"LIFE'S SEAMY SIDE."

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 14972, 20 April 1912, Page 8

"LIFE'S SEAMY SIDE."

jA BRIDE OF THREE WEEKS f I ■ ~ ■ '' 1) TWO BLACK EYES. * -'%l ■ fj|| Trans wore not many cam in which <Jd§ftl mestic infelicity was the' basis of action] brought before Mr. C. C. Kettle,.' ftjSSp 1 at the Magistrate's Court yesterday »«#,' § ing, but two or three were of a chaxiimll earring to show that, matrimony is, as $ always was, very much of a venture. -M<" young and rather good-looking named Ruth Casey, who had two dm4} ! J fully blackened eyes, asked for a imwiWfrjfl; separation from her husband, a stwiM® built carter, named John Catey, who® about 36 yeans of age, on the ground l tha|ff| ho had brutally assaulted her, aadfpft® failed to provide her with sufficient' fconanoe. The woman, who is only Mm years of age, and, as the magistrate n* marked, seems to be weak and vacillating in character, had only been married thn«|;,. weeks. , She was the mother of :£ KfcUa H girl before she married the defendant ta| ■ he knew all about that trouble, 'and 'ipiW parently overlooked it. The complainant 0. had lived with her parents at Mauku» ns||fl'| Pukekohe, and defendant had been in thai habit of staying at their house . for weefc* ends. ' ■ 1 _ ' t i Mr. A. Herbert-Jones, inspector of tfcj Charitable Aid Board, said the wtfflan had come to see him, and had said thai not only had the accused man hJackqaej f'l; i hor eyes, bat ho had seized her by if IB throat and tried to choke her. - " "If!Jlff had my way," said Mr. Jones, " this jmij would get 12 months' gaol, and " a flogging) every week." - i The magistrate made no finch omier/lwi ; t: he said, " The order for a summaty ration,, it is obvious, must be this sum' cannot be permitted to stay *jfl| the complainant." (Addressing tnsd* fendant) " You are convicted of this bratd( assault upon your wife, a woman—of rather a child—who iis evidently weak, «d unable to take care of herself. It'» 4lJ|i cult to find words to express one's dugqgj and indignation. 1 :1 1 shan't deal : with case summarily. You will appear' me on Monday morning, at 10 o'ctoifc-18, be dealt with, and in the meantime "FR M have «ome inquiries made about tbiagkta your wife. - I grant . the separation a| once." .. f 1 , — Mil®

A MIXED MARRIAGE. ' ; : A' fall-blooded - Maori woman ; man® . Mary Magdalen Graham proceeded afiarofS her ; husband. & European named Georga Samuel Graham, .to obtain a eeparatjoq order,' and also - for i maintenance. IW;M E, J. Prendergast appeared far wad Mr. J. fG. Haddow for tho dmtbtoimm'. Tha,TOfa; charged the husband with : ing ••: over-attentive to aiaiMmMmmm. woman; and the husband, although he wt mitted that the complainant was an 'ad^:*], 1 mirable housewife in overy respect,; sail:" she squandered money in •borße , nm& M 'and her conduct | had been such that UM; could never live- with her again. ' Hi intimated that he proposed ,to take prw -'~V. ceedings in divorce' against : her., His Worship ; adjourned the matter foT-v-j a month, '• and' ordered ' defendant |to pay 10s per week meanwhile towards .the maim V tenance of the youngest child: At mid of this period the matter maff'bft : brought forward again cm seven day* ad* Hi tico. ; : :-v.vyi -1' - ■ ■"■ i