DISSOLUTION OF MARRIAGE

Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 11, 8 October 1919, Page 3

DISSOLUTION OF MARRIAGE

UNDEFENDED DIVORCE CASES. Two undefended divorce cases were heard in the. Supreme. Court yesterday by His Honour Mr. Justice Sim. Ethol.Mary'Thonison.eought a dissolution of-her marriage with William Alexander Thomson on the ground of misconduct. Mr. T. Jfeavc appeared for the petitioner. The parties were married on December 13,1913, at Blenheim, and lived there until'- the -beginning of last year, when respondent came to Wellington, and ] petitioner followed two months i later. There were two children of .tlio | marriage. In April last year while liv- ; in* in Queen Street petitioner found ; some compromising letters in respondent's ' pockets. They, were in the handwriting j of a female and signed "13. H." Re- . spondent some months- later admitted I that he had been misconducting himself with tho woman in question. Petitioner j then left her husband. When ho iirst | came to Wellington he was an operator j at the Queen's Theatre and the woman | in question was ticket-seller there. Mr. Xeave intimated that this was all tlio evidence he had to offer. Ilis Honour said ho desired corroborative evidence, and the ea.« was adjourned to Friday\ in order that this might be produced. Mr. C. W. Tringham .watched the case for the respondent and consented to an order against him to pay £1 a week and lfls. a, week towards tho' support of each child. HOWARD 'v. HOWARD. Mabel Charity Howard, for whom Mr. T. Ncave. appeared, sought a, dissolution of her marriage .with Frederick William Howard on tlio ground of misconduct. Tho parties were married at Featherston on November i, 1915, and lived at Featherston until their separation. There were no children of the marriage. Tho respondent was a grocer carrying on business' at Featherston. In October, 11117, petitioner went into a private hospital in Wellington,-rind was there some weeks .and then returned to Featherston. Before returning shu invited the night nurse at tne hospital to stay withher. and the latter did so. and while tho nurse was there the petitioner" became seriously ill again and hnd to return to Wellington on February t, 1918, leaving the nurse to keep house for her. Witness returned later and the ' rmrsfc stayed on at the house. For some time petitioner had no idea that anything had been wrong; Inter she made a discovery and taxed her husband with misconduct, which he admitted. In -May, 1918, he went into tamp nud was .there until the armifitico was signed. The respondent was now living at Waipukurau. Corroborative evidence having been gives His Honour granted a deermi nisi, to be made absolute in three mouths.