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Approved and ordered this
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day of
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, A.D. 192 Liessinsant-Coventor.
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At the Executive Council Chamber, Victoria,
PRESENT:
The Honourable
Mr. C li ver
Mr. Ln8Cn
Mr. Put u Li()
in the Chair.
Mr. Sloan
Mr.Sa•terlanu
Mr.
Mr.
Mr.
To His Honour
The Lieutenant.Governor in Council:
The undersigned has the honour to REPORT: -T.:AT MIS. ANNIE HADDRELL of Abuotsford, British
Columbia, was on the Lbth day of July, 19L3, convicted on
a charge of selling boar, contrary to the provisions of
section 46 of the "Government Liquor Act", and for said
offence was sentenced by H.G. Johnston, Stipendiary
Magistrate, to one month's imprisonment in the Common
Gaol at Oakalla.
THAT the said Ari:qE HADDRELL is the wife of
CHARLES HADDRELL who was on the 15th duy of August sentenoed to imprisonment for an infraction of the provisions
of section 88 of the "Government Liquor Act".
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THAT the said Ar.NIE EADDRELI is the mother of a
family of small children.
THAT the said Magistrate reports as follows "Today I found Haddrell guilty of the offense and sentenced him to one month in jail and deferred sentence
in the case of Mrs. Haddrell until Uednesday, the 16th
inst. as it had seen represented to me (and I verily believe
such to be the fact) that Er':. Haddrell is of a highly nervous
temperament, besides there being a family of small children
and a considerable business to attend to. Should both be
sent to jail, the punishment, combined with the material
loss involved, wot'ld be in my opinion, excessive and out of
proportion to the offence itself. Under these circumstances
I would ask that you intervene to the extent of allowing the
woman to forego a jail sentence."
An TEAT in a report of later date he states "I have carefully considered the suggestion contained in your
letter of August 14th anent the above. The Haddrell's, man
and wife, are persons I have never seen other than on such
times as they were arraigned in Court. 'Mile there, I studied
them carefully, demeanour, manner of giving evidence, etc.
The conclusion I arrived at was that the woman is the type of
a subservient tool, the slave, if you would call it such, of
the will of the husband. One on whom a ;:ail sentence would
be lost, either as a correction or a deterrent as regards
future conduct. A woman neither very good or very bad, at
the same time capable of managing her home and caring for her
children. I also thon.-ht I detected a strain of callous indifference on the part of the husband as to whether she went
to jail or not. The above, together with the fact that there
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was illness in the family, were some of the reasons dictating
my course of action in the matter."
?:4E UrDERSIGNED HAS THERE2ORE THE HONOUR TO RECOMMEND,
under authority of section 9 of chapter 44 of the "Revised
Statutes of British Columbia, 1911", that the sentence of one
month imposed on the said ANNIE HADDRELL be remitted on the
following condition, namely, THAT in case the said HR S. ANNIE
HADDRELL be found guilty during the said time of an offence
against either a i-rovi,cial or Dominion law, the AttorneyGeneral may thereupon order the re-arrest of the said ANNIE
HADDRELL under the original '7arrant of Commitment for the
offence first above stated and cause her to be sent to Oakalla
Prison Farm to undergo the unexpired portion of her said sentence.
ADD THAT a certified copy of this Minute, if approved,
be forwarded to H.G. Johnston, Esquire, Stipendiary Magistrate,
New 7estminster, British Columbia.
DATED this
day of August, A.D. 1923.
Attorney-General.
APPROVED this
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6./ts - day of August, A.D. 1923.
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Presiding Member of the Executive Council.