At  Camborne Police Court on Tuesday, before Mr. John Tabb (in the chair), and other magistrates, Elizabeth Eddy, of Angarrack, Hayle,  summoned  her hus-band,  Richard Henry Eddy,   for     persis-tent cruelty.

Complainant, who lives at Railway Cottage, said she was married at St. Erth Parish Church  on  Aug. 10th, 1907,   and there were  seven children   of  the mar-riage.       "Defendant's conduct has been bad  more  or less   all   our    married life, but   during   the past   eighteen months it has  been  much worse.   I  go out  to work to  get  food for my family  as  my husband has not  been  in   steady work  since the war.     He has struck me  scores of times and recently gave me a black eye."

The magistrates' clerk (Mr. Donald W- Thomas) :   How does your husband live?

Complainant :   He is "on Lloyd George now and gets £1 per week." Continuing witness said that  on Sept. 5th   defendant left her  and   went  to his mother's house. His  conduct  was  such   that   she  could not live with him.   "I  want a separation order,   but  I do not  want  any  mainten-ance from him."
    The Clerk :   How can you live?
   Complainant :   I  can  go  out  to work   and get food for my children. 

SON'S STORY.

Richard Henry Eddy, a son, deposed that on the evening of Sept. 5th, defen-dant was calling his wife and witness names. "He got up to strike me, but I struck him  and  went  into  the garden for a  broom.      I  have  seen  defendant hit his wife many times  and his treatment has been awful."
      Hilda Ada Eddy, 21, a daughter, also gave evidence. "I have had to part my father and  mother   on  many occasions as   my mother  would have been killed. He was always striking my mother and gave her a black eye a month after she gave birth to twins. -- Kathleen Eddy. 18. another  daughter,    described  defendant a "perfect nuisance." 

P.S. Turner said complainant was a hard-working woman   and  looked after the house. He had seen Mrs. Eddy, who had had a "terrible life"   with black eyes on several occasions.    Defendant had used bad language towards his wife and family in the presence of witness.

Defendants  denied  the statements of the complainant and witnesses and said there was only one occasion when he struck his wife.  This was because she threw cup tea his face.

The magistrates then heard  a sum-mons for common assault brought by Richard Henry Eddy against his wife Elizabeth Eddy, and son, Richard Henry Eddy, aged 16. 

The evidence of Eddy alleged that  he was having his tea on September 5th when his  son without any provocation struck him in the eye.    His wife  struck him  in  the  face  and   threatened  to put a knife into his heart.

The wife denied  hitting her husband and the youth   said  he  struck his father in self-defence. 

"You have treated your family excep- tionally badly," remarked the chairman addressing the husband.    "We believe the story of your wife and daughter. We shall  grant a separation order  and you will pay  5s. per week to your wife   and 1s. per week each towards the mainten-ance of the children  until  they  become 16 years of age.   Your wife will have the custody of the children. 

"The summonses for assault will be dismissed as we think the son was justi-fied in defending himself, and we do not think your wife struck you."