WIFE CARRIED OFF.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXXV, Issue 3946, 31 May 1913, Page 9

WIFE CARRIED OFF.

BRIDE TAKEN FROM HUSBAND

BY HER FATHER

SHORT HONEYMOON. Unusual circumstances attended an ap]>lication which was made at the Tower Bridge Police Court on Monday, March 9, by a young man who complained that his wife had been taken from him by her father. £ Y left my home in Suffolk,said the applicant, "with her luggage and money. During the journey she joined me, and we came to London together. We were married in Bonne ndsev on Saturday, and as I was unable to obtain a flat there, I went to Willesden, where my brother lives, and took rooms there.

‘‘After midnight, her father came with a friend, and induced her to go back to Suffolk. She promised to return as soon •as possityl?. and to communicate with me, but she has doaie neither. They placed her in a cab, and when I attepted to say good-bye to her, one of them seized me by the coat tail and' pulled it off, while the other gripped my throat. "Can I claim the girl?” he asked. "Certaily,” replied the magistrate, "she is your wife.”

"I have all her luggage and her money,” said the man. "What can, I clo?” "Well,” said the magistrate, "You have all the rights.” "She is in a different position to me,” the man explained. "She was my master’s daughter. Can I get her hack?”

"The only, possibility,” said the magistrate, "is to make an application under Habeas Corpus Act in the King’s Bench Division.” Subsequently the magistrate directed that inquiries should be made.