LATE CITY

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 610, 12 March 1929, Page 13

LATE CITY

BRUTAL HUSBAND

felled WIFE WITH FIST MUST GO TO GAOL Felling his wife to the ground a bl'ow of his clenched fist have sefcvned at the time a good way of settling an argument Frederick Harvey McGregor probably changed his mind when He stood in the Police Court dock this morning. McGregor, a clerk, aped 37, was .•barged with assaulting- Maud Eileen . <*Gregor on February 26. Mr. Mat- ; entered a plea of guilty on his Uhalf. Senior- Sergeant O Grady said that McGregor and his wife had gone for * walk, ami the man had settled an * .-gutnent by knocking the woman down. He had hit her so hard that o had been taken to hospital. Her .'ise teeth were knocked out and a hone was broken in her nose. •If this had happened in the house nstead of out in the open it would ‘ ver have been heard of,” commented ,'unsel. “Both man and wife had some lrink” Counsel assured the Court hat Mrs. McGregor’s injuries were not serious as they might sound. The 'mar. was an out-patient at the hositaL All domestic differences were [. v * settled, and the woman would ' withdrawn the charge had she iVn able. McGregor had been out f work for some time, but had now found a position, so Mr. Matthew's apnivnipd for leniency. . •Gaol is tlio only fit punishment for . man who strikps * w oman with 1 is \.r" commented Mr. F. H. Lovitn. and sentenced McUrcgot to 14 jays’ imprisonment.