MAN OR OURANG-OUTANG
JUDGE MADDEN’S CAUSTIC COMMENT. J IN DIVORCE ACTION. ' ■ MELBOURNE, February 15. The Chief Justice, Sir John Madden, at a sitting of the Divorce Court, commenting on a case brought against a man for brutally ill-treating and deserting his wife, said it was not very difficult to conceive such treatment it the man was an ourang-outang, in which case he would bo shot. Power should be given to award imprisonment, with the lash, in such cases.
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New Zealand Times, Volume XXXVII, Issue 8356, 17 February 1913, Page 7
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78MAN OR OURANG-OUTANG New Zealand Times, Volume XXXVII, Issue 8356, 17 February 1913, Page 7
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