WIFE IMMUNITY.
HER POSITION IN CRIMES. INTERESTING ARGUMENT. By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright. Received March 9, 7.30 p.m. London, March 8. In connection with the Peel case, counsel insisted on the strict letter of the ancient law regarding wife immunity. He pointed out the presumption that a wife was coerced by her husband when they acted together could be found in the laws of Ina, King of the West Saxons, thousands of years ago. He made great use of the rulings of the famous Mr. Justice Hawkins. Mr. Justice Darling replied: That was all very well in Ina’s time, when husbands were allowed to beat their wives, and wives really obeyed. It might be also true in Mr. Justice Hawkins’’ time, but it was not done to-day. England formerly allowed huebands to control their wives, but it was not so now. He agreed, however, that the English law presumed that a woman, who acted criminality in her husband’s presence was coerced.—United Service.
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Taranaki Daily News, 10 March 1922, Page 5
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