HAIR PULLED OUT

Ashburton Guardian, Volume 48, Issue 140, 24 March 1928, Page 3

HAIR PULLED OUT

TWO WOMEN IN COURT. ASSAULT. CASE DISMISSED. (Per Press Association.) AUCKLAND, March 23Exhibit A, in a case at the Police Court to-day, was a large coil of hair, which one woman alleged had been torn from her head by another woman. The case, which was filled with bright dialogue, entertained all but the. Magistrate who had to decide it. Annie Louise Hadaway, a married woman, alleged that Mary Emma Carter, another married 1 woman, had assaulted her. Mrs Hadaway conducted her own case, and, in evidence, matched her words with appropriate action. "See, it was like this-," she began. "My poor little daughter was living with this woman, and I got her home for two or three days. This woman came over to my house and tried to strike my little daughter, and I had to protect her. This woman then punched and knocked me down. Just look at this." Witness opened 1 her handbag and produced a. newspaper parcel containing thick strands of hair. "Look what was taken from my head. Look at itl" she wailed. "My son is a scoutmaster," she said. "I'm a respectable woman and I'm in my bed by eight o'clock at night. I've got a great aunt aged 99 and 9 months. That is the stock I come from." Mrs Carter said she had gone to complainant's house to inquire about the daughter's health. Witness was knocked down, and, not meaning any harm, pulled herself up by Mrs Hadaway's hair. "It's all false," screamed 1 Mrs Hadaway. "I'm not strong enough to hit, but T. wish I was." The assault charge was dismissed, but the parties were advised to keep apart in future.