LEGAL.

Auckland Star, Volume XXV, Issue 237, 4 October 1894, Page 8

LEGAL.

At Gbristchurch on September 7bh, ia the libel case, Hood Williams v. Kinsey, Mr Justice Denniston summed up strongly in favour of the defendant. The jury, aftec a retirement of eighteen minutes, returned a verdicb for bhe plaintiff for £25. The judge allowed cosbs as per scale, but refused to certify for a special jury*

In the Divorce Court, Dunedin, on Sept. 20, a decree nisi was granted in the case of Edmonds v. Edmonds, the wife's petition. Thomas David Edmonds and Francis Sarah Roes were married at Christchurch, and bwo children were born. . Habitual drunkenness, cruelty and adultery were proved against tbe husband, who waa unrepresented, and a decree was granted.

On Sept. 20 at the Supreme Court, Hia Honor Mr Justice Conolly heard a petition for divorce on the ground of alleged adultery. Thepetitioner was John James Parker, sawmiller, Elizabeth Heath Parker, dentandAlberbEdwardSbandleyteo-respon-denb). The petibion seboutthabonbhe4thoE September, 1875, petitioner was married to respondent (then Elizabeth Heath Clark, spinster) at Whakahare, in the province of Auckland ; thab after the marriage petitioner lived and co-habited with his wire ab Te Koporu, and thab bhe issue of the marriage was four children. The petitioner alleged that at divers times between the 31st of August, 1888, and the Slab of October, 1888, the respondent, at Auckland, committed adultery with Albert Edward Standley, sterootyper, and thab in the month of October, 1888,reBpondenb lefp Auckland in company with corespondenb for Australia, and subsequently lived and cohabited with him ab Melbourne and elsewhere. Furbher, petitioner believes and alleged thab respondent and eorespondenb are now Hying and cohabiting ab Brisbane, in the colony of Queensland. The pebitioner, a middle-aged man, in his evidence, deposed as to bhe marriage on the 4th September, 1875, and to the subsequent misconduct of his wife, and other evidence was given. His Honor granted the rule nisi for dissolution of the marriage, with costs against bhe co-respondent.