CUSTODY OF CHILD
HABEAS CORPUS WRIT REFUSED. A NEW ZEALAND CASE. (Press Association. —Copyright.) (Received 8.40 a.m.) Sydney, this day. The litigation concerning the custody of the baby daughter of Mrs. Janet Mary Tole, of New Zealand, had an abrupt ending in the Supreme Court before Mr. Justice Long-Innes. The child was brought here aboard the Wanganella on Tuesday by her mother, who is taking her to England in a liner leaving on Saturday. The father, who is now coming from New Zealand, desired to prevent the mother from having custody of the child, and instructed a Sydney solicitor to apply for a writ of habeas corpus. During the proceedings an effort was made to compel the mother to enter the witness box, but the Judge declined,. and Mrs. Tole left the court. During the argument with her solicitor the Judge said he saw no reason why Mrs. Tole should not leave and no reason why she should be used to prove the case for the other side. , , . The Judge also hinted that legislation was now before Parliament to alter cases such as this whereby the husband is the sole custodian at law. The habeas corpus writ was refused.
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King Country Chronicle, Volume XXVII, Issue 4459, 19 October 1933, Page 5
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