"DANCING MAD"
When Mrs. Doris Irene Major, of York Road, Farnborough, Hants, summoned her husband, Henry. Richard Major, of Felsham Road, Putney, at London SouthrWestem Matrimonial Court for persistent cruelty/ and assault, it was alleged by the husband that she was "dancing mad." The husband said that during their early married life in China he found that his wife had been to a dance at the Hong Kong Hotel while he was working on night duty. "I had always warned her not to go out without me in China," he said. Mrs. Major told the Court she was more afraid of her husband than of the Chinese. Only a few weeks after his return to England,; following a dance at Putney, Mrs. Major alleged that he tried to strangle her. Mr. Major denied ever having been cruel to her or having struck her. "I'am too fond of her—that is the trouble,"-he added. "All she wants is a separation so that she can get back to her homo in Hull —and to her dancing." Mr. Claud Mullins (the Magistrate) dismissed both summonses, but told the wife she could apply for further, summonses -in regard to the custody of the. child.,,
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Evening Post, Volume CXXII, Issue 154, 28 December 1936, Page 3
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