EVIDENCE AGAIHiST WIFE.

Auckland Star, Volume LX, Issue 11, 14 January 1929, Page 10

EVIDENCE AGAIHiST WIFE.

HUSBAND STEPS FORWARD.

INCIDENT AT POLICE COURT. From the crowded spectators' gallery a husband stepped forward and gave evidence against his wife at the Police Court this morning. The case was one in which Margaret Alice Kelly (38), a domestic, was charged before Mr. W. R. McKean, S.M., with being idle and disorderly. "I'm here." a voice was heard, when the magistrate asked the question whether the husband was present. Unknown to the police the man was present at the back of the court room, and was asked to step into the witnessbox. He said he was ill on January 12, the day on which the woman waj "arrested, and she was away for a time. He knew of no reason for her committing the offence, as he had given her £3 on the preceding day. "We are having a good deal of trouble with this class of offender at the present time," said Sub-Inspector McCarthy. ''This woman has been on the streets and in the parks, where she has been under observation." Mr. McCarthy said the accused had frequently been convicted of drunkenness. She was ordere dt otake out i prohibition order for twelve months.