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Marlborough Daily Times, Volume III, Issue 251, 29 June 1881, Page 3

A very peculiar "case came under police notice at Sand ridge. A woodcarter named Hickey gave his wife into custody on the charge of lunacy. The woman, who presented a most emaciatei and povertystricken appearance, was attired in a few ragged garments and accompanied by her three children —the eldest about 12 and the youngest seven ydars—all bareheaded and hart footed, and starved in appearance. The whole group presented a picture of utter misery. Two medical men, however, found that all that was wrong witjii the woman was that she was in a famishing condition and required nourishment. Hickey, it transpired, was so mean that he denied his family the ordinary necessaries of life, although’ lie has several hundred pounds in one of the local banks. The woman got possession of a small sum of money which Hickey wished to put to his occount at the bank, and his wife refusing to give the money, up he laid the charge of lunacy against her.