THE AUPO DIVORCE CASE.

Auckland Star, Volume XXIII, Issue 252, 21 October 1892, Page 3

THE AUPO DIVORCE CASE.

/URTHER DETAILS.

t PECULIAR CASE,

(BY TIiEGBAPH.—PRESS ASSOCIATION.) jf

\ 'v|' Napiee, thia day. % YESTEEDir afternoon the cross-examina* tion \of Mrs Joshua was continued. She depsed that she had lived with Johua four years before the marriage/but before living with him ha had promied to marry her. She passed as Mrs Josba, and was introduced to his friends aid her own relations aa his wife. She waa fsated as his wife, and was always loyal to bin. It was at Joshua's requesh the marrigo was postponed; one reason he advantid for this was his religion, ha being a Jw, while she was not. He said it would | love his mother, who wag then old—inde 1, it might kill her, as two of his brothers ad already married Christians. He promi jd to marry her within the year, but put itoff for the same reason. As a matter of fact, he did marry her on the date nadtd in the certificate. Had her not donelo, she would have lefb him. They livel first in Portland Place, and afterwardi; in Gloucester Place, and Bhe< wont to Paris as Mrs Joshua. Her mother visited herin Portland Place. They then lived at Paugbuurne, and had servants and horles there, renting a furnished cottage. Ab other places. they rented apartments as man and wife. ; She) visited and was visited in return by the neighbours who regarded her as his. wife. Her mother did nob know that she: was noti t married to him until she was toldS by Mr McLean in connection with the present proceedings; nor did Miss- Joshua know until witness told her after leaving Auckland. The quarrels {between witness and her husband commenced when she went to i

Taupo in 1890. He then spoke to her both at Taupo and Farndon as a man should nob speak to his wife, and he became worse towards the end of the year. She knew of nothing to justify the insinuation that* Audio Tuft was treated otherwise than as a servant). Mrs Kemp wrote saying she did not want Annie Tuf D back at the Spa, and witness showed the letter to her husband. This was before Mr Joshua opened her letters to her mother and read them. Mrs Kemp gave no defi> nito reasons for her request, except! that she did not like Annie Tuft.: Her husband replied " Oh, the old lady is prejudiced," or something to that! effect. Witness had told her mother thaft Annie Tuft was going back to the Spa. Mr Joshua was going to take her at the; beginning of the season, but witness insisted that Annie Tuft should noli go, and. Mr Joshua did not go until January. Miss Miller was the first to speak to witness of anything between Mr Joshua and Annie Tuffc. That was on the day after the final quarrel. Miss Joshua told Miss Miller what Mrs Kemp had said, and Miss Miller repeated it to witness. Tha communication was that Mrs Kemp had; said she had turned Annie Tuft out of Mr Joshua's bedroom at night after telling her not to go there. Miss Joshua was then eighteen, but ehe was quite a child and had no knowledge of worldly affairs. Miss Joshua was present when witness pieced Miss Tuft's letters together at Taupo, When witness called Mr Wright's attention to the postscript which hod been particu* lady mentioned, he remarked that he knew M r Joshua wrote to her and received letters from her every week.

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