DRIVEN OUT OF BED.

NZ Truth, 15 March 1924, Page 7

DRIVEN OUT OF BED.

-■'■ -" » -. — - Young Wife's Plight. According to Florence Violet Painter her husband, Harold Roy Painter, was not a very desirable helpmate. Their married life was punctuated by acts of cruelty and assault on the part of the master of the house. The wife said that she was driven from hor bed on three occasions, while hubby also threatened to go away with a lady friend and another time made reference to choking. She had taken out separation orders before but had retracted. , "And I suppose you will do the same again," said Magistrate Hunt before whom the hapless Florence was appealing at the Auckland Magistrate's Court for a maintenance and separation order. "No, I wouldn't!" was the emphatic reply. Tho Rev. Jasper Calder, City Missioned said that every time an attempt at reconciliation was made Mrs. Painter "got tho breeze up." He produced a report from Dunedin In which the respondent was described as an unmitigated scoundrel. Painter said that he did not want to live with his wife and that ho put m "an appearance to defend his character. He had treated his wife well. Mr. Hunt: What about putting her out of bed?— She waylaid a business letter and refused to glvo it to mo. I told her that If sho did not produce it I would put her out and I did. His Worship handed out a separation order and a maintenance order for £2 5s a week aa well as allowing tho wife the custody of the three children