PETITIONS FOR DIVORCE

Press, Volume C, Issue 29498, 27 April 1961, Page 7

PETITIONS FOR DIVORCE

Decrees Nisi Granted Decrees nisi w’ere granted by Mr Justice Macarthur in the following petitions for divorce heard in the Supreme Court yesterday:— Separation.—William Lew’is Gilmour (Mr G. S. Brockett) v. Cecilia Gilmour; Keith lan Wilson (Mr Brockett) V. Diane Avis Wilson (Mr J. E. Millar): Ernest Lloyd Keenan (Mr D. I. N. Maclean) v. Doris Morwena Keenan: Cleo Rubina Marshall (Mr R. B. Shand) v. James William Marshall; Eileen Patricia Millar (Mr G. T. Mahon) v. Murray Thomas Arthur Millar (Mr C. R. Harman); Te Aroha Ote Mangai Erina Hini (Mr D. J. Hill) v. Taramakau Te Kingi Hini: Marjorie Joyce Shorthall (Mr C. R. Harman) v. Leonard Shorthall: Evelyn Wood (Mr Hill) v. Edward Ralph Wood. Adultery.—Brian Edward Riach (Mr B. J. Drake) v. Melva Dawn Riach and George Gordon Clarke, named as co-respondent (Mr J. G. Leggat): Gavin Charles Grice (Mr Leggat) v. Maisie Winifred Grice; Ronald Oscar Hansen (Mr Leggat) v. Ethel Frances Hansen (Mr R. de R. Flesher) and Harold George Mould (Mr Flesher), named as corespondent; Aubrey Alan Fantham <Mr K. W. Frampton) v. Vera Esther Fantham and John Robert Martin, named as co-respondent. Living Apart Seven Years. —Henrv Groom Walton (Mr P. H. T. Alpers) v. Elsie Sarah Walton; Marea Davis (Mr B. J. Drake) v. John Joseph Davis; Vera Catherine Mary Smith (Mr D. J. Hill) v. Robert Fairweather (Mr J. G. Leggat), petitioner having changed , her name by deed poll. Desertion.—John Frederick Knudsen (Mr R. S. D.

Twyneham) v. Joan Margaret Knudsen.

Decision Reserved

He would probably give an >ral judgment in the case this afternoon, said Mr Justice Macarthur when the hearing >f a defended suit for divorce ■oncluded in the Supreme 2ourt yesterday. In the suit, Alan Scott, proprietor of the Canterbury Hotel. Lyttelton (Mr J. G. Leggat, with him Mr M. E. Hobbs), petitioned for divorce against Lilian Scott, proprietress of a clothes mendng business (Mr D. W. Russell) on the ground of her alleged adultery with Percy Ernest Scott, an insurance inspector (Mr B. J.' Drake), tamed as co-respondent. The hearing of evidence and addresses by counsel octupied six days. His Honour said the matter was. finally, a question of fact, and he would endeavour :o give a decision while the evidence was fresh in his mind. The matter was one of considerable importance to the parties concerned. “I shall hope to give a decision tomorrow afternoon. If, how'ever, I find difficulties during my study of the matter I shall advise counsel of a future date for judgment." his Honour said.