A WOMAN'S REVENGE

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 239, 14 February 1911, Page 5

A WOMAN'S REVENGE

ON HER ALLEGED BETRAYER. By Telegraph.—Press Association. Auckland, Last Might. In an affiliation case heard at the Magistrate's Court before Mr. Kettle, S.M., this afternoon, l'attis lveyte, an unmarried woman, of Auckland, sought to obtain a maintenance order against Charles Boakes, alleging him to be the father of her child. After she had given her evidence, and the defendant was in the box, the magistrate asked the latter to look straight into the woman's face and deny that he was the father of the child. He did so, and the plaintiff hysterically exclaimed, "Now I will tell the truth about it all." Later, she was recalled, and alleged that the defendant in company with another man took her to a woman in Ponsonby, who performed an illegal operation, for which the sum of £5 was paid. The operation, she said, was successful, but later the defendant got her into a similar trouble, culminating in the present ease. She had not intended to bring this allegation, but the denials of the defendant made her do so. The defendant, recalled, emphatically denied the charge, and the case was adjourned, His Worship stating that a thorough investigation into the matter was necessary.