Tales of Marital Misery.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 7908, 25 August 1905, Page 2

Tales of Marital Misery.

Desertion, Cruelty and Adultery. (ret Press Assiixtiatioa.) AUCKLAND, Aug. 24. At the Supreme Court to-uay, llis Honour heard three out o[ seven divorce casus set uown for hearing. Iho tale o( liow a man leu his wile ten days after marriage, was related by an attractive-looking joung woman i-iorenue Mary Laugiidge, who petii lioned for a decree nisi. Mr Martin, on behalf of petitioner, stated that tl'.e application was lodged on account oi desertion and failure 10 support, 'llie parties, he said, were only married for ten days when respondent left for the Straits tiettlement j that was seven years ago, and since then- his wife had not seen him.

After neanng evidence, His Honour granted a decree nisi to be made absolute after. three months, with custody of a child. Costs were granted against respondent.

The next application tor ■ a decree nisi was that of a hairdresser named ueorge Edward White, in which Edgar James Chitliam was named as co-respondent.

White said he married respondent, Margaret Jane White, in England on Aug. 18, 1891). They, afterwards came out to New Zealand. Co-respondent i was formerly a friend o! his. Mr Reed (for petitioner); Whit was he ?

Petitioner : From all I could see ho appeared to live by his wits. He was* asoi t of -disqualified jockey. In December, 1903, respondent paid a visit to her aunt down South, and sulfee- ? retu . r , net1 ' the beginning oi 1904 she paid another visit to the same place, and while she was away he heard rumours to the effect that she was living with co-respondent as his wife at Palmerston North. The nexi thing he heard was that respondent and co-respondent had returned wete livin S as man and wife. Petitioner saw Ohitham, whom he taxed with having led away his wife. He s-aid he couldn't help it he loved her so much. His wife and Ohitham afterwards left for Palmerston North. He tried -to find them, but could not. Petitioner put the matter in the hands of his solicitor, who discovered that respondent and Qreymoufe ent Were Uving togetieriH

In the case or Jessie Langley, y Stephen Langley, a decree nisi waa granted on the ground of habitual ma"Sr S ' CrUelty and tailure to