CLERGYMAN'S WIFE AT THE RACES.
HER WINNINGS HELP TO KEEP UF I THE HOME. HUSBAND SHARES THEM, By Telegraph—Press Ansociation-Conyrli3it ,(Ike. January 2, Si.M p.m.) Mcthcmr.3, .Jaiiuni y t. A man Ims boon committed for trial on a charge of stealing £1. Tlie prosecutrix is the wilt' «i' a Presbyterian minister. The evidence showed that the lady gave the accused £1 with which to buck a certain horse at Ilia races. The horse won, hut tin* accused had failed to produce the inoiiey. In reply to the questions of tho prosecutor, the lady stated that- she had attended raws every week since she was nine years old, Siio did :mt ask her husband's sanction—"ho was a free-lance and she wan a free-lance, and each went their own way." Tho Church did not give her husband enough to support iior—not even enough to support himself prepcrlv. Her husband did not mind her attending the races, and shared her winnings, which were used to keen up tho home.
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Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1948, 3 January 1914, Page 5
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166CLERGYMAN'S WIFE AT THE RACES. Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1948, 3 January 1914, Page 5
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