SUPREME COURT.

Press, Volume XLIX, Issue 14835, 28 November 1913, Page 2

SUPREME COURT.

jjjjjgjgjjgg

.-.■■.■■: IN DIVORCE. ' (Before His Honour Mr Justice Denni'ston.) . FULLEft v. FULLER. Annie Matilda Fuller petitioned for the dissolution of her marriage with Francis Henry Fuller. ' Mr Upham appeared for the petitioner, but the respondent did not " appear. The ground alleged was desertion. The petitioner gave evidence v that she was married in February, 1906, at the Presbyterian Church, Leithficld. She and her husband lived at Balcairn until March, 1907, and after that at Leithfield. There was one child of tho marriage, a son. Her husband would not work and they had frequent quarrels on that account. In April, 1908, after "another quarrel, her husband left her. At that time she was working herself and was v maintaining hor husband. She had had to support herself ever since she was married. She obtained a maintenance order in respect of the boy, but her husband would only pay" up when compelled. Her husband was at Oamaru at tho present time. Alfred Neill, hotel-keeper, Amberley, and brother of the petitioner, stated that Fuller had a farm at Balcairn but did not make a success of it. Fuller and Mrs to live with witness's mother, but Fuller did no work at all, and when witness's mother died and the place was sold up, Fuller had to go. , His Honour granted the decree nisi. BIMLER v. BIMLER. -Desertion jvas also the ground alleged in the case of Janet Binder (Mr Wright) v. Samuel Gideon Bimler. The petitioner, Janet Binder, stated that sue was married at the registrar's office, Christchufch, on August 14th, 1905. Her husband, who was in her father's employ as a shepherd on the Cora Lynn station, Bcaley, lived with her for six months after the marriage, and left-her in January of tho following year with a sister of the petitioner. Her sister left in the morning, taking her (witness's) husband's effects, and ho followed later. She had not seen him since that day, and had received no support from him. She had one child, a boy.

Mrs Harriet McKay, of ' Papanni, mother of the petitioner, also gave evidence relating to the disappearance of respondent.'. His Honour granted the decree, subject to the filing of an affidavit. HENDY v. HENDY. Violet A*melia Hendy (Mr Alpere) applied for a dissolution of her marriage with Matthew Hendy, on the ground of desertion. The peticiouer stated that she lived with her husband at Burnett's Face, on the West Coast, for four years, and there were two children of the marriage. Her husband was given to drink, and quarrels followed. Her husband said that if she went back tc hor, mother's, ha would alxw her £1 a week. She refused tnat, and then her husband said ho was tired of her. He sold up the home, and went away, and she returned to her mother. That was in September, 1908, and since then she had_not heard from him, nor had she received ,any support from him. Albert Smith, miner ; Glentunnel, also gave evidence relating to the desertion. . His Honour granted the decree.