FORCED FROM HOME
WIFE GRANTED DIVORCE
(By Telegraph—Press Association.) . ■ ■' AUCKLAND, June 2.
"1 was married in August, 1910, in response to the dying wish of my first husband," said Jean Mitchell Rea in applying in the Supreme Court for a dissolution' of . her marriage ' with
Thomas William Rea. , _ *. "' The petitioner said that there was one son of her first' marriage now aged 30, but no children of the second marThe parties lived at Katikati ■ and Waihi. The petitioner said .that-her married life with her second husband had been very unhappy. He. was a heavy drinker and.refused to work,on the farm. He had several times lockedher out of the house, and on / another occasion'had threatened to kill.her. ~; , Mr Justice Smith: What did he say?: Petitioner: He told.me I would. not| see the light of another day. He caught me by the throat. On another occasion he threatened to kill me. , , ■■. She left for Australia and had since supported her son, petitioner added; She had not seen her husband for 10. "This is a'case in which a husband forced his wife .from home—desertion, therefore, on the part of the husband, said his Honour. A decree nisi was granted.' ;. ■ - ; \i.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19370603.2.20
Bibliographic details
Evening Post, Volume CXXIII, Issue 130, 3 June 1937, Page 6
Word Count
197FORCED FROM HOME Evening Post, Volume CXXIII, Issue 130, 3 June 1937, Page 6
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Evening Post. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in