LAW REPORTS

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2473, 28 May 1915, Page 9

LAW REPORTS

0 SUPREME COURT IN DIVORCE UNDEFENDED PETITIONS . Several undefended divorce petitions were dealt with in the Supreme Court yesterday morning before His Honour tlie Chief Justice (Sir Robert Stout). George Edward O'Halloran sought dissolution of his marriage with Florence May O'Halloran on the ground of her i misconduct with H. Packer, a billiard marker. The marriage took place at Christchurch in 1911, and the evidence showed that in. April last the respondent, who had been living apart from her husband, admitted misconduct with co-respondent. His Honour granted a decree nisi with costs against the corespondent. - Mr. T. 11. Wilford ap- . poared for the petitioner. Lily Riley Armstrong, of Sanson, I urged desertion as a ground for divorce from Martin Armstrong. Mr. T. M. Wilford, who appeared for the petitioner. called the necessary evidence in support, and His Honour granted the usual decree. Desertion and failure to maintain were the grounds on which Jane Ann Fox (Mr. T. M. AVilford, instructed by ' Mr. Howard Hill, solicitor) sued for dissolution of her marriage with Ernest Geo. Pox. The marriage took place in 1904. and the desertion dated from January, 1908. His Honour granted a decree nisi with costs. _ _ Alice "Winifred Birdwood petitioned for divorce from James Stuart Birdwood on the ground of desertion. Mr. T. M. "Wilford appeared for the petitioner, and led evidence to show that since the marriage of the parties in 1900, the husband had never provided a home for the petitioner. A decree nisi was granted, to be moved absolute in tho usual manner. Isabel Mary Leslie, for whom Mr. 0. N. Beere appeared, sought divorce from Peter Leslie, to whom she was married at Wellington in November, 1912. The evidence showed that the parties had been separated for some time, and that the respondent bad written to the petitioner statin" that he was keeping company with another woman. Corroborative evidence having been tendered, His Honour granted a decree nisi with costs against the respondent. In camera, His Honour granted a decree nisi in the case of Mary Lynch v. Thomas Lynch. The petition, which was undefended, was Brought on the ground of failure to maintain over a period of five years. Mr.' T. M. Wilford appeared for the petitioner. OTHER. BUSINESS. A BUILDING SOCIETY'S FUNDS.. In the Supreme Court yestorday, bofore tho Chief Justice (Sir Robert Stout), there was further hearing of the case in which tho plaintiff was tho Colonial Co-operative Building Society of Wellington, a duly incorporated building society having its .chief office in Victoria Street, Wellington, and tho defendant was John Crewes, secretary, of Wellington. Mr. It-. Kennedy appeared for the society, while Mr. A. W. Blair appeared for John Crewes. The claim was for £911, made up of ) various sums of money alleged to havo been received by Crewes (secretary of the society until June, 1914) on terms requiring him to account for them to the society, but not accounted for or paid over to the society. Fuller particulars of the claim and the defence (a do--1 nial of misappropriation by Crewes) were published in yesterday s issue, "When tho hearing was resumed yesterday two further witnesses gave evidence in support of the plaintiff society's case, and Mr. Blair then opened for the defence. Subsequently the defendant (John Crewes) gave evidence, but bis cross-examination had not commenced when the further hearing of the case wa? adjourned until Tuesday next.