NO CRIME TO BURN WIFE'S HOUSE.
; INTERESTING LAW POINT. . 1y Teleeraßh—Prest Association—CoDvrleht i Brisbane, February, 5. A: peculiar point was raised in a case before the District Court. A man was > charged with setting fire to his wifo's house, and his counsel contended that under the law no husband and wife cohabiting can incui- criminal responsibility by doing or omitting to do any act rt-faiding the prosperity of tho other.. The Judge upheld the point, and dismissed the case.'
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Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1667, 6 February 1913, Page 7
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79NO CRIME TO BURN WIFE'S HOUSE. Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1667, 6 February 1913, Page 7
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