MAN AND WIFE.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 73, 19 December 1907, Page 7

MAN AND WIFE.

TROUBLE, IN THE DOMESTIC CIRCLE.

AN AUCKLAND CAS': ; ■ ' (DT TELEGKAI'H—SrECIAL CORRESroNDENT.) Auukland, December IS. ■ ( An instance of how married peoplo sometimes fail to pull'-together camo out at 'tho Police Court yesterday boforo Mr. Kettle, S..M. Tho parties to tho case wore William Anderson Pje, a-farmer, and .his wife, Annie Pye. Tho latter charged her husband with having failed to provide her with adequate means of support. Plaintiff stated that sho married tho defendant on the understanding that ho would sell his 500 aero farm, somo fourteen or fifteen miles from Auckland,.and setllo in town, but she alleged-that the two sons of defendant, by a former wifo, prevented the sale of the farm; and oven resented tho marriage with their father, who was over seventy years of age, while .the plaintiff was also well- advanced 'in years. This resentment becamoVso acuta. -that; tho plaintiff's lifo at tlioTlfurru was' , said to have becomo unbearable. •;• The sons, , sho said, threatened her, and accused her of things' sho did not do. One of tho sons threatened,to "do " for her. They. oven, refused to allow;ber the uso of tho trap to come into town, and sho had to " foot; it "smoro than once. Sho had only had tho,uso.of:tho trap about half a dozen times; jii the .thrco years. Slio also alleged that oncotic occasion one of tho sons throw the dishns"'abont, and tho defendant forced tho plaintiff into a storeroom .for Safety. j . . ' . ■ Defendant stated that after his "Missus " died, ho looked about' for another wife, as ho could not get on without a woman to help him. He married the plaintiff, but there had boon trouble in th<L.uorocstic..ciiclo_alm6st over siuco. It commenced with a chargo that plaintiff had placed Tat "in "tho milk, whi'oli sho denied. Hβ denied that his wife was only a "slavey." His sons and ho did all thoy could to keep .her, and also ! did their own washing—in fact, did almost everything for her. Plaintiff did the sweeping and cooking. Ho believed that his wifo could get on all right if sbe.xlesirod.---He-wanted nor to help, and ho could not-got on without! her. Defendant's* two soils also denied any unpleasantness on tboir part, stating that there was a good home for,tho plaintiff if she dosired to go back'. , ~ ~ , :■..'' > '. : . '.: Mr. Kettle suggested that.as all tho parties had "blown off steam," thoy should comoto some agreement. H<*>,.'was, inclined to think, the plaintiff had exaggerated the caso. j JHo , ' pointed out that tho defendant had promised to again tako her back and give her a good' home. ,;, ~,.,,,..■■ ,' [ Plaintiff: "Tho promises are like pie; It is all crust." (Laughter); •■■■.'; ] i Mr. Kettle: "You people have all tho elements of a happy h0m0.",. ~' J ; ; Plaintiff: "It is all cobwebs." ; ' ■ . ■ Tho oaso was adjourned until JanuaryjT in. order to see if a satisfactory settlement could bo arranged. ■■■ "•;' \ flw *' : '■' -' ■' • /