UNHAPPY MARRIAGES.

Auckland Star, Volume LIII, Issue 249, 20 October 1922, Page 5

UNHAPPY MARRIAGES.

.. I SEVERAL DECREES GRANTED. ADULTERY AN'L) DESERTION. \ lv the Supreme Court this mornin; | his Honor Mr. Justice Herdman granted ; eight decrees nisi in undefended divnree I actions. ! WIFE ADDICTED TO DRINK. ji Charles Frederick iSmit.li. draiiuiue J contractor, of Auckland, who petitioned j for a dissolution of his marriage, w.is ; represented by Mr. Ivirker. The cvi- ~ dfiiiee showed that petitioner wan mar- i, j ried in 1891. and there wore four rhil ! 1 dren, three of whom died. Respondent lett petitioner in July. HUT. and had i Rince not returned. She was addicted , to drink. They had lived together at Dargaville. Whangarei and De.votipor;. I A dc.'rce nisi was granted, to he moved ' I absolute ii) three months. ! HIS SECOND WIFE. j i .Tustii-i- W. Hobhs, an elderly in,in. ' j supported his petition by deposing that ! respondent, when lie married in liiOJ, I wae hi» second wife. He lived with her jin Southland till 100s. hut she -hru- ! tally ill-treated the children'- of his I former marriage. Respondent left him in tliat year, and had since received 7/ii per week from petitioner. There .vere no children of the marriage. A dene.- : nici was granted. i .SN" UNFAITHFUL WIFE. ' Arthur \Vm. Cashmore. of Ponsonhy. j petitioned for a dissolution of his mar- ' riege on the ground nf desertion and I adultery. The marriage took place in ! 1910. and there were two children. ; About three years ago petitioner suf- ; fered a severe illness, and had since I been in indifferent health. His wife ! I seemed to lieeome estranged after his I sickness, and she absented herself from J tin , home — on one occasion for two weeks. Evidence wan adduced to prove j j firiuHery with a married man. The I decree, as sought, was granted. Mr. j J Hagnall represented petitioner. I • CKUELTY IN" THE HUME. j . i I ] Mary l>. Denhnm was successful in i oljteinili"; a decree nisi. \lcr story was '■ that sh« married Oeorg.- Denha'ni in ! l»03. and there were four children. The! family lived at Auckland and later ai i Devonport, but in l!)l!t respondent let! | petitioner to fend for herself. He was ] I frequently drunk prior to the separn- ! tion, and" had sometimes heen cruel to i her. She had heen maintained under j the terms of a separation order since ; i 11)10. An order for the custody of the I children was made, respondent being ' orrtered to pny eosls on the lower scale. ] Mr. Glaister appeared for petitioner. I j A rAITIUJ'.SS HUSBAND. ' Sarah Jane Pearson (Mr. Moody) j was granted the necessary decree in. respect of the dissolution of her marriage with Krnest Herbert Pearson. I There were five children of the uiar-j riage, which was celebrated in llioti. A| letter was produced, and evidence ad-' ilueed by a daughter, proving adultery, on the part of respondent during i petitioner's absence while in hospital. Hespondent was ordered to pay costs on the lower scale, expenses, etc. ] A WAR -IARRIAGK. ! The story of a war bride's dis-j illnsionmpiit was told by Margaret Redfern, a well-dresacd young woman, who! was represented by Mr. Singer. She 1 marrie.d Wm. Arthur Redfern in Kn»- '' land in l!)l."i. During the war she was :t motor driver, and she mci respondent : when he was in a hospital. In I'.i'JO [letitioner followed Redfern out to New Zealand, he having returned to the Dominion twelve months pre* ioti-iy. After three months" residence with her; husband, during which time she had to suffer abuse and ill-treatment owing to his drinking' habits, she found that he had l*>en living with another ivnm:ii] after he fame out and while petitioner l was still in England. He. admitted the misconduct, and petitioner left him immediately, in February, iit-.il. ,\ decree nisi was granted, respondcni lieing ordered to pay corns and e\penseK. '•DISLIKED torXTKV LIFE.'" : A decree nisi, with costs against the; co-respondent, George Gray. was 1 I granted in a petition by Joseph (ieorgc 1 j Tabb (Mr. Prendergast i. Petitioner said he was a farmer, residing at Opotiki. and he married in lOlfi. ir." i respondent disliked the simple countr ,, I 1 life. She visited Auckland three' months after the marriage, ami thereafter was very dissatisfied with her : lot. About nine months after the visit to Auckland respondent deserted, and ] adultery wns admitted. There were no J children. I A GUERNSEY MARK lA< lE. Charles Sydney (juylbert. nuiserv- ' man. of Te Pa papa, sought a dixoree on the grounds of desertion. ile was ni:n ried at >St. Sampson, in the isle m fluernsey. i:i i!l(l2. and there ;;a., ~i,, child. (n 190."). however, his wife dr . serted him. and left the island for another land. presumably America. 'j Petitioner had never teen her since. A j decree nisi was granted. Mr. Ah •.- ander represented petitioner.