"THAFS WASHED OUT!"

Auckland Star, Volume LVII, Issue 137, 11 June 1926, Page 5

"THAFS WASHED OUT!"

SAID THE MAGISTRATE. WIFE'S SENSATIONAL STORY. Serious allegations were made against Sydney Harvey at the Magistrate's Court this morning when his wife asked for maintenance for her child. "He used to pretend to go mad." said the. wife. "Tie dragged mc by the hair, friarhtened mc with a razor, and threw a cup full of tea at mc." Mr. E. A. Sing-er appeared for Mrs. Edith Harvey, and Mr. Allan Moody defended the husband. Mrs. Harvey said she was married in 191!). but her marriage had not been a happy one. She had left her husband three years ago because he had been cruel to her. He kspt a razor in his pocket and he used to drag her by the hair, said the wife. This sort of thing went on nearly every day, and she was afraid of him. Once he threw a cup full of tea over her, she said. Mr. Hunt. S.M.: And what did you throw at him ': A loaf of bread, or something? Mr. Moody: As a matter of fact, your Worship, another magistrate dismissed this case in 1923. There was nothing said then about cups of tea and razors. Mr. Singer: The woman wants only maintenance for her child. Mr. Moody: Yes. But this unfortunate man is working his soul-case out in the country. He has sent her money regularly, and took her for a trip to Wellington in February. He has sent her £.32 since the beginning of the year. Mr. Singer: Nothing has been sent for the child for three months. Mr. Moody: This story of razors four or five years ago Mr. Hunt. S.M.: Oh, thats' all right. That's washed out. '"The firjt thing he did when I gave him a trial was "to go drinking," said the wife. Mr. Singer read a letter from the wife to the defendant in which she said she would not go to Court to be made a fool of. "I have no solicitor to defend ffle," read Mr. Sinser. "Oh, yes she has. She's got the best solicitor in Auckland," emphatically said ilr. Moody. Mr. Moody (to the wife) : The best thing you can do is to go back to your husband. The trouble is you like the city life "No I don't." averred the wife. Mr. Hunt, SM.: Til make an order for 15/ a week for the child, the money to pair! in monthly instalments.