A MAINTENANCE CASE.
Mr Poynton, S.M., at Invercargill last week sentenced George Matthews, solicitor, to three months' imprisonment for failing to comply with an order to maintain his children. Evidence < was (says the "Otago Daily Times") given by well-known citizens as to defendant's anxiety to obtain work at his profession, and to his weak physical • condition. Mr Poyn- c ton said defendant seemed to think because he was a lawyer he must do .nothing else. A man should much rather; clean th» gutters or gather bottles than allow the State to keep his offspring. He was perfectly satisfied that sheer laziness was responsible for the neglect. If lus business was not paying he should go rabbiting. Defendant pleaded that he had no strength, and was under medical treatment, but his Worship said he had heard that story before, and he would impose a sentence of three .months' imprisonment.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 6289, 21 September 1898, Page 2
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148A MAINTENANCE CASE. Star (Christchurch), Issue 6289, 21 September 1898, Page 2
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