The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-04-10
MEN HAVE RIGHTS
A Western Judge De-
cides Wife-beating
is Unsuitable.
LAWS AND LAWYERS
interpretations of the
Statutes by Noted
Legal Lights.

Judge THOMAS H. PEABODY, If the
first district police court Of st. Louis,
has established a precedent in wlie
beating case. While Judge Peabody is
opposed to wife beating, as d general
rule, he holds that under certain coz
ditions it is quite permissible-namely,
when a husband has Sufficient cause
and does not go to the extreme Of Dru-
tally.
This decision was the result Of the
case of Bernard Kretzer, who was
charged with disturbing the peace Of
his wife, Barbara. whom, it was said,
ne had beaten on Sunday morning.
In explanation OF his opinion, Judge
Peabody said when he ruled that krct-
yer was not guilty for beating mis- wife,
he did not want to be set down as
wife heater, but there are cases when
men are driven to emotional insanity,
and what they do then hey are not
always accountable for. If kretzer had
harmed her or done any bodily injury
it would have been different In the
case he had before him she WCs more
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and thwart her husbands will N the
presence OF their children. 1t was set
ting q bad example, which he had the
right TO rebuke.
When d woman takes a man for her
husband she does so knowing full wei
that he is to be the ruler of the house,
and shall have as much 10 say as she.
Whenever there is a dispute between
them, and the husbands desire is Il
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to. If he is then provoked 10 undue an
ger, he thought he would be justlhsd
in striking her.
A whole lot depends upon the woman.
There are women and there are others.
1t is my misfortune to nave to deal
with a few Of the Others" AS d rule,
they are disagTeeable women, with
whom it would be impossible TO get
along without giving them an occas-
sional dressing down.
II would be a good thing to warn the
women of the country that their hus-
bands have the same rights that thy
have in the home, and they should Al
ways be respected. A man should have
the right TO slap a wife occasionally,
but he should be very careful whose
wife he slaps."
Prompted by the fear that the Amer
lean Ice Company, which has just Sc
cured incorporation in New Jersey, al
ter having been refused that privilege
by the Maine legislature, will work
partial or total prostratiOn Of the ice
industry in Maine, il it is permitted to
operate there, the Maine ice dealers
have framed plan TO organize for self
protection, and resolved to present a
bill TO the next Legislature to provide
for taxing all corporations that come
-. IL
ing been refused charter there.
Sergt. Robinson and his friend. Mr..
Corner afterwards d colonial chief JUS
tice) were quietly rowing up the river
at Guildfcrd one evening after mess,
when. as they neared the lock, they
observed standing on the middle of the
lock gates two figures, one large and
rudy as a lobster, the other small and
looking as if he had been painted
pale blue" The pair, who were none
other than Edwin James and Mr.. Haw
kins. besides contributing to the bril-
liant colOring of the landscape. were
offering fine models OF the human form
for the art student, for they were des-
titute OF clothing, save that one car
ried a hat on his head and the other
pair of boots in his hand. On the bank
was a malignant bull, alternately pin
ming their clothes to the ground and
tossing them high in the air with its
horns. It had made for them just as
they were about to enter the water,
and they had been obliged to leave their
garments TO its tender mercies. The
new arrivals, with some difficulty
drove the angry animal away and re-
stored the victims to life and liberty
London Idler.
The interstate commerce commission
will appeal TO the United States SUI
preme court from the decision of the
United States circuit court of appeals
at New Orleans, refusing an injunction
against offending roads in the cases Of
the commission against the Western
and Atlantic in one case, and the Clyde
Steamship Company ct al, in two
others, involving freight discrimina-
tons. 1t is doubtful if the supreme
court will take up the appeal until its
next session. The circuit court decision
yesterday was not a surprise to the
commission, and the latter body does
not attach much general significance t.
it, as il involves no new principle and
is in line with some previous rulings of
the courts in that section, where it is
asserted the long and short haul pro-
visions are violated more than any
where else.
In these cases, IL is explained at the
commission, the court has simply held
that the facts developed showed a com
petition of such force and extent as TO
Justify the greater charges for the
short hauls than for the long ones, cit
ing the principles first, that competi-
ton may Justify discrimination under
certain circumstances, and second, that
each case of violations must stand on
its own facts, as held by the supreme
court.
A bill slowly working its way through
the Connecticut legislature and likely
to pass provides that persons securing a
license costing So and certificate from
the fish commission may sell trout for
food between February and October