LUCKY SEVEN?

NZ Truth, Issue 1185, 16 August 1928, Page 3

LUCKY SEVEN?

Welter of Remands D^plpired ; (From "N.Z. Truth's" Wellington Rep.) Edward John Ross, pn remand In connection with a serious offence against a woman, made his appearance m the Wellington Police Court before Magistrate Page last : week. •'. r; • ■ ; ;.'-;. '■;■ ■ _. ■ ; • THE police sub-inspector asked for a. .'.'further remand as the woman concerned m, the alleged #assault was. still m hospital and, according to the doctors x-eport, -was ''likely to be there fojr another month at least. He asked the bench to set, the hearing down for six weeks ahead. . Lawyer W. E. Leicester, who appeared for a-ccused, said Ross had made his 1 seventh appearance m court and it was hardly fair to him. to be continually remanding the. matter. If y the. police were not prepared to go ahead the case on the date stipulated by the subinspector, then the charge should be dismissed? ' . ' i Accused was a married man living with his wife and family. It was a cause of^great- anxiety and worry to have this* grave charge hanging over the husband's head. The continual remands,, said counsel, were also a source of worry to the surety for bail, and m the circumstances, he asked that [the amount be reduced. ' > ■■:■ The alleged offence had; occurred on AprM 3, and the matter had been hanging on for four months. The health of accused, and his, wife had been affected through the matter. , '.- The Bench: Is the Woman m hospital through anything connect-. Ed with this charge? <; The Sub-Inspector:' ISTo, sir. 'It Is an entirely different matter. .■■ '■ Counsel: She threw- herself out of a window, some time after the alleged offence took Mace. . After the sub-inspector had intimated that Ross had always complied with the. terms of his bail, Magistrate Page reduced the amount from £250 to. £150. '