ONE WEEK MARRIED.

Taranaki Daily News, 19 March 1920, Page 5

ONE WEEK MARRIED.

rMDEGRU.'M OCCUPIES THE W.VSJI HOUSE. BRIDE ASKS FOR MAINTENANCE. Some very peculiar cases come liefore the Magistrate's Court, in which women seek separation from their husbands, and want, maintenance allowances. One of the most singular was that dealt with at Auckland. The couple were only married on February 21st last, and on March 12th the wife was seeking separation and maintenance. She was in receipt of 15s per week from her former husband. The wife gave evidence in support of her application, and alleged that her husband was an habitual inebriate. This was denied by defendant. In crossexamination he stated that the week he was married lie spent three nights in the washhouse. Mr. Singer: This woman turned the man out of the house at the end of the first week of their married life, and now she aeka him to maintain her, Mr. Cutten: If a wife is shown to be in need of support and the husband is able to maintain her, he must do so, even if his leaving the house was his wife's fault.

Mr. Cutten said as far as he could see, both parties were pretty far from normal. They were only married one week, and of' that time the husband spent three days and three nights in the wasbhouse. After that very short experience, the wife requested her husband to clear out, which he did. There was no evidence that the husband was an habitual inebriate. There was no ground for making a separation order, and he was quite satisfied that at the present time the defendant was not in a condition to earn enough to keep himself. No order would bo made under the circumstances.