The " Glass Eye " Divorce Case.
JUDICIAL DECISION. Judgment has, says Dalziel, been delivered at C'incinatti in th.? remarkable action for divorce brought by Charles Kraus against his wife Katharine He alleged thai ah» had a glass eye and a false leg, and that as these imperfections did not become known to him until after the marriage, deception was practised upon him which entitled him to a divorce. He contended also that as he had not married a complete woman, as he had hoped to do, be Bhould be roleased from his obligations. Judge Davis, before whom the case was heard, decided in favour of the wife and dismissed the petition. In giving j ldgment he said the wife had never been asked before marriaga wbe!h;r she had any physical defects, and consequent tly there could be no positive deceit. Dealing with the legal aspects of the case he said : "Id is nofc unlawful to attract mankind with the devices and attachments used to improve the work of nature. Otherwise, why Bhould not false hair and other falsities, peculiar to females, be made a ground of divorce."
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Manawatu Herald, 16 May 1899, Page 3
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186The "Glass Eye" Divorce Case. Manawatu Herald, 16 May 1899, Page 3
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