SUPREME COURT

Press, Volume LVI, Issue 16857, 10 June 1920, Page 4

SUPREME COURT

IX DITORCE. i Before hi* Honour Mr Justice Herman.) SQMERVII/LE v. SOMERVILLE.. •Robert Somcrrille, labourer, Lower Bie-ca-or " petitioned for a divorce from Isabel Somerville, on the grounds of adultery. Cecal Hamblin and James Potter were cited C °The P allegations wro denied, and tie caao wa« heard befor© & jury* ... Mr Raphael appeared for the petitioner, Mr Cuningham for respondent and Mr Ti.,n„ a (or the co-respondent Pother. J.ne other co-respondent wws not represented „„ ,«.« f »i» " d 7S 5425S «■<•» co-rcspondcnt Hamblin . . _jt (°l Did co-responaent Hamblin comnu ~» mI! •*"- terv -with respondent? Xo. _;tt, Mr Raphael moved for a decree with cue tody of the children, and cost* against the »M°i, children .1 t, liißrv«», „ ; , vc the custody of the children to the mother, with 35s maintenance agam=t said the children Lad bettor Ba left in the homo they were at until application was made to ha-w: the cU cree made absolute. Costa were allowed petitioner on the higher «ale and the corespondent Potter ws al.owed costs apainst the petitioner. greenwood v. greenwood. Dean Greenwood, of TeWotdilo, «he°pfarmer, petitioned for the dissolutio ThLmarriage with Annie Elixir Greenwood on tho ground of desertion. M-'Alpc's appealed for tho petitioner. Georce D Greenwood, tho petitioner, o evidence that he wa 3 married tc.Respondent in ISB4 and there were children cf tn marriage. Prior to 1014 respondent W 'aken to a seoarate room againsb bis will. His son Arthur went to the war vnhtliMiru Bodv in 1914. Respondent, witn a i Ait tar loft E°rpt to 9ee him, but afterwards went on to England_and 1' c< vj and did not xeUirn to Xew Zealand until last year. Ho expected her to return after their son's death in Auguet, lfllo.. Ho had however received 110 communicatio from her and sho had given no reason for Separating from him. For twenty yea re nasi his family lifo had been u'uwpp^ Formal evidence was given by Margaret, McLean, formerly housekeeper at Teviotdale, and Evii. Holmes, housemaid His Honour planted the decree. ' The Court will resume to-day at 10.10 a.m., when two prisoners will come up for .eu tcuce. Civil cases will follow.