SUPREME COURT.
[IIY TKLJiGItAI’IL —I’ER J'ItKSS ASSOCIATION.] ABORTION CASES. DUNEDIN. Alay 14. The third abortion case, heard at the Supreme Court session concluded today v. b.-n Mary .lane Clark and Edith Fowler were acquitted. The < liit-f witness, lln'ilon, said that Fowler was m.t he woman she saw. At the Supreme Court. Ruth Crnnsfield. for abortion, was ordered two years’ imprisonment on each of two counts, l lie tenlences to be cumulative. Archibald Campe 41 Sim. for false pretences in i nner lion with the Dora Derby ringing-in ease, was released on two years’ probation, and was ordered to pay the cost of the prosecution, t-54.
DIVORCE CASE. WITH rxrsi'.u, EKATERES. WEI.IJXOTOX, Alay II A divorce case possessing nmisir.il features was before the Supreme Court to-day, when John Ernest Denton marine engineer, AC ollington, applied for a dissolution of his marriage with Eilyili Denton, on the grounds of mis conduct with Benjamin Francis Carrington. sea ettpiain. and also wif.n Herbert Rosenberg, jeweller, Wellington. Petitioner stated lie was an engineer, and while at Home on war servin' met the respondent and married her. They led a happy life for some years after coming to New Zealand, hut later she took to drink. W hile the petitioner was at Uannier and in hospital, his wife was alleged to have in'soomlneted herself, first with Carrington and t!i<‘ii with Rosenberg. i. pen the husband being discharged from tie hospital, lie searched in the house and found a large number of empty bottles, also many valuable presents—rings, gold eurli chains, and wristlet watches. He also alleged that when the petitioner, who was in receipt of a pension from the Poyal Naval authorities, came home early one morning, lie found Rosenberg in his pyjamas making lea for the respondent. JHs wife used In wait for the milkman about 1 o'clock in the morning. The husband, in view of what the neighbours might think upon the subject, advised his wire to discontinue the practice. The case is unfinished.
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Hokitika Guardian, 15 May 1923, Page 1
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