IN DIVORCE

Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 47, 19 November 1917, Page 9

IN DIVORCE

UNDEFENDED PETITIONS

A number of undefended d'vorce tcee/ wore dealtwith' by. His Honour th< Oniof Justice (Sir Itobcrt Stout) on Sat urday. •Ikhth Ellen Gertrude "Duffy fought f divorce from her husband, Xbcnias DuFy on the ground of infidelity, Mr. P. I'i' Jackson, appeared for tho petitioner, whc stated that' she was. carried to tho re spondont on June 21, IDll; There wcr< children of the marriage. Petition?! stated that, her suspicions -*Vero urousec when sho saw it stated *• in. the nsws respondent was tho. father of i single girl's child. He denied', this a 1 first, but later he admitted that ho waf the father, of . tho ■ child; Petitioner'i mother gave evidon'co in support of th( petition. His Honour .granted a. decrci nisi. ' ; ■ ; Mr. A. H. -Hmdmarsh appeared in support of a' "petition by Blanoho Hen riotta -Boyle foi a divorce fiom'Johr Boyle, who; was shown to' liavo deserted herfivo jears ago. •• TTiQ.p.otitibiier etat cu that' tfe; respondent' was ' addicted: tt liquor, His Honour -granted" it - decree met.' Elizabeth Johnson. Paynter, who was wedded in 1906 to Thomas Payiiteir, charged the latter with having- des'efted her, She stated . that the • respondent often kicked and" .thrashed. her; Evidence was also given that 'tho respondent threatened- to shoot tho petitioner, arid a witness produced a.revolver which lie toolr from thei respondent to prevent his using it to ..carry out, his threat. A decree, nisi was granted. Mr. P. W. Jackson appear-ed-for the'petitioner. An elderly, woman named' Minnie Corbett 1 was granted-a decree.risi- against Michael. .William .Corfcett, who'had deserted her and failed to'maintarn her for tho past.five years. The petitioner had five children. Mr. P. W. Jackson appeared'for her. .His Honour granted a decree nisi. Kathleen Weir alleged that .her husband, Walter _,Fercval AVoir, to whom she was married in 1915, had committed adultery. Petitioner advanced'a fii(t)iei' ground concerning Weir's, heaith. Ihe're were no children; • A decree nisi was granted. Mr. P. W. Jackson, represented the petitioner. -.Flora .Bing (Mr. P. W. Jackson) was granted a decree nisi in Jvir suit againrt Harry Bing on the ground of adultery. In the suit of Annie loui&e Viclc.na Scott (Mr. H. F. O'Leary) desertion was alleged. .The petitioner, sakl. that sho married the respondent on October 4, 1910. .Sho had had to under jo a serious operation, and accounts' wero sent to the-respondent. The latter wrote to tho petitioner a letter in which "he ea;'d: In fact, -1 ,am so' heartily sick of the whole thing that I am fhur6iig;ily determined not to havo you back hero again." The petitioner- took procewWng:; -iiiercn, and'the Magistrate made an order for, payment of maintenance at the rale cf 15s a week. The respond'i'it. never complied with the order. His Honour made a decree.nisi. "Ivy-Muriel Mullen miide drunkenness the'.principal ground, of .-her'petition for a divorco from Daniel Mullen. Mr. P. W. Jacksftn- appeared for, tho petitioner, wlio' said that she had obtained a separation order in the Magistrate's Court oil the ground that tho respondent was an habitual inebriate. A decree nisi was mado. • ■ Margaret Webster Br.van, who was represented: by Mr..'P. W. Jackson, said that her husband, Thomns Bryan, had been in the habit of alltreating her. That was tho cause of her separation from him. S7 years ago. She saw him in Christchurch 20 years ago, when sho ask, cd him whether ho was going to mako a home for her and maintain her. He eaid that lie wa's not. His Honour granted a decree nisi. Florence Hyams asked the Court to •divorce her from Benjamin Hyams on the ground that he was guilty of adultery. The' petitioner also-'mado -allegations concerning Hyams's health. His Honour granted. a decree nisi, and' gave the jDOtitioner, who ; was represented by Mr. 1 !*. W. Jackson, the custody of tho two children of tho marriage. Drunkenness on the part of the respondent was the groaud of Jessie Eoddan's petition for a. divorce. from John Roddan. The petitioner said that she was married in 1887. The respondent was an habitual drunkard, and had on several occasions been convicted of insobriety by- a Magistrate. He illtreated the petitioner when he was under tho influence of liquor. Mr. P. W. Jackson appeared for the petitioner. His Honour granted ft decree nisi. Walter Alfred Bowater alleged that his wife, Lydia Ann Bowater, had committed adultery -with her second cousin, Cecil Bowater. The respondent and the petitioner had formerly lived together in Petono and. Brooklyn/ and three months beforo the, respondent went away with the co-respondent her children told the petitioner that sho was misconducting herself. A decree nisi was made, and the co-respondent was ordered to pay costs. Mr. P. W. Jackson appeared in support of the petition. Adelaide Jane Tottey (Mr. P. W.Jackson) was granted a decree, nisi against her husband, Frederick Tottey, ,who had deserted her; and had failed to. maintain her during the'past five years. The petitioner was granted custody of the one child of the marriage.