DIVORCE CASE.—DISSOLUTION GRANTED.

Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 3799, 18 September 1883, Page 3

DIVORCE CASE.—DISSOLUTION GRANTED.

Wellington, This day. In the Divorce Court yesterday the case of Pizzey v. Fizzey and anotber was heard. The petitioner is a shepherd, formerly engaged in Canterbury, where he met the respondent, and they were married at Burkes Pass in 1880. The petition set forth that ho lived with the respondent at Burkes Pass for some time after the marriage, after which they removed to Glentannon station, Canterbury, and ho continued cohabiting with her until the 31st March, 18S2, when the petitioner alleges, his wife left him without reasonable cause, and has not since returned to cohabitation with him. In April of the same year, the petitioner further states, his wife committed adultery with one Henry Toogood, a shepherd at Benhoe station, with whom she went to reside, and is now living with him at Eiversdale station, Wairarapa East. In his evidence, Thomas Pizzey, the petitioner, stated that while he lived with his wife they never had an angry word together. He knew the co-respondent, with whom his wife became acquainted five or six months after they were married. Witness had no idea of her intention to leave him, and had no suspicion of there being anything between her and the co-respon-dent. He gave her a cheque to go into the town of Timaru to purchase some things for the winter, and she took some other money with her and never returned. After the lapse of a fortnight he fallowed her to Timaru, but could hear no tidings of her. On returning to his employers at Glentanuon station he found some letters that had been written by the co-respondent to his wife, from which it appeared that the pair was likely to come on to Wellington. Ho found them there in service at Mr Finnimore's farm. The respondent then promised to follow witness on to Napier in a month's time, ho having promised to take her back. Ho therefore went to Napier, but she did not turn Tip, and on coming back to Wellington ho learned that his wife and the co-respondent had gone together to Whareama, where he found them staying as man and wife. She told him that Toogood wished her to run away with him and she did so, and they were living very comfortably together. Witness told her she ought to be " jolly well ashamed of herself." His Honor granted a decree nisi.