The press was asked to suppress the name of an elderly Pahiatua man who appeared before Mr F. W. Platts, S.M.. at Hamilton yesterday, charged with attempting to leave his wife unsupported. intending to leave New Zealand. Tire arrest was made on a warrant from Pahiatua. Counsel for accused said he was a Justice of the Peace and a man of considerable wealth. He was separated from his wife. He paid her £4 10 s a week and arf unmarried daughter £2. He had remitted the sums regularly. Counsel thought the facts would convince the Bench that the suspicions were groundless The Magistrate granted a remand to Pahiatua.
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Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XVIII, Issue 136, 23 May 1928, Page 6
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