The Law as to Husband and Wife.

Manawatu Herald, 27 March 1894, Page 3

The Law as to Husband and Wife.

In the North London Police Court lately the Magistrate gave a very clear statement as to what a man can do to obtain his wife, and it is well worth while bearing in mind, as some very odd notions are held by some husbands as to the steps they can take. The report is a3 follows : — A decent-looking man asked the magistrate what he could do with regard to a runaway wife. She had left him, and gone to live in the house of a son-in-law, and when he went there to assert his right to be where his wife wa?, he was ejected by the police.— Mr Lane : You cannot blame the police. You had no business to go to the house That question of the right to be where your wife is has long since been ex ploded. If your wife goes to another man's house you have no more right to force yourself into that house than I have. If you particularly desire the society of your wife, you must go to the High Court and get an order for the restitution of conjugal rights. If you have no means of living, and your wife has property, you may make a claim upon the property for reasonable maintenance, and if your wife leaves you voluntarily, and without good cause, you are not liable to keep her. But you have no right to force your way into your son-in- law's house.