Mexborough & Swinton Times – Friday 12 September 1902

Unhappy Married Life at Swinton.

Agnes Knott, of Swinton, charged her husband, Charles Knott, with assaulting her on the 23rd of August.

Mr. Gichard defended.

The complainant said that they had only been married six months, and on the day named he gave her his wage, amounting to 27/6, saying that a single man would need to pay about 12/- a week, and he would have the rest for pocket money. She told him that she had some payments to make, and she gave him 10/- to repay his sister-in-law, from whom he had borrowed some money.

He threw his dinner in the fire, and then said she would have to go the next. He went upstairs to throw her box out. She followed him, and he endeavoured to strangle her. She screamed for assistance, and when she got downstairs he struck her on the side of the face, and she was afraid to live with him.

There were eleven previous convictions, and defendant had to pay a fine of 5/- and costs.