DIVORCE INQUIRY.
Giving evidence before the .Royal Com-' mission on Divorce Mr. ■W. '. J;Grubbe, a: stipendiary magistrate,--.said . jurisdiction in'divorce should l>e given to local courts, but only people with au-in-come 1101 exceeding a; week, or...possessing property , not. exceeding,-I£lso. .ia value, should be allowed to avail, themselves of this local jurisdiction...' A froquentlv urged point in previous .evidence was that the county courts'should lmve the power of granting divorce. Anothei side of this, question was given lfy Judge. Arthur O'Connor, K,C;, county,, qo.nrt. judge in Durham, who-objected .-to r " addition .being l made to the work .of tha , county court judges. .It, would mean, in many, cases. a He' : doubted very-much if the courts could do "mora
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Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 864, 9 July 1910, Page 11
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116DIVORCE INQUIRY. Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 864, 9 July 1910, Page 11
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