The Warwickshire Herald. — 1899-01-26 (Birmingham, West Midlands, England)

MATRIMONIAL RESPONSIBILITIES. At Clerkenweli F.dice-court, Thome- .limes May% eighteen, a gres.m, of klargaret-st..eet, ClerkenwilL was charge , wit:. assaulting his wife.-The cotes plaintant seid ..he had been married to the def dent for three ,ncl a half months. The prerl . evening she fm. .i her husband drinking in a publ . house. She esllet loin outside, when he dealt Mt a heavy blow i• ', e five causing her nose to bleed. 'He ha. had I- •ra from another woman (added the complain i.t, a. ding the magnitrat • piece oe Peer). I I n! .i it on the hearthrug while he was a,lnep in b I. fell out 01 his troueer'e pocket."... I' Horac -ii: II: Is that another letter you have Uwe, ?- Th* on rEinan. : No, they are my marriage Ines.-(La ig ••r) -Defendant: That letter is pro.. tie ad to cans. . row. I did not receive the letter. I Ave her 6-. . 4.r lay, and I've worn this shirt i i f rude t (I,i• gliter) Ivs had nothing but II I and ox " I - ice I married. She win t gee I „. d g•se oc !.3r hr. akfeet. -The complainant:, I e eeen . tour Worship, in company with: anther woman -Defendant: That ea girl I use&. t., go to school with-Mr. Horace Smith: How, old is that baby you have in your arms. The complainant: Five months.-The defender'': She won t get up and wash my shirts, ant I have to take them round to my mother. (Laughs ti, 1.-The onll 1., ,lant: Yee; you, mother told me to go to tin . rkhouse. He's no good, your worship. be', een in front of you before, and it I go home with h in now he will murder me.-The nefendant: I'll take the child and give her half the furniture. We II separate, hut I can't afford to par h. r any money.-Mr. Horace Smith: Oh. oti,t= have chosen to marry this woman. Y• u have ut , 'II youlself a reSponsihility, and you must keep h. . —The defendant: Marry 11.1, yea; I gave e.. 3 f, r the wedding-ring. She went away for three wicks, and Ca I. lan k without the rig. She had pawned it for ,E 1 7-. 6,1.-The complainant: Yes, / pawned it to bus the billy clothea. I should like a aeparation.—Th, d ,fendant : 11l take the baby. My mother rill keep it. -The complainant: I'll keep it my elf, or else it won t be clean.-The defendant: Whv you won't wa.h my shirts. (Laughter.) I'll have the batiy.-Mr. Horace Smith: Oh, no; you can't do as vou like. You will be bound over in the sum of £l.O to be of good behaviour for six months. 'II re will be an mice for separstion. Your wife wil have the custody of the child, and you will have to pay 7s. 6d. • week. -The pris mar : I ain't pay it.-Mr. H race Smitht You'll go to prison if you don t. .  The Gloucester Cit) and County Cicle Company'S warehouse was complete y destroy, by are co Saturday night, the damage done being estimated all £7,000. the goods destroyed included a number of new bicy, lea. A fireman named On fell through a glasm roof, and received Injuries which necessitated his being treated at the Inermary. The case of a rate collector who had been toted guilty at Bodmin Quarter Sessions of falsification of ac ounts came on Saturday, before the Court for the Consideration of Crown Cases Reserved. He had, tewas alleged, embezzled £l3l, but had duly entered the amount in the receipt and payment book as "Balance in hand." On the ground that the en In the book was "literally true' We court q the conviction.  sit last Goods:la 14.4 house is tieehe questions soll --••• the iiniggk come* hi net •