WOULD NOT BE ASSOCIATED WITH CASE

Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 190, 1 November 1927, Page 13

WOULD NOT BE ASSOCIATED WITH CASE

COUNSEL ABANDONS BRIEF ILL-TREATMENT OF WIFE (From Our Own Coi'respondent) WHANGAREI, To-day. So unwholesome was the case ssainst a husband who was sued by ia wife in Whangarei yesterday that •m court was cleared, and the defendant's solicitor returned his orief, as he could not stand the thought of being associated with the case.” Mr. F. H. Levien, S.M., was on the fcneh. Agnes Mary Thomas proved against J. Thomas, a half-caste Portuguese railway surfaceman, of TaiPuha, for separation and maintenance, ‘Dd the custody of three children, on grounds of persistent cruelty. Plaintiff, for whom Air. H. Bannister appeared, related in the box a series • wrongs perpetrated that were almost *yond the bounds of credibility. Her according to her evidence, practised cruelties and perfer--so°* that amounted to atrocities. RETURNED his brief the conclusion of her evidence, , R- K. Trimmer, who was acting , r the husband, asked permission to -fcindon his brief as he could not Jand the thought of being associated ’•to the case. Mr. Levien said it was very difficult ’ instruct counsel in a question like m Trimmer had his brief. Jlr. Trimmer said the brief did not S se anything like the evidence projj?® by Plaintiff, and after a word 3 “is client, he most decidedly to wash his hands of it. He n handed the brief back to Thomas, 3 mated that he would carry on tojself. ~? n , sta Ule Boag, of Maungaturoto, »-ft i * aaew both parties well. The 3 hacl complained to him of illipna?ent aiul bore marks on her anj, 1 bruises and swelling. Her badly bruised and she had f S and swelling near her spine. LTf® Bo was most respectable, and were clean and kept well. it ? as went into the witness box, ter some minutes the Magistrate i*y ’ e( * that he did not wish to hear and granted plaintiff a on tlie grounds stated with • y ot *} er three children, tori -Sr lth at the rate 'ch * or berself and 10s for the three children.