WIFE THREW RING

Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 1048, 12 August 1930, Page 1

WIFE THREW RING

HUSBAND’S PROTEST ENDS IN DIVORCE MARRIAGES DISSOLVED “When I remonstrated with my wife for coming home from the races under the influence of liquor, she told me she did not want to have anything more to do with me, and then took off her ring and threw it at me.” This evidence was given by Harold Oliver Scott (Mr. Allan Moody), in the Supreme Court today, in support of his petition for dissolution of his marriage with Ellen Scott, on the ground of desertion. The marriage took place in 1916, and his wife left home in 1926, according to the petitioner. A decree nisi was granted. UNHAPPY UNION “Our marriage was unhappy from the first, and there were constant quarrels,” declared Ethel May Smith (Mr. Singer) in the Supremo Court today, in support of her suit for divorce from Benjamin George Smith, on the ground of separation by mutual consent, According to the petitioner, the marriage took place in September, 1924, and there was one child. In July, 1926, she left home, taking the. baby, intending to go to her mother’s home and to seek work there. Her husband followed her and after conversations they agreed to separate so long as he had the child and did not have to maintain her. A decree nisi was granted. GROUND OF SEPARATION A decree nisi was granted to George McPherson (Mr. Allan Moody) against Jeanie McPherson, on the ground of separation by mutual consent. The parties were married in Glasgow in July, 1911, and parted in September, 1925.