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Otago Witness, Issue 2355, 13 April 1899, Page 2

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A SAD CASE. At the City Police Court on Fridaylast, William Henry Gore was charged with disobeying an order of the court to contribute towards the maintenance of his with, Elizabeth Gore. — Mr Solomon, who appeared for the defendant, said he was very sorry to have to come to the court time after time in connection with this matter, and tell tho same story. The complainant was a respectable young woman years ago, and the defendant was the son of a well-known citizen, lie married her, and, unfortunately, sho had been tho curse of his life. Sho had ruined both his life and that of his children by her drunken habits. Sho was about the street continually in a drunken state, and the defendant had had to break up his home several timed through her The police had even como to the court aud given evidence that she had been seen lying on the flioi of her homo drunk, and the little children playing about her. He again took her back about three weeks ago, but she had got beastly drunk again, and left his new home at Mosgiel, taking £2 with her. The defendant did not know what to do for her, but it was out of the question to ask tho man to pay money under tho order. — Complainant denied that she was addicted to drink. — Mr Solomon said Mr Carew had warned her alxmt her drinking habits. — Dofoudant slated that ho had been married for 11 years, and had three children. Ho paid his wife money regularly under the order until she oxprassed a wish to come back to him again. This ho agreed to, and took her to live afc Mosgiel,. so a« tc get her away from her old companions. On returning home ladt Tuesday week ho found her lying drunk on the floor, and £2 ,55, which ho had placed in a drawer, gone. She was in the same state for the three following days, and on Saturday she left of her own accord. Witness was only earning £2 2s a week, and, in order to look after his children, he had to pay 6s a week for a housekeeper and 103 for rent, and if ha gave bet 7s a week, as the court had ordered him to do, it only left him with 19s fqr the maintenanco of himself and his children. His wife had an information laid against him for Htabbing her, but the justices dismissed the case, isaying that she received the injury by putting her hand through a window. She had since laid an information against him for assault, but now withdrew it. Iho constable at Mosgiel had to go to an hotel and stop the publican .from serving her. He (defendant) had been compelled to uoll up his home five times, and during the intervals his wife had repeatedly come back to him. It had cost him between £60 and £70 for court cases. — In reply to his wife, Defendant said he defied anyone to say that he had been drunk.' — Mi Graham said this was not the first time the parties had been before him, so that ho knew something aboui the case. It was difficult to know how to deal with, the matter. He would not liko to reverse' an order made by Mr Carew, but from tho evidence it was very hard to ask the man to maintain his wife; and yet he could hardly turn her adrift — Mr Solomon did not *vi»h tlxat to •be done. Tho only possible course, with a view to reforming hex, was to giro her a chance of going to work. — Complainant : I am too weak to work. The last time I went to work my husband came and gave mo a black eye. — Defendant ■ I deny th«.t — Mr Solomon said he did not we how tho husband could have given the woman a black eye when she had come and asked him to take her back again. Counsel felt somewhat diffident in asking his "Worship to accept tho husband's own statement, and he therefore asked that the matter might stand OTor for a £«w minutes