FARMER AND WIFE

Evening Star, Issue 18161, 29 December 1922, Page 3

FARMER AND WIFE

YOUNG I!RIDE'S UNHAPPY EXPERIENCE. “TWO FORKS AND FRYING-PAN A At Collingwood recently ((bo Melbourne ‘Age’ reports) Mary G. Madden, twentyone, of Queen’s parade, Clifton Hill, proceeded against her husband, John Joseph Madden, twenty-four, farmer, of Killarncy, about fourteen miles from Warrnambool, alleging that ho had loft her and their child without means of support. Mrs Madden said she was married to defendant in December, 1920, at Warrnambool, and they wont to live with his mother at Klllarney. In the house also were his four brother® and a sister. The mother's altitude toward’ her became' unbearable. Sho would say to witness: “Get to out of the house. I do nob know why yon ramo here. I never wanted you in the family." She also used bad language to witness. Dofeud'ant did nob remonstrate with his mother over such episodes. Instead ho asked witness to go to her home. She did so, and* remained with her parents for a while. On one occasion while at the house of defendant's mother the latter chased her out of the house, threatening her with a poker. She l received a message from him stating that ho was disappointed that she had not returned to the house. She thought he wauled her back, and decided to return. When she arrived there was nobody in the house. The mother was in the yard milking cows, and defendant bad gone ont with a friend, and did not return until tho evening. She remained: at tho house for a couple of weeks, but was again subjected to the same sorb of treatment at the hands of defendant's mother. Her husband afterwards took her to what he ’termed the house where they wore to live away from his people. It consisted of two rooms and two eldllions. Tho back door opened on to tho cow yard. The furniture consisted of an old dresser and a table, two forks, three knives, two cups, a billy can, and a frying-pan. In tho bedroom the one bed was covered with a few rags for blankets, and there were no blinds on tho windows. Witness told him she could) not possibly lire under such conditions, and ho replied: “You will havo to.” The furniture was old stuff his mother did not want. Sho did not see him for some timo after that. Prior to tho birth of tho child she wrote and asked him for money, and ho sent her £ls. Mr Carroll (for complainant): You never went to this palatial home with tho two forks and the frying-pan?—No. Ho has told mo that lie can got someone else. I have' been in Melbourne twelve months, and ho has nob sent me any money for myself or tho baby. Mr Dunn (for defendant): Ho is willing to pay your expenses to go to tho place now and sec how it is furnished, and to show that at present it is aa nice a home as you would wish to sec. Do reu know that at tho time bo took you there he had nob taken over tho house, and he intended furnishing it for you? Complainant; Ho wanted me to lire in it at once. ITo has never paid for any of my clothes. Once when I wanted a. blouse ho took mo into a shop, and said, after I had made a selection: “Who is going to pay for it?” Of course, after that I did) not want him to pay for it.

Mr Dunn said that defendant wanted his wife and child to return to him, and hp hadl a good: home for them. He would como into some property when he was twenty-five. At the present time his income* from his share in the dairy was about £350 per yoar. The Bench nasis, an order for £1 per w r eelc for the wife and 15s per week for the child, with £3 8s costs, defendant to find two sureties of £2O each, in default three months’ imprisonment in each case.