Emily married Michael Neillas Laffin in 1874
10 April 1877 Michael Laffin was charged with drunkenness and assaulting his wife. Emily stated in court that three days after she gave birth and while she was still ill in bed, Michael had turned her out of the house, struck her on the head because she had told the doctor that he had given her nothing to eat and then had threatened to murder her with a knife which he had in his hand if she did not die soon because he could not afford to keep her and her two children. Sergeant Monaghan said prisoner did not seem to like work and was a lazy character. His Worship advised Mrs Laffin to take out a protection order against the man ...
- Emily returned to her home and there, with her two little children was totally dependent on charity of her neighbours or starve to death. A few days later she was found lying on the floor in an unconscious state. She was taken to hospital where she died
18 April 1877 the Inquest at the Hospital .. http://tinyurl.com/ycyj6aw8
18 April 1877 The Jury, at the inquest on Mrs Laffin today, returned a verdict of death from natural causes, but added a rider expressing their horror of the inhuman treatment she had experienced from her husband and expressed their opinion that this was the primary cause of her death
18 April 1877 public opinion
- the children were fostered out.
Michael was in the Hawkes Bay in 1879 and then 'disappeared'
10 April 1877 Michael Laffin was charged with drunkenness and assaulting his wife. Emily stated in court that three days after she gave birth and while she was still ill in bed, Michael had turned her out of the house, struck her on the head because she had told the doctor that he had given her nothing to eat and then had threatened to murder her with a knife which he had in his hand if she did not die soon because he could not afford to keep her and her two children. Sergeant Monaghan said prisoner did not seem to like work and was a lazy character. His Worship advised Mrs Laffin to take out a protection order against the man ...
- Emily returned to her home and there, with her two little children was totally dependent on charity of her neighbours or starve to death. A few days later she was found lying on the floor in an unconscious state. She was taken to hospital where she died
18 April 1877 the Inquest at the Hospital .. http://tinyurl.com/ycyj6aw8
18 April 1877 The Jury, at the inquest on Mrs Laffin today, returned a verdict of death from natural causes, but added a rider expressing their horror of the inhuman treatment she had experienced from her husband and expressed their opinion that this was the primary cause of her death
18 April 1877 public opinion
- the children were fostered out.
Michael was in the Hawkes Bay in 1879 and then 'disappeared'
Emily married Michael Neillas Laffin in 1874
10 April 1877 Michael Laffin was charged with drunkenness and assaulting his wife. Emily stated in court that three days after she gave birth and while she was still ill in bed, Michael had turned her out of the house, struck her on the head because she had told the doctor that he had given her nothing to eat and then had threatened to murder her with a knife which he had in his hand if she did not die soon because he could not afford to keep her and her two children. Sergeant Monaghan said prisoner did not seem to like work and was a lazy character. His Worship advised Mrs Laffin to take out a protection order against the man ...
- Emily returned to her home and there, with her two little children was totally dependent on charity of her neighbours or starve to death. A few days later she was found lying on the floor in an unconscious state. She was taken to hospital where she died
18 April 1877 the Inquest at the Hospital .. http://tinyurl.com/ycyj6aw8
18 April 1877 The Jury, at the inquest on Mrs Laffin today, returned a verdict of death from natural causes, but added a rider expressing their horror of the inhuman treatment she had experienced from her husband and expressed their opinion that this was the primary cause of her death
18 April 1877 public opinion
- the children were fostered out.
Michael was in the Hawkes Bay in 1879 and then 'disappeared'
10 April 1877 Michael Laffin was charged with drunkenness and assaulting his wife. Emily stated in court that three days after she gave birth and while she was still ill in bed, Michael had turned her out of the house, struck her on the head because she had told the doctor that he had given her nothing to eat and then had threatened to murder her with a knife which he had in his hand if she did not die soon because he could not afford to keep her and her two children. Sergeant Monaghan said prisoner did not seem to like work and was a lazy character. His Worship advised Mrs Laffin to take out a protection order against the man ...
- Emily returned to her home and there, with her two little children was totally dependent on charity of her neighbours or starve to death. A few days later she was found lying on the floor in an unconscious state. She was taken to hospital where she died
18 April 1877 the Inquest at the Hospital .. http://tinyurl.com/ycyj6aw8
18 April 1877 The Jury, at the inquest on Mrs Laffin today, returned a verdict of death from natural causes, but added a rider expressing their horror of the inhuman treatment she had experienced from her husband and expressed their opinion that this was the primary cause of her death
18 April 1877 public opinion
- the children were fostered out.
Michael was in the Hawkes Bay in 1879 and then 'disappeared'
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