FAITHLESS WIFE.

Auckland Star, Volume LV, Issue 154, 1 July 1924, Page 3

FAITHLESS WIFE.

. •- — ANOTHER DIVORCE STORY. ■;. A NEGLECTED CHILD. fji> "Ever since the marriage there h been trouble between mo andTesponde over her loose living and bad coi panions," said Thomas Merrick, labour of Auckland, at the Supreme Court tl morning, in seeking a dissolution of 1 marriage with Hazel Merrick. The we ding took place on March 27, 191S, Ponsonby. Later they lived in Auc land. atOuntly, and again at Aucklai A child was" born, but responde neglected it. One night, about two a; a-iialf years ago, .said petitioner, 1 wife stayed out all night, and thi agreed to separate. Petitioner gave h the home. "Then I discovered that a. was living an immoral life. I had take the child away as it was beii neglected. The police ordered her leave the house, in which she was livin and she then went to live with c respondent as man and wife," deposi petitioner. In 1923 petitioner discovered respon ent with Benjamin Walter Stubbiri driver, of Auckland, wjio was cited co-respondent. Petitioner and Stubbil had a fight. Later, respondent aski petitioner to forgive her, for the sake the child. He" did. "Two mont afterwards she left mc again, to see h sister, she said, but I fount 1 out that s did not go to her sister. I saw hei continued petitioner, "and she said s did not want mc any longer.. She we back to Stubbing." Mrs. A. M. King, of Devonport, ga corroborative evidence. Mr. Singer, for petitioner, asked f costs against co-respondent, who hi been served by a reliable process serve Respondent and co-respondent did n appear. His Honor Mr. Justice Stringer issu a decree nisi, with costs on the lowe scale against co-respondent.