Woman Arrested in Bed.

Hokitika Guardian, 18 May 1922, Page 4

Woman Arrested in Bed.

WELLINGTON, May 15

The limit phase of the Salaman case regarding the eustody of an Indian child who, by Habeas Corpus, was given to 1 lie father to take cave of, occurred in the Supreme Court, when an appeal was made by tee wi'e against a writ ol atlai inuent which resulted in her arrest, .end conveyance to Wellington, where she was east into the i’oint l lulswell prison.

The woman told a remarkable story. She said she took the child to Auckland to give it up to the father. The child screamed so as the mother took her farewell thill she asked her now divorced husband to let her stay with the child for the night, lie did so and allotted them a bedroom upstairs. Before she was out of had the following morning detectives came and arrested her on a warrant of Die Court .issued at Wellington. She was brought away from her former husband s icsidence iind>*i' arrest and brought to Wellington, and was still in the custody of the prison officials when the appeal was made. It was explained, on hehall ol the husband, tiiat he was at Ttminaninui, and quite by accident he saw the wor man with the child there. He explained to her that in leaving Wollingtmi she was guilty ol contempt °l court, and immediately wired the police at Auckland. His Hiniour said that it the woman was in the house at Auckland, it was a monstrous thing to arrest her tuidci the circumstances. The deputy sheriff’s officer said that the woman was in lied with the child when arrested. Both were taken to the police station. , His Honour ordered the womans release and said that there had been endue harshness.