The Birkenhead News and Wirral General Advertiser. — 1920-12-04 (Birkenhead, Merseyside, England)

DWELLING. Ms Honour Judge Perseus was occupied for a considerable time on Wednesday at! the Birkenhead County Court in dealing The hearing was resumed at the BOTOUO with actions brought to recover pommel= Police Court on Tuesday (before Mr. T. of tenements. The majority of them am. L. Dodds and Alderman A. IL Arkle), of from tha Wallasey district, and possessed , a ease in which Leonard Woodward, of 3, no special features of public intetestiFlamilton-street, was charged with feloaiThere was, however, an etception. Capt l scaly marrying May Mcßitohie,on NevemW, H. Marquis, ,se ropreemajug she. 4th bar 9th,- 1990, his forger wife Rosins , Cheshire (Ter ritorialal asked, throuirh 1 Woodyra,rd, to whom he was previously Mr. Cotton, that Newsmen ahoux ba :armed on June 23rd,, 1917, being then given up by Fx;Sergt.-Major Coulthard. of ive. Mr. A. F. Moore prosecuted on %that, in Jeses. I-917, the nateos the dwelling he now occupied in ~Meinee..;liehigf of the. .poliee. tion with the Drill Hall' in orange-road! :In has opening statement, . Mr. Mcsire West. Birkenh.ead. It was explained that 1 said defendant Cook/lard was no longer in the service of Nottingham,,l wried his r he ihiaad known since **the 4th," and the premises were 'trashed; childhood. for his sneoeeeor in the position. The, time, he . /.3eti!B. in the Army t the Latter, said Mr. Cotton,' was a married ,n4nnizei. the marriage ,nanisdrym.o .entthate par:orloedrs, man and his we .was so disgusted at "‘`" he was on leavagerceha,bitedruwith his wife. having 'to remain in lodgings that • she Ile was demobilised in November, 1918, had gene haeh to lire with her mother.' and for the neat three months lived His Honour asked if an arrangement I wife t Nottingham. could not be made for the parties to share: ~....amleab.,ly with his . They men quarrelled and at wife under the house. Mr. Cotton said he believed the impression that he had given her' a the respondent had been given occupancy disease, told him to go. He obeyed and of the premises at a nominal rent 'la cen• since then had not contributed towards dition that he performed certain minor her maintenance. He returned to Nottingduties. Be urged that inasmudb as the ham. five weeks aam dwelling was under Government control to discuss matters with his wife, bui nothing was decided. it was exempt from provisions of tile Act' In the meantime, he had taken lodgings that applied to ordinary dwellings, . and_ in wiednam.meem Birkenhead. Here he that possession could be resumed at once. I became acquaintedwith a spinster mined His Honour said the respondent had Mar .Mcßitchie, who livMr next door. declared he could not get other worm- Believing him to be a bachelor, she eon_ modation and he appeared to have done 4ill seated to marry him and the ceremony duty to the battalion during the war. aus gone through at St. John's Church, Again Judge Persons asked if a joint on November Bth last. The following day tenancy could not be arranged. Mr• she heard rumours to the effect that her Cotton said he thought the officers of the, huskaad had been previously wedded. She 4th Cheshiree would not wish it to be' asked her brother to m i ake nquiries and thought that they desired te turn an -ex- in consequence of what he to her, she service man out of his dwelling, but it separated frnan her husband on the 10th. was necessary they should provide aeoom- Three Oys late* the defendant, who had mediation for his successor in the position, removed to 3, Hamilban-street, entered the Coulthard had occupied. The case was podioe, bridewell and reported that he had ordered to stand over until Thursday committed bigamy. He had previously morning in order that the proposed occu- written a letter to his wife at Nottingham. pant might attend to give his Honour an in which he said: "I expect you will explanation of the position in wiltidb he know before you receive this letter that I himself was at present situated. have •committal bigamy. so what I want When the case again came before the you to do is to put in for a divorce as court on Thursday, Sergi-Major Georee • 100e1 as you like, before I do something Martin, of the Cheshire' Regiment, said &Ammar. I an giving myself up to the he arrived at the DrilLrHall on May 3rd. I Police to-night, or else Co ltfhard admitted to him that he had 1 I A_M GOING TO COMMIT SUICIDE be:n asked to yield up possession of the this afternoon." hones premises, but mad not- find- alien*. Detective Serpent Jones stated that on Itive accommodation. His Honour &anis the 13th ult., the prisoner came to the threw out the suggeetion that the parties main bridepell and mid, "I have cornmight share the dwelling house, but . missed bigamy,- and I want to give myself Martin said he did not think the propene/I up," Witness told the man that the police would prove a feasible one. In the end were making inquiries about the ease, and his Honour ordered that Coulthard should I would see him later. On the 22nd of give up possemion on February Std. iNovember, in consequence of some further ' information, witness arrested the prisoner and brought him to the bridewell. In reply to the charge of bigamy, he said, 'I am very sorry. I left my wife after being told I was not wanted and to clear oat of the house. after I had been demobilimed three weeks. I have never troubled with her since or received any letters asking me to come beck" The prisoner had wiling- to say in defence and was comm ttedato take his trial et the next amine.