MAN WHO COULD NOT WORK
THOUGHT HIS WIFE SHOULD KEEP HIM. MAGISTRATE IS UNSYMPATHETIC. An unusual case was hoard .by Dr McArthur, S.M., at tho Magistrate's Court yesterday, in which .lamps Cole proceeded against his wife, I unity Cole, on an information charging her witn tailing to maintain him. . Tho case was taken under tho Destitute Persons Act. Mr A. H. Hindiuarsh represented tho applicant, and -Mr T. M. Wilford tlie defendant. Applicant stated that ho had boon married for thirty-two or thirty-throe years. Ho was a joiner by trade, fiftytliroo years of ago, but could not do heavy work on account of an. injury which he had suffered to his right ami some years ago. His wife was running a fish sapper business, and had property in Wanganui. Ho had no funds, and no work, but after providing for herself, and meeting expenses, his wife would be ablo to support him. Mr Wilford: Ever since you have been married she lias kept you? That is a deliberate lie! la it not a fact that she had to got a separation from you on tho ground of your cruelty ?—Well, I think as far as I can say the magistrate Dr McArthur; You must not reflect on the magistrate. Applicant: I think the magistrate thought it would bo as well for mo. Mr Wilford; la it not a fact that last year you worked on tho wharf?—Yes. I went to work'on tho wharf, bub could not do it. Wasn’t the reason this—you were suffering from a tired feeling?—Don’t ask foolish questions. (Laughter.) Wasn’t that the fact? —No, certainly not. Counsel asked Cole how far he could Ufo his right arm up. Applicant lifted the limh nearly up to his shoulder. “Howfarcould you life it before the accident?” inquired Mr Wilford. "Oh, up to hero,” said Cole, holding the arm over his head. His Worship decided that Colo was not a destitute person, and dismissed tho information.
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New Zealand Times, Volume XXXVII, Issue 8338, 25 January 1913, Page 5
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326MAN WHO COULD NOT WORK New Zealand Times, Volume XXXVII, Issue 8338, 25 January 1913, Page 5
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