Caution to Wife Deserters.

Evening Post, Volume XLI, Issue 83, 9 April 1891, Page 2

Caution to Wife Deserters.

the Court to regard the case as an extremeone, and exercise the power of imprisoning i tSe accused for wilful disobedience of the order, and also causing him to find security that on being released ho would keep up hia contributions. His Worßhip said no oosos that came before hist were more painful than wife deßortioi!. Tnte was a particularly disgraceful one, and ho cotrM not allow it to pass without marking his sense of its misnitndo. for hiß past disobodieneo, and for Ba-finpt attempted to evade the order by olearins out, Graham would bo Bentenoed to three months' imprisonment ; and ft* must also find a good surety in the sum of J825 that he would comply with the order hi future, failing wbiob'ho would bo committed to prison for six montna:

♦ PUNISHMENT OP A HEARTLESB HUSBAND. One of those occasional glimpses into domestic tragedies which serve to show that there is truth in the old saw as to the repentance that follows marrying in haste, was afforded in a oaae dealt with by Mr. Graham, E.M., in the Magistrate's Conrt this morning. Wife-desertion of theoruellest kind was the offence dealt with. Francis J. G. Graham was brought up in onstody on the charge of having failed to oomply with an order made by the Court in February la3t for the payment of contributions towards the support of his wife. Accused was a young man, apparently not more than 25 years of age. According to the statement made by Mr. Brown (Brown, Skerrett and Dean), who appeared for the complainant, the parties were married seoretly as recently as hut October. Mrs. Graham's parents, on learning that the marriage had taken place, did all they could to start the young couple fairly in life ; bub accused haying got all he could out of them, cruelly left his wife after only a few weeka' connubial relations, her health haying in the meantime beoome impaired from the results of his misconduct. Proof waa given as to the failure to oomply with the order. The complainant swore that sinoe accused had left her he had been living in openly immoral relations with another woman. Accused's only answer to this was that he had not lived with the other woman " all the time," but had been up country for a while looking for work. The MagistrateEven from your own confession it was a most disgraceful state of affairs. Another witness proved the immoral conduofc of accused Binoe his marriage, Mr, Brown asked