SUPREME COURT.—Thursday.

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SUPREME COURT.— Thursday.

IN DIVORCE. [Before his Honor Sir .George Alfred Arney, Chief Justice.] Overton t- Overton. —This was a petition for a dissolution of marriage on the grounds of adultery and cruelty by the husband. Mr MncCormick appeared in support of the petitioner. The application came under the Divorce and Matrimonial Causes Act, and was the first one which had been brought before the Supreme Court in divorce in tins Province. The petition set out that the petitioner and respondent were lawfully married according to the rites of the English Episcopalian Church on the 13th of September, 1870, and that they cohalrf* ted as man and wife up to February, 1872 ; that the corespondent committed adultery witli two females well k'no\yn of had repute, and named Susan Saunders and Eliza Cook, as also that he cohabite i with divers other females ; also that lie had used vile language and abusive epithets towards her. The petition set out other details which are not fit for publication. The issues to go before the jury were :—Was the petitioner lawfully married to the respondent at the date mentioned ? Were the acts of adultery, alleged in the petition, committed by the respondent? Mr MacCormick stated that a copy of the petition with the usual citations, had been served on the respondent, hut he had very shortly after left the colony. The petitioner had married against the wish and consent of her guardians. This was no doubt the cause why for so loag a period she concealed from them the treatment she had received from her husband. The Rev. David Jones, Clerk in Holy Orders, proved the marriage between the petitioner Phoebe Overton and Charles Overton, on the 13th September, 1870, at St. Matthew’s Church. Maiden name, Phoobo Dennct. Extract from the parish register handed in. Drs. Hooper and Stockwell gave evidence confirming the allegations contained in the petition. Three females were examined also in support. The Court adjourned at this stage at 7 o’clock, until tomorrow (this moaning).— Crons.