LUNACY AND DIVORCE.
By the new provisions brought in by an act of last session, lunacy was made the ground of a divorce. The first case of the kind in New Zealand was brought on yesterday (says the Post). By direction of the court the press was asked to refer to the parties as A. v. B. The petitioner deposed that she married respondent in 1888 at Wellington, and that there were
three children of the marriage, two ot them being still alive. Respondent had, she said, been an inmate ot Mount View and Porirua mental hospitals during the last 13 years. Corroborative evidence was given by D. Hassell, superintendent of the Porirua hospital. His Honour said he thought in this case that a decree nisi must be made ; there was no discretion left to the court. It two matters were proved—that was if the respondent was mentally afflicted and had been confined not less than ten years, within twelve years prior to the petition, and was not likely to recover from lunacy, and that there had been nothing in the condition of the petitioner or her habits to contribute to the lunacy, the court must pronounce a decree. His Honour was satisfied the case was established.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XXX, Issue 430, 29 August 1908, Page 2
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207LUNACY AND DIVORCE. Manawatu Herald, Volume XXX, Issue 430, 29 August 1908, Page 2
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