DIVORCE COURT.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 904, 25 August 1910, Page 8

DIVORCE COURT.

'.•■''■ :; : ~' ♦ .....,-.;: .':;' : -:'■; A PETITION .DISMISSED. ; (By Telegraph—fcresstaocia-tion.)'. ■ / Palmerston; North, August 2i. At the Supreme Court yesterday, befoM ,Mr. Justice , Cooper, and:a-jury;of,twelve, , , Charles J. Little, of Feilding, applied for a divorce'from Margaret Little for al« leged misconduct with 1\ T. Lethbridge, of I'eildiEg. Damages..to the amount of JSSOO .wen:. also claimed..... Mr". ,H. .G. .__, Moore' 'appeared for petitioner, Mr. H. E. \ Cooper tor respondent, and Mr. A. L. Herdman (Wellington) for co-respondent. Evidence !for petitioner was. given by , ' Little, ' Bates .(private , . inquiry; agent),. Knyvett, and Miss Avery, lady help at ■ Little's. 'The-respondent's oase was that' ' the whoh) thing arose out of a. visit paid by' co-respondent to Mrs. Little at c the latter's. request, to discuss money, matters in respect to a loan advanced' by co-respondent to her:'. some years ago; wlien she was iard up.':'. Respondent, in . evidence,isaid that.her life was'a miserable one, her husband being a drunkard. Co-respondent denied the allegation of miscdnduiit. He had :merely assisted- the ~ family financially—both the wife and hus-.' band—from friendly and;'charitable molives! At the close of, the. evidence tlie .Court adjourned until to-dayi' when counsel's . addresses were taken, and his' Honour ' . : summed Tip: The , jury retired at 1.30 pirn.,' ■■ and returned tit 4.30 ivith a verdict' to•; ■' . the effect that no adultery had'been com- '■. mitted. Eis Honour dismissed the petition,' Trith costs on the.lower-scale.;",--". ■■. :, .' Harry Eussell Gaisford, of Marton, ap- • plied- for : a' divorce from, Ethel Louise . ■ '. Gaisford, a half-caste, on the grounds of,' ■ alleged adultery with S. Bunny. .After '. evidence for petitioner, including that of Maori'women a'iid a couplo of motor chauffeurs, had been heard, , his Honour eaid that there was no case to go before"-.;, a jury. He dismissed the petition, with ; .- costs on the highest scale...- ■';.'•'