DRUNKEN HUSBAND.
a RAVING LUNATIC." WIFE GRANTED DIVORCE. On the grniind* nf her hu-hard"-"••n.p-varve. and persistent, cruelty. l:,i-,» Anri MacFarl.ane was jrranted a d-»cree n : -i by Mr. Justice Mi-flr.'j'ir in the Supreme Court. Auckland, to-day. Answering Mr. Sinjer. petitioner said -V married Herbert MacFarlane on i»—nber 31. 1917. They resided first at Christrhurch and later at Dunedin. Her husband had beea a heavy drinker for some year-. It was his habit to come home drunk at >i=t twice a week. When under th? nf liquor he was more like a ravin? lurtarie than a norma! man. On manv occasions he had -truck h<r. and she had to leave him. He had lost several pood situations thrnTitrh rlr'nk. and witness had -n hard to support herself and her chid.
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Auckland Star, Volume LVIII, Issue 69, 23 March 1927, Page 9
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