THE LAST ON THE LIST.

Te Aroha News, Volume VII, Issue 384, 13 July 1889, Page 4

THE LAST ON THE LIST.

Mrs Robinson's ca^e, No 116, was the last on the list. She is a well-built lady, rather tall, of commanding figure, grey eyes and dark hair tinged with grey. Her full face and square, resolute jaw denoted that she ■was a woman of determination and perseverance. She was well diessed in a black siik and velvet gown with jet trimming*. She said she married Mr Robinson in December, 1876, and had two children — a girl and a boy, aged nine and eleven years. In her petition she asks lor a dissolution of marriage on the ground of cruelty and adultery, but when she stood before Justice Butt and opened her case she added another charge — four years' desertion. Justice Butt said that he could not take " desertion "' into consideration unless it were stated in the petition, and looking over the papers he was unable to find the charge there specified. However, he would hear what she had to say. She went on to state that in September and October of 1882 she was left with her children — one dying — without money for support. In reply to a question she said that Mr Robinson had just abandoned his position on the " Daily Telegraph," which brought him an income of £1,000 a year.