PATEA DIVORCE CASE.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 237, 30 September 1908, Page 4

PATEA DIVORCE CASE.

The attention of liis Honor .Mr. Justice DcnniVton yesterday .morning wys. o.cc'upied by I'lie hearing oi' an undefended (divorce case 'in which Albert William ltobert .Mould fur divorce from A line Ellen JJuuld. respondent, on thei tgiounds of adultery 'with (JeraUlj iMMlahon. 'co-re.ipomlent. ill'. (Juillbuui i!or |m'Li Lioiier. No appearance oi I hi? despondent or uwospomleut. The petitioner, a .butcher, resident in, tl'alea, produced a copy of the ccrtiJieatei Df his marriage -witli the resnondent iir IIPOI, There 'were two ehihl/en. Atler ;narriage. he lived at-.Wellington for si* ■months, and ,sine,e then» ,in Patea, wuhj ihik wiii'e, until a .year ago, when they) Ki'jwruted l . 1 lis wi'e iwas of n jealous deposition, and used to tantalise him. »So they separated, by mutual consent; ciMl went to live in, a, •cottage towisi.rdis ( ( 1k» rear of t'he ilie allowed her &"> s a and her, mical, -die keeping tbe children. lie ■used to visit ilier mr'aisiionaily, as her ihtiisba.nd. The respondent did a little iwo'rk for j\frs, KiUwater at a, boar.U jug-house, where the co - respondeat) jAteMahon lived. On Saturday, 22ml August last, thie petitioner was in hisfrhop during tlie evening, lie could 1101 «ee his -wife atb.out, and, 'knowing thai, on (Saturday evening's she sometimes Jel't, the children at home alone, he we.'iti to see'that they 'were all right, lie noticed that the cottage was ligiited .which, wjus unusual, lie went ibactk to jtOie fi'liop and put one of the lads in riiarge, and tiien w.ent l/ack to inves:,ilie ,sa\Wihis wlife talking to a lad>'| i\t the -door, and heard her say s.he was ij'u'st, going to ibed. His wife aeeoiiH !;)ani<"tl lier visitor to the gate, anl ( : i-tood there for s<jine few inunutfs aittn 'her departure. Then h-e saw -his wifo fro 'back to tihe cottage with -VlcMiihon. filhi -jiair went inside and locked the. idoor. WUh'aiview of having a witness to any : rurtlk"r happenings he went badi, 'to thi» whop and got. d'lred. Vosjwr. ail Wsistant, to go Klown to the cottage) iwitji liim. I1j» tried the front door; i<, wvas Nicked. He tihen -went to the bed-1, iroom (window, because lie lusir K'omo imovements in that room. 11'.* I'iilled out, "Alice, I'm coming in." an;l) iwitli th'at he pushed up the window lUh'. .pulled aside 'lihe blind ajul curtain, lie, yaw l his wfcfe ;\ud ( Mt'M!ahon in a eom--1 promising situation. H<- wouldih'a go, i and t'liey hud -,\> sort of a soullle. lie t-alled to .Yosper, whom the respondent , admitted 'by the front door, explaining i idie was afraid her luu'bajid would kill ' 'the man or ido him some harm. A* \ iVosper came in witness pulled McMahon ( tfrom under the bed and .started to 'hit * ihim, \buti A'osper came l)et'Ween tlK'in.i ttiwl advised liim to desist. VospeT than '> nvent for the poiiw, awl petitioner keptt 3 rthe co Teis])oitdent tht-re AWltil the "police

came. The respondent and leo-re-spo:)-<lent hiul {lkjMi ;k"f't jhe town since, and ipetitioiKM' had icustody of t.he <;hildrul. Frederick Thomas t Vesper, butcher's, lash'islant. Hiving at Patea, working for it ho petitioner, gave corroborative evidence f>i serin the act of adul•leiy. Saw Mould pull MdMahon tinder the lied. Bould 'remarked, "I've ■caught von in tlw act/' and the otJitM'; (admitted it. Witness interfered when

'liuiild /lii'gnn 1o puueli llie other mail, and t.lu'll went fur the IcoiiAtable. Petitioner and co-respondent. were still Ktamlinjr 'in the passage 'when the contitmlili" lea me. .

(Icorge Fi'anriis Sherwood, daiiynia]!, living iin I'alwi, gave evidence of seeing petitioner and 00-respomlenl im thefoLlage. Jioulil was excited, and said, "Thi* is a .nice thing.'' Witness' asked, "Wh,,' s what's the matter?" Bould answered, '"I taught this' nia,n in .hero with my 'wife.'' After a ifenv linoments Mellaiion 'said, "I'm icauglit, like a rat in 111*' 'trap." A little later Constable O'Jlrien. tame iir and ito'ld IM<*Miilum to go.

A .deem* ,nitsi whs granted, to be made 'absolute iin three 'mouth's. CohU on. itho lowest sfcalc were granted against •the (.'O-rc&iHMMienit.