HE SQUEEZES TOO HARD.

Kumara Times, Issue 2721, 11 June 1885, Page 3

HE SQUEEZES TOO HARD.

♦ At the Thames (London) Police Court recently a respectably-dressed woman applied for a summons against her husband. The Magistrate: Has he been illusing you ? Applicant: Yes, sir. The Magistrate : Has he struck you 1 Applicant : Not exactly, sir. The Magistrate : Then what has he done ? l\m must state all the facts before I can grant you a summons. Applicant: He squeezes me so hard that he hurts me, and I am sure that he has put my heart out of place 1 ? [Loud laughter.] He says he means to do for me that way, and then I shall not l»e able to show any marks of his violence, and people won't know what killed rue. At oilier times he s>>ys he i-' o'-.':li;r!!l!iv <Ji-;nf!!>zii>'_> ••..;(■■ i'i I v,';.>i:a;v! i'i---. s,i:-o W,?!?:.«* *■■• \v.pv* w , V : j h;:ve ccurrj to y-y>x, .sir, to gr.i-t :;io a ! summons against, him for assaulting me, —[Renewed laughter.] The Magistrate (smiling) : I am afraid I oan ; fr grunt you a summons for th-tt ; but I tell you what I will do. J will .send one of the officers of the C'our'; down with yon to your husband, rii.cl the oiiicer shall tell him, from me, tiiai he is not to squeeze you so hard for the fiitn-,-. [Lau-h'o,'.] —Anglo'-N,ew-.Zc*luau.er.