DEFAULTING HUSBAND.

Waikato Times, Volume 108, Issue 18140, 3 October 1930, Page 8

DEFAULTING HUSBAND.

LONG ARM OF THE LAW.

DISCOVERED AFTER FIVE YEARS.

£564 ARREARS IN MAINTENANCE. After having eluded the police for five years, the long arm of the la’Sv discovered Thomas Claude Mayes in Wellington, masquerading under another name. It was in July, 1924, that an order for the maintenance of his wife and four children was made against him at the rate of £2 a'week. Mayes observed his obligation for a short time, but since then his wife had heard nothing of him, and the Auckland Charitable Aid Board had been called upon to maintain his children. “The police could get no trace of this man for five years,” Maintenance Officer M. McCormick told Mr Wyvern Wilson, S.M., in the Hamilton Magistrate’s Court this morning, when Mayes faced his Worship, charged with arrears of maintenance to the extent of £564. Mayes had no excuse to offer. He stated that he had pleaded with his wife to let him off. ' “Can you give me any reason why your wife should let you off?” his Worship asked. Defendant: “No.” His Worship: “Three months, without the option.” Mr McCormick asked if some surety could be obtained to ensure the defendant did not escape again after coming out of gaol. Mayes protested that he had never given any trouble. “You will not give any trouble for three months,” his Worship rejoined.