New Britain herald., 1915-03-01

him on probation for six months in consideration of the iact that Mrs. Codeclk was partly at fault.
 Mrs. Codeck, who took the stand nrst said that her husband whipped her little daughter very severely Sat urday evenire simply because Shc broke an old picture frame of no value. She thought Codeck was too brutal and ntcrvened only to receive d fOrciblc blow on the side of her face. The husband followed up with u number of other cuffs on Ser head, Hs result C.. which, ;hc witness Suf- fered all day yesterday with an ear ache and sl;gl,t fever. When she still persisted in saving her daughter from abuse, witness said her husband grabbed her ny the wrists anG twisted them unmcrcifully. She then tcle- phoned for Sheriff Clark who arrested him.
 Mrs. CodecK explained that she had had trouble with her husband ever since she married him. She thought that it was a lacL of sense more thun habitual intcmperan"e. that caused him to quarrel with Ter. of late, she has been obliged to call in. the of ficers frequently and Prosecutor Glb- new went oyer to tl:c house himself one Sunday night not long ago. The neighbors have also complained of the disturbance at tn" house.
 Eddie McCurdic, who works with the prisoner at the Amerlcan Paper Goods, testified that he saw Codcck strike his wife ice.
 The prisur..r, when given an op- portunity to give his version of the disgraceful flair, admitted that he struck the woman twice, hut that she provoke i him by striking first. He said that, when he returned from work Saturday evening, his wife met him on the railroad tracks and asked him for money to gc to New Britain and do Sone shoppi I-. The prisoner said, that, after Hn absence of two hours, she returned. Tn" purchase # ;l pound of c,ffec constituted all the shopping she haI done This ungerCd him, inasmUcn d.; ne had been obliged to mako the fire and take care of his three children e tcn 1houGh he was very tired after i3lS hard days work. Modeck told the court that his wife spends his nlOney too freely and tn It all his pay $ generally gone before : Thursday of every week. She pays no attention to pills Wh ich she has con ! tracted at tho grocery stores i'll town i and that rs d r,su1t, the family < ! credit is poor
 He gets twelve dollars d week, but i that does not last long with her, he | said.
 George kanupka, Mrs. Codeck $ ! hrothcr offered tn testify in the priS- 1 oncr's behalf. He was of the opinion l that the action of his sister precipi- tate all the Quarrcls He ventured that she should be punished rather than her husband as she was more at fault than he was. According to his 1 testimony his sister is not of d very | sweet disposition.
 "The court does not want to gc 1 on record as being easy with men i who strike tEcir WiNcs,' and Judgt l GrisWold "Tnder no conditions i> a man warranted in beating hi5 wife although can readily sec where ii is hard for some mon to refrain from
 doing so."
 After giving judgment he instructed 1 Prosecutor Gihney to bring both Cn
 deck and his wife in for breach O
 the peace if there is any further
 trouble at their home.
 Special D. \. R. Meeting.
 special meeting of Emma liar ! Willard chapter. Daughters of th
 American revolution, was held this af
 ternoon at the home of Mrs. H. N ] Galpin of Worthington ridge. Mem