UNUSUAL DISCLOSURE
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Co-respondent In Divorce In Gaol For Mnrder
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CHRISTCHURCH, Oct. 21. Unusual developments, including a disclosure that the co-respond-ent was "serving a life sentence for murder, follotved .the cailing of a case s"et down as an. uridefende^ divorce siiit ih the Sup'rehie Court today. Peritioner ^vas A.lfred Wiffiam Tate, a ^ailqr, oif Cl^istqhurch'qjid formerly of Aslibuttdh/Nvho'' festK tuted ' proceedings" ag.ainst Anriie Victoria Tate ' qn the' grounds of her adultery with Edward Rayrhofid Horton. , ' ■ Mr.' Justice North'croft .stoqd the case down " for further mquirjes; When Mr. R: A. Yourii;;WfrorapN peared for petitioner, was "unable' to produce proof that respondent, who had been married at the "p,^e of 16, had reached 21. There Yras one child of the marriage, ia, girl of four years. ( Petitioner gave evidence that hi§ wife had left him two yeuxs ago and had not returned. He subseqfiently learned of his wife's adultery with this man, Edward Raymond Horton, who was serving' a life sentence for murder.
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Chronicle (Levin), 21 October 1949, Page 5
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163UNUSUAL DISCLOSURE Chronicle (Levin), 21 October 1949, Page 5
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