A WIFE’S PROTECTION.
LAW NEEDS AMENDING. Wellington, Last Night, Mr. J. Mc'Coomlhs asked the Minister of Justice in the House today, whethelr a man might beat, illtreat and starve his wife and provided she could run away and did not do so, the husband could not be convicted of an offence and whether he would have the law altered, so that the plea (that she could have run away from her own home would not defeat the ends of justice. Mr. Wilford replied that he had referred the mattelr to the Solici-tor-General, in order that that officer might give his opinion as to what was the best method of meeting the case to which reference had been made.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume L, Issue 3984, 15 August 1929, Page 3
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118A WIFE’S PROTECTION. Manawatu Herald, Volume L, Issue 3984, 15 August 1929, Page 3
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