R.M. COURT.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 4, Issue 1162, 26 August 1882, Page 2

R.M. COURT.

! * | ~;, ,MASTERTON-FRIDAY. . : | Before H, 8. .Warhell, B.M.] SPAK«O Vi SPAHOO, CONTINUED. I : The witneaß Spargo. continued his evi-denoe.-I have not yet Iried 'to get the' children from her by law. I call money spent in-.liquor squandered. I' squan : der,ed only 3s6d in. three'months.' '1 have gone down the road and baok without taking ft drop. •: I can be led by a straw, and could not be driven by a stockwhip whan drunk;: .Idetiy. that I threatthe row whon in bed; 'She 'raaJo an insulting remark, and puked her. tongue but. She wanted to see Charley Smith :iahernightdrejsjind.lcaugljt hold of Wan4tlpwl)«r-ori th,e bed,s,nd told •hec to drew .herself.theg she amid see : (pharlie."-Op-'tl)e- ooo'asipn, when, she ljnooked me it wsb became I belonged to an'eleotjon committee, and she ;»aid !was'going'f>- get driwt I have rjever threatened (o kill her-Never, 1 forgaye her for all that.happened ; before.. ;the 26th' July,' {J[d',ngt;Beiid for" her.' ; j ; A- friend of mine 'paid her, passage from '. ,:tb.e West oout,4nd Wei- : [lington to Oa'rterton, ' 1 wrote" her in i ■: Wellington that-if «he intended to lead a i •prudent and, good, life she ..could come i jtoj'W bVtter whore i ■she was, . I cannot "prove im- i ■moral, as thave not .actually seen any- '. [thing/ 'I Hive made no ;agwiment'.-with ; 'I her, Iget aboutßfis"Vweek.' : ". i .'. | Daniel Tremewan deposed I am a i firmer residing at Taratahi. Had known I ;Spargo for'abeut six years. Mrs Spargo i xame ,to my house to stay after a quarrel i •with her husband. Imade no arrangement i her to do so. She oauie with l Charlie Smith. I at firttdeclined to take I

her in, but she had a ory,' and Hold Imr I to come in,an4havß some dinner.- Bpargd in the afternoon came ; aiid-asked me to l«theratay(|p|y.dr'twonherß. loleared. out the froot:ropm that. Shj acted.'aWhbusekee'per.fl 'iVj/Y • . S'M? »tfdilands: Did iahe hlso 'aot at v her 'other duties, • ' Mrß)idpy)obje'oted;to : th^ueition, 'fhe Court': Did you. everhave any improper, oii'rineotibn •Witness; I should not care to'say. Mr S,: 'Have you had any impr- par intercourse with Mrs Spargo. You must answ.;.: •;;..;;.-;;;;;::;-:..;::.•;■• •■-*- -'-•-'•• Witness: fell I don't deny it (after great hesitation). It happened some few -weeks-aftershe oahifiioTmyplnoe, v -"■ Mr S.: Did you toll Mr Spargo anything to lead him to suspect it? Witness; Not till yesterday. I have I never Been anything wrong in. her conduct .with ally pother person. 1 She'was a good housekeeper." I have told her to leave as Spargo used to come and threaten. to,kill us all. ■■■ Mt.SandilandsidNo: Iwdnder. he Vdid. that. HavS-you had'anyilittle'dispute with Mrs Spargo of late whioh led to some statement as' to her mndii'ot jwith Sm.it.li. Witness: There wss something said. T did not wish to keep her there 'after Spargo left. The, intimacy took .place while Spargo was livinjr wit!iub. ut ' To .Mr, Bunny:, The first time I saw Spargo he. was druiik. -Whenever he got moueyhe gut drunk. I shall remember his conduct when drunk all my. life.' On one occasion he came hume drunk aud not the'ipoker," ibreateninu to kill all. Qe made a blow at me. and: nearly,broke my arm. Next morning haieoma.-'back and said he would never do so.any more;: i On another occasion he came home drunk and took out hiß pocket knife, and threatened, to disembowel us all. On another occasion h'p »o't a row, and I managed to eject hi n" • and in falling out he out his face. He then broke four, large 1 windows. I went out and gave him' two good blows.. Pot this I got a lawyer's totter from you,- Mr Sandilanda.,: I got l Mi 10s from him for 14 week's board, I °£en heard Spargo say. he wovild kill his wifei'biit'her throat, khook her brains out, ahd'auohlike.' This'would be when he wasdrutikj when he was sober he was .quiet. The children were treated .very well while they were in my home-better than they were before in their'life Ithink. I have never seen anything wroiig in her conduct in the presenoe of her children. The husband when drunk was always I throwing, up ,01imo affair to her. .Had '■ heard him' complain of Smith.. '}'. '■■ To Mr Sandilatids; The children :<icoupied the same as theirimother. : Mr Sandjlands submitted that the children should not be placed uqder the , 'control of the mother as she did not ap.pear a fit.person to ; have guoh-controL-; [ ■ His Worship in giving judgement, said if he gave the custody of the children to the mother it would only be till they were years of age/as thay were buys, and :he did think they would suffer much ;harm up to that age. He did not know iwhat the father proposed doing with the ohildren. He was away from his home at work all day, and would not attend to them, He would ask Spargo what he proposed doing with them if he had charge of.them? • ' ' ! : . . '. Defendant: Place them with Mr George Shute, to be well brought up. The Court; Would George Shute take them. [ -Defendant:,Yes. ;His Worship said the picture of life placed before them, that day was a very sad one. No doubt this couple, like others had started happily enough,'but "now. what the wife aaid .of the husband, and the husband said of the wife it' was plain that the tie had bocome unbearable, and he thought it "was desirable to .give effect-to some arrangement that would make lhem independant of each other. He would therefore grant an order to protect plaintiffs earnings, such order to date from the time Spargo loft TrtimewanV He Would make no order as yet for the custody ot the children or for maintenance.