A DOMESTIC DEAMA.

Patea Mail, Volume IX, Issue 1076, 22 August 1883, Page 2

A DOMESTIC DEAMA.

Some sensation wag .caused in Newmarket, Auckland, on the 15th, by the arrest of a well-known butcherrof that place, Edward Dewar Richards, on a charge of unlawfully and maliciously committing ; damage to a house, the property of Benjamin Tanner, Richards is well known in connection, with a recent bigamy casei,and his domestic troubles are connected with the present .charge. Bn was married some years ago to a woman named' ;K.elly, : by 'whom be bad several children. . In a moment of fondness for his offspring, !! 0 made over to them and ; dwelling house at Newmarket, and some time afterwards be went through, the .Court, It would appear /that. lie. repented of his generosity; and; desired itoS/baveZthe deed destroyed. This change of mind led to domestic unhappiness', which' ended in bis wife being charged at the ' Supreme Court ; with bigamy. She was acquitted, and went to live at North Shore. ■■ Soon afterwards' it became known that Mrs Richards' had sold the property, while Richards himself held

possession, MF«i#&iner,£ the purchaser, endeavoured to get into the premises, but failed. Proceedings were taken,„and have - been going on for someptimerv Last week Richards, it is' alleged, moved'a pOrtipn of the house off the ground,, and- it -is: said, sold the'remaifider. .Whether this is so or not remains to be proved, but at all events the house- was found • i razed4o the grbuncll Mr Cooper, solicitor, on behalf of Mr Tanner, proceeded to 2ffiwmark6t,-ahd‘ had : a- warrant put into executfon’i "At the Supreme 'Court -jndgmenttwas given-against Richards, 1 claim for rentOnd'oCcupation, ’ The house is stated perfect ‘wreck, only the walls standing : and the damage is estimated at L2oo. ; . V V. ;