ETHEL'S CANARY.

NZ Truth, Issue 473, 11 July 1914, Page 5

ETHEL'S CANARY.

; - ■ ■■■. ■.■':■■■ '", ■ .' — '"' -■*»-'■' ' ■;; ); Bar Belle and the " Bloke." The Gayne** of Gordon. • The Wife Walloped by a Wicked Wretch of a y/oman./ ■••-; ■ ■'. ~^~ ...'__"■ ; ' ;, )' , .. ■■■<■■.'■-■' '' jealousy and "biff" were the, cause ;"'" of a heap of trouble which came up for settlement' before Jtfr. E. C. Cutten, ; S.M., at Aucjd&kd; J^stjireek, when Ethel Sharp, a ! b^^rmaid iii the Anchor Hptel, ; vas charged that she assaulted Mrs. -. Ellen Jane,- Gordon, m Cook-stf eej. Sujb-InsDector Johnston represented the • "Jphn l jbepartinent, and Lawyer Haii-Skelton tried to get Ethel' out Jpf the bother. ■ ••: - 1 v -r ■• ; , Ellen Jane Gordon said that with two other women ,she saw her ( husband talking to Ethel Sharp m Cpok-street. Ellen strolled up and asked hubby not to go with Ethel, fethei replied with a .... atrajght left td the jaw. Lawyer jSkejitpn: Haye you i told anyone else a di^ff rent version of the ■':'. affair?— Not that I remember. , Did you not write to ;an Aunty Biidge?— bh, yes. I. wrote to Mr. Gordon's aunt to try and get my husband home from this Tvoman. She has b6en ■..'_' th? cause , ..•■.'■' - ; ;.r ,'• ..■■.■' ■■ ', ■/ • ;■ ■.-,' OF MY UNHAPPY HOME. Did you nofdi^c^ss tne matter w;th a Mr, GJbbons?— lSTo- All I remember was getting a smack m the face from this womiin. Some man. picked me up, but r don't know who it was. Did|'you not scream blue murder^— ':■ No," ;■/■')-■. : ; i..' '. . ' ■ ■ ■ Did you not tell iMr. Gibbons that the woman struck you with her- ; umbtella?r-That was three weeks\agq. •■•; ; JJTb'w,' here is wha.t you 'wrote to your aiirit: r -'iiast njght when going home I Tvith Mrs. Giiiies/ I saw Miss Sharp ;• arid Gharlie walking, towards her ' hpme. My husband was under them/- / fljxincei of liquor 4n.d I asked h|ni;, to i come hoine.s: vlr Fjs(s;- struck'; over :the f head J,ndj yfsi)'i unconsciouis for rieariy • half ah h6un"; Noy, you' say you don't; t remember anytWrigr?^-I got a slap on : the fatee^tnd dbh't i|iemember any more. V Ellen Hlldebra44 said it was, about C a quarter past ten|;When shia^ and Mrfi. ■' Gprdoii saw/ Mr. Gordon walking m V' • CbokfiStriftet with Ethel Sharp. When i Mrs/« ; Goj-ddn askfed herold man to go 'tibm'e with her. Btijtei landed a "beauty i on Mrs.; Gordon's c|ial, and - j X '^/SIJEjTOpK TJIE -CQUNT. ' Defenda|iti Ethei Sharp, the dainty barmaid In the. private bar of the ■'i Anc^pie}Kfoteli saifti just befdreempty- >•■: iqjr, plif ihour,' oh ttie nigh^ of the 19th, .■ Gorclph m the i bar,; and Ethel had a, canary, and Gordon said he would vc4rry.it up to tt|e car for her. Gorddn V^^lfßfVwt^-^iev'^ul^^andiißtliel caught up to'hi^n. l^its. Gordon then came up 'fi|id -spoke excitediy and ; Ethel took the poultry from Gordon arid - on alpn*. When hear the top of Cookr street' Bthel' looked round and saw Mrs. .Gordon lying 'oh' the' street, i , :Si»b-inßpector /Johnston: - Haa not Mrfi. Gb^dpn^gpt reasons for the opinJpifc she jiMtsTrrl don't know what you mean. ' : '. ■ [ '.'■'■ '■>'.- -■'''- . is it j not a 'faoti that you and Mr. Gordon have ' frequently been seen togetherf— I h4ve K,zaipi ixiin. ' ..-„■., ■ ' ' THaiß ihe hotl takehi you but In a motor car?— l have- been out with him m a .•'.car. ■■..' ■ •./.: .". ■' ' /■•. ( ; .. '.: \j ■ " : ;-. : ' Well, don't t ypu think Mra. Gordon ' . haa good ;reaj?bnfl for t pUowtog you j 1 aboijt?— Np, J don't. ; (i^eli,.if^that4s , • ; YOUR SENSE OF MORALITY ' ".' Ixrito1 xrito leave jk>u to It i 'Charles Gordon, a taxi-driver, said ■>■'■; he firas cfcniylng the poultry' for Ethel ' .Sharp wbeh his wife came up and grabbed him by the arms. She was shouting out and Baying "Come home •wrtth me; ■ don't go with that woman." In %ndeaVorlng to free himself she fell. Miss Sharp neither struck Mrs. Gordon nor spoke 1 to her. - Sub-Iftflpector Johnston: Are you separated from your wife? —^Yes, bujt not by the Court. I have not lived with her for twelve months, Thin is hot the first time I have been away from her. Have you not frequently pulled your * car up' m front of the Royal Anchor Hotel and waited for Misa Sharp?— .Yei, bat .when Miss Sharp has been out m the motor car with me I have * been paid cash, Mra Gordon is al- ' ways making trouble. It does not matter , ' : ' . . „,. WHAT, RESPECTABLE WOMAN I may be with, my wife says "I am on •■jf ' ■ ■ * ■ ••■. ■ ■■■■.■./■ And you and your wife are living •;a.part?— Yea, she an order of the Court for £8 a week. She la always making trouble, but wiU never get me .tp go back to her. I will fly first Mr, Cutten, S.M.; said it was distressing to bring out such statements m Court. He had no hesitation m believing the evidence of the proaecu- ■ -tipn. ■■■■?.' I :• Ethel was convioted and fined £8 and costs 13/-.