An Extraordinary Case.

Hokitika Guardian, 24 March 1923, Page 4

An Extraordinary Case.

AH ELAND, -March 20 What was desertimd as the ,sL.ingest j mai riage that ever came under the notice of the Court tins nionnng as 1 subject of investigation, when \MH*an. . I Alexander stone, lorty-live seats . ! a „ 0 a labourer, of 3&L Durnam Saeet, ■ CTirisic liureh. was charged will t>1 oheviug a maiulenauee order m rexpeet of ids young wife. Khva Cathenne. Nellie Stone, aged twenty-two vents. 'The mint, nance were I scheduled at I'L- , , Mr Vll-ill Moodv represented Die uim- ! plaina.it. The d'eiendant did mil ajy : pear, but was represented by Mr Hunt instructed by Air C. S. Thomas, ot j Christchurch. . In a statement sworn helorc ' t ! Wyveru WiLou. S.M., of Christchurch. I tin- defendant -aid : "Shy has never 1 j lived with me as my wile, and I have never seen her since my marriage. I have only beard from her through the Court." The remainder ol the statement is on. long tale of woe. The defendant had been working in the Rost ami J Telegraph Department in Christchurch, j but lie could not keep up his paymentlon the maintenance order, and m j October lasi was arrested while at |n, ik. \- a eo!isec|iietiee he was suspended from the service. iTtimately |-i. |n-t bi- position, a nil since them , Io I" pay or find work. When hi- lirst wife died lie had two i i ildreii In maintain. Then ages were 0 i\ and nine years, but they were mo*, ii ll ecu and oigbieeii year- old. !■ hi,,, e| ID, ;i week lo liiaiotain i,,“ r and his children. Losing bis pe. 1 lit aim 1 liis siiperannua, 1 1, Hi. mu of which he paid CUW L- ' .*„L in order to clear up out standing debts. His eigbteen-year-obl soil was in delicate health. This statement was sworn on the i eeasioii of tin action for a variation of I lie order, hut It was refused. Several weeks ago the complainant, a dark. tall, good-looking girl. had a 111 C hum she told a singulai -lory. *—* 1 v,- said t hat -Im was married in ( Tiri-: "hureh two years ago. and. after the marriage ceieiimnv, Slone said he I ..mid not live with her. and. hmr hmi! ■ alter the wedding, he packed her "!l io Auckland, because, as he said, she could not meet his friend'. Sim-e nri ivhtg here -h" lived with her mother, a w iilow . Tin. ALmistrale. Mr I’mutmi. S.M . tie.light ihe whole thing a sf range I affair 11 seemed to h" a ea.-e ol a j man varrviug a woman rimeii vo.unger I Mian him-elf and .vfu-iug to maintain I Inn T mil * mild lint he. T! *• defenil- ! ant would have lo pav hear the I*, -eiplem-e-. Fllle-s he paid •»'- a week off arrears, am! maintained ettrr. iM p iviueuf s. he w on!,I i;ave lo go to •■■l'..l for twelve months. -atayjwaaugaw; Avnrnt.’-Gi'i