MATRIMONIAL SHIPWRECKS

Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 204, 17 November 1927, Page 11

MATRIMONIAL SHIPWRECKS

BUSY DAY AT SUPREME COURT SIXTY-SIX PETITIONS ON LIST rE hum of voices, as people conversed in groups and pairs in and about the precincts of the Supreme Court, greeted the visitor this morning. It was divorce day, the day on which unhappy couples enter into the first stage that is to set them free from the bonds of matrimony.

\yiTH 66 petitions on the list, Mr.

Justice Herdman faced a formidable array of people, but ttye disposal of such a number of applicants does not take long when evidence is to the point and conclusive enough to convince the Judge that a couple would be better apart. Of the big list, which is much in excess of that presented three months ago, quite a few did not come on. but will be disposed of during the remainder of the session. DESERTION AND SEPARATION

Married in 1912, Edward William Percival Lintern developed peculiar traits toward Elsie Marian Lintern (Mr. Hogben). He used to lock her out o£ the house. In 1917 he left her. There was another woman in the case. He returned later, but went off again and had not come back to her. A decree nisi was granted. Amy Louden (Mr. Fraer) married Charles Percy Louden in March, 191 S. There were four children. In 1923 they agreed to separate. She had not lived with him since. A decree nisi was granted. After his return frbm the war in 1919, Norman Carne (Mr. Burton) found that his wife, Florance Cora Carne, would not live with him. They were married in 1917. She had never come back to him. A decree nisi was granted. Margaret Louisa Robertson (Mr. R. A. Singer) was deserted by Charles Gillett Lennox Robertson in 1914. They were married in 1912. Two years later he went to England, taking his daughter. She was to follow in a year. From that day she had not seen him and had received only £ 60. He told her he was living with another woman. A decree nisi was granted.

Desertion was the ground upon which Ada Porter (Mr. Towle) secured a decree nisi against Albert Harding Porter. They were married in 1894, and lived together until 1914, when he left her and had not returned.

Cecil Carlyle Lees (Mr. Towle) was granted a decree nisi against Annie Lees on the ground of desertion. Married in 1907, they came to New Zealand and lived together until 1924, when she left him. She had not returned.

Ellen Hawkes (Mr. Bennett) married John Hawkes in May, 1914. In 1923 he deserted her and had not returned. A decree nisi was granted. Ten years after marriage. Michael John Kennedy deserted Elizabeth Isabel Kennedy (Mr. J. F. W. Dickson) and had not returned. The parties were married in 1914 and there were no children. A decree nisi was granted. Arthur Hesketh (Mr. Hall) married Myra Adela Osborne Hesketh in 1918. Four years la{er petitioner went away on a ship, and on his return his wife had gone away not to return to him. A decree nisi was granted. A decree nisi was granted Dorothy Louisa Howes (Mr. Matthews) against Harold Frederick Howes, for desertion. Married in 1915, they lived together until 1924 when he left her and had not returned. He was always lazy and would not work, she said.

A decree nisi was granted Mary Augusta Hodson (Mr. Towle) against George' Hodson for desertion. The marriage took place in 1919, but it was not a happy one. The respondent left her and refused to return.

FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH ORDERS After a marriage or 21 years Bertha | McNaull left Robert McNaull for no j apparent reason, and had not returned, j The two were married on December ! 14, 1906. In 1927 the petitioner (Mr. Garland) obtained an order for restituj tion of conjugal rights. That had not j been obeyed. A decree nisi was made. A decree nisi was granted Sydney A. i Blake (Mr. Matthews) against Elizabeth Blake for failure to comply with ian order for restitution of conjugal j rights. They were married in 1921 1 and in August last he obtained the order which she had ignored. Failure to comply with an order for restitution was the ground upon which Florence Lilly Elliott Porteous (Mr. Woods) obtained a decree nisi against David Kerr Porteous. She was married in 1925, and in March last obtained the order. Edward Austin Murrell (Mr. Perry) obtained a decree nisi against May Murrell for failing to obey an order of restitution. They married in 1915 and he obtained the order in Mav last’ Lucy Flora Jessop would not obey an order for restitution obtained hy Frank Jessop (Mr. R. A. Singer), and he was granted a decree nisi. The marriage took place in December. 1922, and in May last he obtained the order. Finding they could not agree Mary Catherine Parker (Mr. Matthews) and Herbert Parker decided to separate. They were married in • ISB9, and in 1920 separated and had not lived together since. A decree nisi was granted. . A decree nisi was granted Treffena Bennett (Mr. Dickson) against Cyril Edward Bennett. The petitioner was married in 1921 and left him in 1924 because of his cruelty. A decree nisi was granted Eileen Harriett Brown (Mr. Fleming) against David Bryden Brown on the ground of separation. In 1906 she obtained a separation order and had not lived with him since. William Ernest Johns (Mr. Singer) obtained a decree nisi against Mary Teresa Johns for separation over three years. Mildred Isabel Campbell (Mr. Wilkin) was granted a decree nisi against Robert Louis Campbell for failure to comply with an order of restitution. They were married In 1913 and the order was made early this year. Married a year ago Thomas Edward Dowdle (Mr. Tong) found life unhappy with Laura Eleanor Dowdle. She left him early this year, and he obtained an order for restitution which had not been obeyed. A decree nisi was made. ORDERED TO RETURN

Elizabeth Frances Aitken was ordered to return to Andrew Irvine Aitken (Mr. Matthews) within 14 days. The parties were married in 1922, and in 1926 she went to Melbourne and had not returned. An order for institution was obtained by Henry Richard McGarry against Emily Shirley McGarry. The respondent was ordered to return within 21 days. The petition of Laura May Clemence (Mr. Goldstine) was brought against Ernest Clemence by Edward George Edwards, her guardian. The petitioner was married on November 20, 1925, but on the day of the wedding her husband left her and had not lived with her on any occasion. She applied for an order of restitution. The respondent was ordered to return within 28 days.