R.M. COURT.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume X, Issue 3195, 3 May 1889, Page 2

R.M. COURT.

-r«Sr,,ry '! i MASJPEETON—FEIDAY: ' (Before.Colonel Roberts, R.M.). ■■ l ; ' AFFILIATION OASBi Maurice Johnson was charged on the: information of-' Mary Ann Christensen: with failing to support her,; illegitimate,; child,, of . wlaich.he was the reputed father. - ; Mr Beard appeared for the oomplainant. i Complainant gave evidence aa to oohabitating. -with defendant, and stated .the defendant had frequently promised her marriage both before and-after the obild was born. He had repeatedly owned to being • the father of the child. . Defendant: Did I ever refuse to

pay for the youngster •'''■■• Complainant: Yes, you did. ' Who has been keeping the youngster since it was born ? Myself and mother between us. .Did not I tell you to go to the store, and get what you wanted ? • No I We have been almost j starving, and you said you were ( going away. V i Did not I promise to marry you ? ( Yes, you did, I To Mr Beard —He Lad given : nothing towards the support of herself or child. He had only given her one pair of boots. •- /Mrs Christiansen, mother of ,complainant, stated Johnston adinitted-he ■ was the father'of thb child, and promised• to marry, her ,daughter. Since the baby was born, Johnston and her daughter had been cohabi. tating together until'last Wednesday. . To His Worship —'Johnston I 'had | contributed, something towards her daughter's and':the child's support. They lived in a small cottage on the Upper Plain Eoad. She found her daughter was without bedding except sacks to lie upon, -and she - had not even the common necessaries of life, i Defendant said he' had .no money i ooming to him'from home,' . . Defendant stated that lie promised ) to marry the girl":; to; a- cer- , tain extent, she living with him to see [ if thej could agree in temper. They j could not agree, and he asked the 1 girl to go home and" stop with her j parents and'he would pay for the ! child's support until it was 14 years [• of age. The girl said she could -not 3 go home. He offered to keep the girl there as his servant. • Defendant was adjudged, the father of the child, and ordered fo pay Gs • per week- towards the maintenance until : the : child was' fourteen years e old. The question of paving the ~ costs of the ca'sewas held over;, '-';, l