HUSBAND CHARGED

Taranaki Daily News, 5 August 1937, Page 2

HUSBAND CHARGED

STAJBBING WIFE'S LOVER. A PRISON RECONCILLATION. Reconciliation in prison between a wife, who ,was said to bave run away with. a lodger, and her husbarud, who was accused of stabbing him, was revealed to the magistrate at West London. The husband, Harry Godbold, a coach fitter, of Cairns Road, Battersea, was sent for trial at the Old Batley on a charge of attempting to murder Charles Alfred Burrows, a coach painter, by stabbing him with a sheath knife. Some weeks ago, it was stated, Godbold took Burrows, who was out of work, into his home as a lodger. A month later Burrows and Mrs. Godbold left and went to live together at Shepherd's Bush. Af ter a vain search ' for his wife Godbold went to Shepherd's Bush Labour Exchange, where he, Irnew Burrows was signing on, and, seeiag him there with his wife, is alleged to have stabbed him with a sheath knife he had bought a few hotu-s before. When Godbold was arrested he was alleged to have said: "I wish to God 1 had killed him, and her, too, If I get ten years I'il have him when I come out." On being charged, it was alleged, he said: "I did not intend to murder him; I only intended to cripple him." The case had been adjourned for the attendance of Burrows, but it was stated that although he had now been discharged from hospital he was not in court It was agreed that he should be summoned to attend the trial. . When Godbold was committed for trial his solieitor, Mr. H. Pierron, made an application for bail. He said Godbold would give an undertaking not to approach Burrows or interfere with him in any way. The magistrate pointed out that in view of the statements alleged to have been made by Godbold he did not feel justified in allowing bail. Mr. Pierron then said that during the remand Godbold's wife had visited him in Brixton Prison and they had become reconciled. "I have a letter she wrote to him in prison, couched in quite affectionate terms," he added. The magistrate declined to alter his decision.