MARRIAGES THAT FAILED.

Auckland Star, Volume LI, Issue 127, 28 May 1920, Page 2

MARRIAGES THAT FAILED.

UNDEFENDED PETITIONS. __ WIFE LOCKED OUT. i Seventeen years ago Daisy J. Heard t was locked out of her house by her hus- t band, David William Heard, and her in- j timation that she was prepared to re- ( turn jf he did not persist in violent and i threatening trfatment met with no re- t cognition by, her partner, who sold up i the house arid disappeared —to America c she believed. Petitioner, represented v •by Mr. Singer, said that she was mar- f ried in 1899, and had lived at Opotiki t and Waihi, no children resulting from a the union. Her husband's treatment at v times had been brutal. She had not seen, c or heard from him in any manner since he locked her out, and she had to support herself throughout the long period of : desertion. A decree nisi was the judgment, His Honor*'also agreeing to a- • formal order for costs in the event of ' the respondent being discovered. A TORQUAY WOMAN.

An unfortunate story of her husband's unfaithfulness was unfolded by Mary M-cCrosbie Findlay (Mr. Dickson), who found her husband in Scotland in 1899. They came to New Zealand, and her partner, John Findlay, subsequently went to the war. He returned with a ■war disablement, and admitted his unfaithfulness while at Torquay. The repondent entered the box and confessed to having committed adultery. A decree nisi and £30 costs was the judgment. ANOTHER DECREE MADE. Marion Josephine Newton (Mr. Allan -Moody), in her petition against James Newton, stated that she was married at the age of. 17 in 1909, and after living at Auckland and Gisborne was wilfully deserted in 1914. His Honor granted a decree nisi and costs of £25. DISSOLUTIONS APPROVED. In the case of Sarah Rove, heard this morning, in which the petitioner made allegations of persistent cruelty, judgment, which was reserved from, yesterday, was given, a decree nisi being granted. His Honor found that desertion was proved under sub-section 1 of the Divorce Amendment Act, 1917.

Theresa Carpenter was also granted a decree nisi against Albert E. Carpenter, against whom misconduct was proved.

Misconduct was also the ground on which Eva May Ellis ,(Mr. Dickson) applied for a dissolution from Alfred Morlcy Ellis, to whom she was married at Auckland in 1912. A written admission of the husband's infidelity was forthcoming, and the decree nisi was ordered. . CAUGHT AND. CONFESSED. ' Henrietta Elizabeth. Bridgen (Mr. J. F. W. Dickson), in her petition against .Cecil Bridgen, a motor mechanic, related that she was married at St, Pancras, London, in 1911, and later came to New Zealand and lived at Pio Pio. There was one child of the marriage. In 1918 she suspected her husband's faithfulness, and she observed her husband in. company with other women in Auckland. » A private detective eventually found the respondent living with another woman at a city hotel, and obtained a confession of his conduct. A decree nisi was ordered and £25 costs allowed, the - petitioner being given custody of the child.

ATTRACTIVE, SWEET G__._ The infidelity of Henry David Russell, a confectioner, of Karangahape Road, took place at his business, according to the petition of his wife, Harriette Rusßell (Mr. J. F. W. Dickson). She stated that »he was married at Auckland in 1910, three children being born. She alleged that her husband and herself early fell out, and that he had failed to contribute to her support. He was on very friendy terms with one of.the girls in the shop, but scoffed at his wife's suggestion of misconduct with other women, and told her if she thought he was not faithful to pay him back in his own coin by enjoying herself. Eventually he went to Sydney in 1919, presumably on business, but had not since returned. In his absence she discovered a letter in an old coat of respondent's which strengthened her suspicions. A private inquiry agent also testified that he had observed respondent to be on affectionate terms with the sweet assistant and another -woman.

A decree nisi was granted, to be moved absolute in three months, while the costs were fixed at £15, custody of the children being granted petitioner.