SHORT CUT TO DIVORCE.
CONJUGAL RIGHTS FARCE
Press Association.
NEW PLYMOUTH, Oct. 1
Tlie conjugal rights restitution short cut to' divorce again came under the lash of Judge Den mat on when dealing with the “failure to comply” case to-day, . • ' “All vou have to do, lie said to petitioning counsel, “is to prove thatthe farce has been regularly gone through, and that each side has iegularly performed its share- of the Farce.” . , Petitioner then stepped into the box, and the following exchange took place -between the Judge and him: Your name? —Arthur John layJor. You are oeititioner? —I es. You've got your decree? —' es. Your wife hasn’t returned to you? —No. .. And van want vour divorce? —\e-s. His Honor: Well, you can have it.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2000, 2 October 1907, Page 1
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