MAN AND WIF.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 14528, 20 May 1909, Page 11

MAN AND WIF.

ALLEGED L'lll'Kl/fY.

■Exli-aoHliiiury relations existing Ijchvcon llibbatid ami v.-ifo wore in evident.; a t j| lß City Police Ojiirt yesterday, w! 10t ,

,/„!,„ .Uac.lmial.l was charged will, being guilty »f liiiwsli'iil cruelly towards Ins wife. Mr Irwin appeared for complain;,,.! and .Mr Hawkins for ilefcndaril, v.hd p:.j:ul«l "N»t Biiilty."

Mr Irwin thi,!. ( | f .f om!;ll|| f,. 0 , 11( ,, 1Mv faulted us wt.e. 11,. w;us ~ l|j,),l lim | l" ! "' r .' '"",,*" w " ri) M ""e weapon in hie flockim;. Mus was .supposed U> be blmii, liul. defendant liad caused it !<> I;e i-hu-]y.wil, anil .-eoni-d l<, (afer- a pk-isitrc in r.liaving (lie hairs off hi* im „ ,„ p | i(nv y, w keen 11 was, an<| then tliivii.tentn.'c Ids Yvi;V with it. Sometimes be hail lii a jiicie of paper and danesil a weird kind of ineusure over it; a.'id on one occasion ho van down the Hired in his shirt. He fi-jipienllv struck bin wife, and liad on one «ea?i./n beer, cnilly of strir.in<r ihe baliv and ftiinJiiiik it.

William Archie staled ilial the trouble liad commenced because (he complainant's In-other gave defendant a llinifhiii'.'. Wit-lift-'.f had seen defendunt «aizo eonielainant liy the throat and hump her lead the wall, il- Imd had lo inlerf-iv on onoccasion. Wilms; had never lak.ii complainant to a circus or to a dance. He could not, dance.

Mr Irwin; I lntiM. rail attention to t'h" fact that ihfemlant is [dowerinc and (ftiailiiiiS Inn teeth at t'his lady hy my side, and that it is makiii',' In-r very iincomfoilahl'-. Defr-ntlaiit. was told to take a eoat.

.lolm H'ua'iiis '4ave evidence to having visited defendant's house, and lo K-eiiig d:>fondant ilrmtk and strikini; hi- wife. Dcf'Midant then fliruileuod lo do, and did, a very oliiectionahle thin;,' to complainant, who w«« crvin ß . Wilnow. had Ihon lefr burriedly. This was the only lline he hail Been them (piarrelling. Maryrret Davis «avc< evidence lo liaviiiß hoard "complainant," when they were nextdoor neighbours, sorcamiuK, and had found her ciiw-eriii!? in a corner, crying out that her husband Iml kin-.ctl her with his hobnail boots. The husband bad held up his lw,ol. to idiow her that there wfiv no hobnails in if. I lis reason for dl-l idling ln\ wife was lieeauw be said the boiec wan dirty. II" wanted to lake her into a room to show Iter a cobweb, but wilu.vs. knowing complainant to lw> a nerupnloudv clean woman, declined to go lo 10-ik. At this point the conrl n»-e, lit" having ken adjourned till Wcdne-xlay.