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HE. TRIED TO ORUOTFY ME."
“My husband tried to crucify me. Tie tried to nail me up to the side of tlm Avail.” This remarkable statement was made by a young wife in the Divorce Court in Sydney as proof of her husband’s cruelty to her. “While in Queensland.” added Mrs Haves, “my husband tried to crucify me. He tried to nail me up to the side of the wall. He had a hammer and nails. . . . Tf T made any noise while Ire was praying lie would put me out of the house. He made me walk up a hill and directed mo to walk .12 miles. He tried to strangle me, and humped my head against a Avail. 1 Avas curling my hair on a particular occasion when my husband came on the scene and said: “No respectable Avoman curls her hair!” Tie struck me. “Among other things he has done to me was to try and cut my throat T had to go to a doctor. Tic has made me pray. He lias knocked me down and kicked me.” Mr Justice Oavou said there was abundant evidence of the drunkenness and cruelty, and made a decree nisi in favour of Mrs Hayes, and directed that it can be made absolute in six months. The respondent was directed to pay (ho costs of the suit.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 2665, 29 November 1923, Page 1
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229NAILED TO WALL Manawatu Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 2665, 29 November 1923, Page 1
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