SUPREME COURT.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXII, Issue 1759, 26 May 1906, Page 3

SUPREME COURT.

REMARKABLE DIVORCE CASE,

A PROPERTY DEAL.

(Per Press Awoolatioo.)

Timaru, last night,

At the Supreme Court io-day there was only one criminal case, a youth being semoriced to four years’ hard labor for indecent assault on a sohool girl. He had not loog before served six months for a similar effence.

A case for nullification of marriage oame from Ashbnrton, the wife being the applicant. The ground of action was tbat she was a half blood nieca of her husband. The defence claimed aliberal reading of tbe table of prohibitions, wbioh mentions nieces, not balf nieces. Judge Cooper ruled that the law of Ecole.-iset'oal Coart) applied, aod these prohibited marriageo of balf blood relations ia tbat degree. A decree nisi was granred. A peculiarity of the case was tbat both tbe parties desired the application to fail, but wished to test the legality of tbe marriage. In a case of failure to complete tbe purchase of a property sold at auction for £I7OO, the vendor recovered £6OO damages (including £IOO paid as deposit), be showing that tbe market valae did not exceed £I4OO aud he bad been unable to get so much for it on an attempt to realise at tbe purchaser’s risk. Tbe defendant did not appear.