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v, ; ? WbdkebbAt, Mahoh 26. I - (Before G. L. Mellish, Esq., 8.M.) I Bbtjkk ahd first offender < was fined 6§. ] WrPB DseisTiOH , .— Eobert Dann, on re- ] maud, wu , charged with deserting hie wife. The warrant had been* issued by the Besident Magistrate at Auckland, and the defendant was arrested -in Chriatchurcb, and wae sow brought Tip on remand. ■ .Mr Inspector • Hickaon jiow produced the warranfc,'-whioh » has been forwarded from Auckland, and eaid ' that the defendant, in the absence of the < complaiaanr, ad mitt 3d that he was the person 1 named in it. The defendant said he was a ' seaman, and was only five months married. < If he were cent back to Auckland, where his ' wife was, it might be'weeka before he could < get a ship, but in Lyttelton the chances were ! more in hia faTOr, , His Worship ordered him ' to pay 10a a week for his wife'e support. 4
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Press, Volume XXXI, Issue 4262, 27 March 1879, Page 3
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