COERCION OF WIVES.
A LEGAL DOCTRINE DROPPED. LONDON, June 3. A committee of jurists that was appointed to consider the responsibility of a wife for crimes under the coercion of her husband, recommends the abolition of the whole doctrine of coercion by a husband as a defence for a wife, leaving her on the same footing as other people—free to establish any defence of any kind, or to urge coercion in the mitigation of punishment.. The committee investigated South African, Queensland and New Zealand statutes on the subject.
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Grey River Argus, 5 June 1922, Page 5
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