WIVES AND HUSBANDS.
ancient law quoted. CHANGED TIMES TO-DAV. LONDON. March 8. In connection with the Peel case, counsel insisted on the strict letter of the- ancient, law regarding a wife’s nnnnmity He pointed out, that the presumption that the wife was coerced hy the husband,, when thev acted together, could ho foundin u law's of Inti, King of 'he West Saxons. 1000 Years ago. He made a great point ot ihe rulings of the famous late Mr Juslict Hawkins. „ T , it ....... Mr Justice Darling replied ; I hat wa. all very well in Inti’s time, when husbands were allowed to heal their wives and waves nM |lv obeyed. U might also he true of ~.a,; . Hawkins’s hut it is not done to-day. England formerly allowed hiislamds to control their wives, Iml u ns no so now.” He. agreed, however, that the la g 11 s h taw presumed that a woman who aclid criminally m her husband’s presence was coerced. —I nited Sen ice.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLIII, Issue 343, 10 March 1922, Page 5
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