HOKITIKA HOOROO !

NZ Truth, Issue 84, 26 January 1907, Page 5

HOKITIKA HOOROO !

CRAZY, CROOKED, COWARD .Wallops flis Wife m Court.

. A large- consigjmieEt oi trouble waa heaped up against one. William Aitken at the' Hokifcifca Police Court the other day, and he faced it with a good deal of ill-gjcace. He is a bad tempered boozer is William, and whether drink is the cause oE his trouble, or whether he fell iata that trouble m a promiscuous way »' when, he wasn't looking, certain it is that he won't he able to set his daily dram so easily m future, as his grog has been stopped. Hajfdiag, swigged a few pints, Aitken walked " into ashop and made himself obnoxious and refused , to leave when asked m a voice of thua-. I der to do so. So tba law was invoked. he was heaved out and then licavetf m. Titat wa3 one charge against Ins nervy nibs. There was another "61 threatening to deal out bodily harm to his wife. " She was afraid o! her life, she said, ..-'.. THE BRUTE HAVING THREATENED TO SMASH HER. The Court viewed this seriously, and ordered Aitken to find two sureties o£ £50 each that he would keep the peace for 12 months. While he was on his wwiltd t hairy jas t?\e accused used some obscene language wht-a i.alkinp to the world at large, and the i bench ordered him to. come up hx sentence when called upon. Then a prohibition order was issued again*!; him. Last but not (east csrac Ins wife. She asked the : Court to p^anc I her a summary separation order ! against her husband, and also in.i Mas be ordered to pay her a certain i amount for ■mainteno.nce. Th;s was done, so Aitken's cup of h\ U erness var, full U th« brim. Ami be fe't it ifo. for when he was going oUt< flf ni3 prisoner's.- dock to Rive evirfeiue m his own behalf he liKrm-ti round ma BIFFED HIS WII'-B ON THE JAW. That, of course, didn't belp his case ; the police got hoJd of Mm, hamlcuffed him. placed him m Vm dock again, and it was from th.-i ■■ undesirable stand that lie tendered h:« '-cstimonv. But the Oour.t v.-nsn'- li.ste?.ing very hard ; it was lucd of A)i»ke»,