R (Murphy) v Chairman and Justices of County Tyrone

JurisdictionNorthern Ireland
Judgment Date01 January 1933
Date01 January 1933
CourtCourt of Appeal (Northern Ireland)
[C. A., N.I.],
Rex (Murphy)
and
The Tyrone Justices

Desertion -Order for arrears of maintenance - How enforced - Married Women (Maintenance in Case of Desertion) Act, 1886 (49 50 Vict. c. 52), s.1 (1).

The Court of Appeal in Northern Ireland, affirming the decision of a Divisional Court, held that there is jurisdiction at Petty Sessions to order imprisonment in default of payment of arrears of instalments for maintenance.

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