THE DIVORCE COURT.

Evening Star, Issue 3971, 16 November 1875, Page 2

THE DIVORCE COURT.

On the motion of Mr Hart, the decree nisi in the case of Spittal v. Spittal, of Dunedin, was made a decree absolute for dissolution of marriage. In the case of Thomas v. Thomas and Hayes," of Dunedin, correspondent, which was an application for a decree nisi for a dissolution of marriage, it appeared from the evidence taken before a commission ordered by Judge Williams, that Susan Thomas bad committed acts of adultery, two gross instances being testified to by Charles Palmer Turner, a groom at the White Horse Hotel, at Dunedin. It also appeared that the corespondent was much given to drink. During the examination of the case, their Honors discovered that, according to the evidence of the groom, those acts of adultery testified to happened several months after the application for divorce on the ground of adultery, so that the alleged adultery had not been proved at all. The Court was therefore of opinion that the case bad not been so established as to warrant a decree nisi, and it was ordered that the case stand over till Monday next, so as to allow counsel an opportunity of producing authorities as to what the effect of the dismissal of the case would be, the original intention of Court having been to grant a nonsuit.