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Auckland Star, Volume L, Issue 222, 18 September 1919, Page 7

A young man was brought before the Court this morning upon a charge of being guilty of persistent cruelty towards his wife. The defendant had been arrested on warrant issued by the Magistrate upon' the sworn statement of his w-ife that her husband could not be found to be served with a summons. Counsel for the defendant objected to the defendant having been arrested, as •he and the wife's solicitors had been negotiating for a private settlement of their domestic affairs, and these negotiations were still in progress when the ifife, without' advising her solicitors, apparently had herself taken proceedings, and had a warrant issued for her husband's arrest. The Magistrate stated that in future a person requiring a warrant should be required to make a sworn, written statement to the effect that the defendant cannot be found. A few moments later another solicitor mentioned that a similar case in which he was interested had been wrongly placed on the charge sheet to come on for hearing to-day. "I don't want him to be arrested to-day," he added amidst light laughter. ■_,