Judge Mckenzie
What entities or persons were involved?
Judge Mckenzie
Where did it happen?
Toronto, Ontario
Story Details
Key Persons
Judge Mckenzie
Location
Toronto, Ontario
Event Date
The Other Day, Past Year
Story Details
Judge McKenzie charges Toronto Grand Jury on rising wife-beating in Ontario, calls it brutal crime deserving vigorous punishment, cites arrests: 88 for ill-treating wives, 63 for neglecting, 51 for threatening to kill.