TEDDY'S TROUBLES.

NZ Truth, Issue 92, 23 March 1907, Page 6

TEDDY'S TROUBLES.

They have, been fighting' m Chinese Africa under false names. The Jews came out of it after "all the war is over'" as- they say m opera, but there was one, not an atrocious one, but one who only ran art k e cream cart when lie coirTe'sseilV'to the police, magistrate and : general public at Christchurch tills week that he went, to Safrica as Kelly. His real name was Jacobs, and he married a short, stout woman m South Africa. But they did not appear to be fitted to each other, and jhaiyen't been since they have been mated together. However, it appears that instead of Edward Jacobs deserting his wife, his wife deserted Mm. And she had a summons out against him quick and lively. •'Didn't you leave your husband " said Mr. "Cassidy. . Yes, I did. And yet you are charging your, husband with deserting you !— Yes. Why ?— Well because he had a girl m the house I didn't like. . S.M. Day : Did he always keep the house properly ? Oh yes, but because I told the girl to go he ill-treated me ; she was his own girl. How often did he ill-treat you ?— Only once; he punched me- all over. Is that the only time he ever struck you ? — Yes. The S.M. : Thare was a girl dining m the house ?'.-•■- Witness : We run an ice cream shop, and she was supposed to do the work m the back rooms, while I was supposed to. look, after the shop. But what's the real • reason^ or tins' complaint ?— Weil, she was too familiar with my ..husband. . In what way ?— Well, whenever. 1 came across them they were always together.- . •<' . .-y^r „^-,^:'-X.: z ..^'^ .A^^.-^" S.M. Day: A spade and a noe together ! ' ; Witness : And I was "outside" all the time. Was there any impropriety? asked the Magistrate. She answered '"No"; it's practical common sense to. know that they wouldn't do. it m front of her, anyhow. In reply to Mr. Cassidy the witness said, she had deserted her husband, and' then went back one night and slept' there. ' The girl engaged m the house was never engaged by herself ; she objected to her being ■oresent there, at all, but she was there by' her husband's orders. Now,; you know you're on your oath, said Mr. Cassidy. ' Yes, I didn't 1 engage her. Didn't you ' harrass your -husband' .when 'he .-■■...• was '^running an ice cream cart ?— No, I didn't do anything- of the sort. ; ' How did the woman you obiect to come into your house ? As a lodger. (Good old lodger). Thnre were a number of -oilier nuestdons asked the witness, including some connected with n- letter written m torrid tones to the woman whom Jacobs' was alleged to have been nn .affectionate terms, but . the beak dismissed the case.