A PECULIAR CASE.
AN ALLEGED MISER IN COURT
A rather peculiar case was the Jasfe ou the list at the Auckland Polico Court on Tuesday morning, before Mr C. Kettle, S.M., when the wife of William Wells, aged seventy, sued him for maintenauco. She said (reports a Press Association message) that her husband did uot -drink, aud that his particular vico avhs avarice. Every Saturday night he Aveut home aud secreted £10, aud uoav ho had the enormous sum of £115,000 stowed away. She assorted that she had seeu him count the Avhole £115,000, which was-in notes. This the old man indignantly denied. Ho said ho had uo shares, bauk account, buildings, or real estate. The only tangible possession he had was rheumatism. Wells was represented by a Maori lady, who explained to the Magistrate that he Avas quite destitute. She had endeavoured to obtain an old ago pension for him, but through some irregularity in the application had not succeeded. His Worship suggested that, failing occult aid in finding the £115,000, both parties should apply for charitable aid, aud he adjourned the case for a mouth.
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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume LIX, Issue 9932, 31 July 1908, Page 3
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187A PECULIAR CASE. Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume LIX, Issue 9932, 31 July 1908, Page 3
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