A COWARDLY CUR.

NZ Truth, Issue 145, 28 March 1908, Page 6

A COWARDLY CUR.

A Ruffian Who Deserves Gaol.

There is a brutal person m the employ of the Christchurch Tramways, whose name is suppressed, . by urgent request, merely ' because of his unfortunate wife and family. Th,e unhappy woman, who has been married to the cur some twenty-one years, was obliged to seek for a separation m the S.M. Court on Tuesday, and she gave' her evidence m a tearful manner. Her husband used to be a motormah at . wages ranging from £3 to £3 ss, but his drinking habits obliged her to apply, for a. prohibition order, and he. was then disrated to a common fitter m the tram-sheds at £2 ss.j)ei week. . . Her husband's favorite amusement was to blacken her eyes, spit in^her; face, and heap curses upon her. Also he failed to maintain her, and as she had two children under 16 a hard winter was promised. These facts were elicited by Solicitor Salter.. Lawyer Hunt drew from her that she had two boys m addition to the young children, and these were earning a respectable crust to the extent of 30s a week between them. Also ■she had furniture insured at £200, : but there was a monkey on it. The woman protested that only that morning he had ' ' DRAGGED HER 'OUT OF THE BEDROOM. He caught her by the throat and banged her into the (dressing-table, and had knocked her down and kicked her. . . The tram person denied this with vehemence. - The woman told the Bench that her husband had been drinking since the issue of the prohibition .order; but Mr Hunt explained that the order was made by Justices on insufficient evidence, and apparently on the general principle that, if would be good for him. The" victim had lost his employment through it. A son of about seventeen confirmed the. ' face-spitting and throatgrabbiirg habits of pa, and Magistrate Bishop made an order relieving the injured missus from the duty of cohabiting.. He also ordered the man to pay £1 a week towards her support and defray the cost of the proceedings.