EXTRAORDINARY ARREST
HOW POLICEWOMEN DO IT
Sir Chartres Biron, the Bo‘\v Street, London, magistrate, expressed astonishment at the action of two policewomen in arresting a woman who was being assaulted by her husband.
Samuel Young and his wife, Ellen, were charged with disorderly conduct by fighting. The man pleaded guilty, but declared that his wife was arrested without any reason.
One of the policewomen explained that the man was holding his wife by the throat.
Sir Chartres: But why have you charged the woman as well? I don’t understand it. There is no evidence that she was fighting. You say he was seizing her by the throat? —Yes. Did she say anything at the time? — No.
The second policewoman also admitted that she did not see Mrs. Young do anything. Sir Chartres: Can you explain, then, why the woman was brought here? She did not strike her husband i?i any way?—She made a movement towards j Chartres: Well, you say her husband had her by the throat. What did , you expect her to do? There is no ! evidence against the woman. I don’t 1 .know why she was arrested. She will -I now be discharged, and I shall bind ! the man over to keep the peace.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 196, 8 November 1927, Page 13
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206EXTRAORDINARY ARREST Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 196, 8 November 1927, Page 13
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