Divorce Sandery.
COMMENT BY A JUDGK.. ... U'tr Praw AaaoeiaUon.)-. WELLINGTON,: August B.> In the Supreme Court this morning John Shepherd was granted a, decree niei against his wife L&oUtla Shepherd, on the ground of the latter'* misconduct with John Sandery. No / evidence was givon for the, defence* ■ "*■ Mr Justice JDenniston said tfcat ,tiw fact that the case was. defended bv tlie woman was one of the most (%» graceful things he had evei heard of. Tho cose gave «n illustration oi the hardship sometimes thrown up* on a man of having to &«d mon»Jf* 1 to enable his wife ,to defend an in*defensible case. In (act. it was. unique in his experience to, see res* • liondcnt and co-respondent in the court together, and sitting, together, flaunting themselves before the/' court in their mutual relations, an)} ho trusted that the petitioner would succeed in recovering from the co- C respondent the costs which he had much satisfaction in giving against him.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVI, Issue 185, 10 August 1904, Page 2
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159Divorce Sandery. Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVI, Issue 185, 10 August 1904, Page 2
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