SUPREME COURT.
WELLINGTON SESSIONS. By Telegraph.—Press Association. Wellington, June 4. A divorce case involving a claim for damages amounting to £4OOO is being heard at the Supreme Court. The petitioner is Albert Ernest Orlando Brooks, building contractor, of Te Ore Ore, Masterton, the respondent being Cecilia Myrtle Brooks, and the co-respondent Donald MclCenzie,' of Hillend, Bideford, Masterton. The grounds for the petition are adultery. The parties were married in 1901 in Taranaki, and there had been four children of the union. Between October, 1915, and December, 1918, it was alleged that respondent had been guilty of misconduct with McKenzie at various places, including his farm. Petitioner, as a contractor, was frequently away from home, and the misconduct, said the counsel, took place in his absence. Respondent claimed two more children than were mentioned in the petition, but it was contended that two were not children of the petitioner. Respondent had admitted the adultery. McKenzie was a wealthy man, worth £30,000 or £40,000, and to respondent he gave now a £5 note, now a £lO note, gifts of which respondent used to boast.
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Taranaki Daily News, 5 June 1919, Page 2
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182SUPREME COURT. Taranaki Daily News, 5 June 1919, Page 2
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