A WIFE'S RIGHTS.
At Washington (America) Mr I'hilip Rodney, a |irnmin< n' birines- Plan, i- being <u'd In hi.- wifi' fur damages fin tin - ground in" personal injury. Il appears th.it Rodney was del'-rmined tu end li : s wife's alleged praetiet? of pilfering from ui- puk'-!- whil. lit 1 ua* asleep, and -o pur a *mall but strong rat-trap in his mom y-poi ket. with its jaws towards the opening. Shortly after midnight his wife's s''-eams awakened him. and he was to igi(t up and reji'asc the woman's larerated hand. Now th' ui»tion arises, I low docs the law stand ■ \\ ithin recent years there have bt"n two similar eases, in print ip'f. though the type of trap employed varied. On'- magistrate defined in favor of the husband, and the '••!-»- pronoun'e.l for the wife. In the meantime, Mrs Rodney, declaring that -he had been outrageously treated, has left her husband, and is living w(th he; parents,
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 81860, 9 October 1906, Page 4
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155A WIFE'S RIGHTS. Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 81860, 9 October 1906, Page 4
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