Tragedy of Unrecognized Japanese Wife: Judge's Comment on Callous Treatment In HIM, Supreme Court, on Thurs~ Gay, his Honour Judge Peter Grain delivered. the following judgment in the case of Sone Fujiyama Albert William C, Browne:—
The facts in this ease are follows:—From some time in 1915 to 1922, or early 1923, the plaintiff, 4 Japanese woman, Sone Fujiyama, and the defendant, Albert William Browne, lived together as man and wife without going through the ceremony of marriage. In the beginning Browne was a sergeant in the army, his regiment being quartered in Rangoon; later on, he went into the police force and cently obtained employment Shanghai. The plaintiff did the house work and helped to support the household by her sewing. She also provided and took food to the defendant for certain periods when hho was in hospital and in prison, Towards the latter part of the cohabitation the defendant handed over all his wages to the plainti for the support of the dual household.
Somewhere in 1928 the defendant left the plaintiff and later married a woman of his own race. On January 19, 1924, he signed the document which is'as follows:
"To Miss Sena Fujipama—The wneratgned "hereby" proalen to. pay the sum "of. sixty-five' dollars (809) per youth onthe first day of each month commencing: from February 1021, dur your whole life, being' remunera-on "for" good services rendered to" him during years of cohabitation and also agrees to pay to the three persons the Undermentioned debts he has incurred namely Bum of sixty-five dolters ($00), Lcharse, the tum of one hundred olla (8100) and. Mise suv sum of four hunddved. dollars (810 Shout you marry. to. anybody, the ent to. You except the Th "presence no, Counsel foe
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