IN DIVORCE.
PRENTICE v. PRENTICE. At the last sittings of the Supreme Court at Hamilton, Prentice applied for a Ellen M. Prentice, on the group d of adultery. ' There was no appearance of respondent. It was in the petition that respondent hafl ' v ; been guilty of misconduct with two : men, unknown, in Wellington. Petitioner, a farmer, Pirongia, gave evidence that he was married on April 13tli, 1903, at Foxton, and he and his wife lived happily together until December, 1917, there . being six children of the marriage, one of whom died. In December, 1917, respondent left him, and went to Wellington, and in April of last year was prosecuted and convicted for assisting in keeping a house of ill-fame.
An affidavit by A. E. Seaton, solicitor, was put in, stating that respondent admitted committing adultery with two men, whose names she did not know. A decree nisi was granted, torfcc made absolute at the cxpiratioiYof three months. The interim custody of the children was given to the petitioner.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XLI, Issue 2005, 22 July 1919, Page 2
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168IN DIVORCE. Manawatu Herald, Volume XLI, Issue 2005, 22 July 1919, Page 2
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