DIVORCE COURT.

Auckland Star, Volume LX, Issue 233, 2 October 1929, Page 9

DIVORCE COURT.

Sequel To Separation,

SEVERAL APPLICATIONS.

GLASS DOOR SMASHED

HUSBAND WATCHES WIFE,

A story of how he broke through the glass of a door and found his wife ill a bedroom with another man, was told by Henry Joseph Richard Burton (Mr. Singer) when he petitioned for a divorce from Lillian Burton (Mr. E. H. Burton) before Mr. Justice Smith in the Supreme Court this morning. Petitioner, in evidence, said that lie and his wife- had lived unhappily together for the past year or two. This was entirely due to her behaviour with the co-respondent, Charles Aldridge. They had been married since 1903 and had three children. They had separated J 2 months ago, and he had had his wife watched in March of this year. He and a private inquiry agent had watched a house in which his wife. and the corespondent were living, and about 1 a.m. he had broken into the house by smashing the glass of tho front door. Going straight to a bedroom he found his wife and co-respondent. Similar evidence was given by, John Goddard, an inquiry agent. A decree nisi, to be made absolute, was granted. Costs were ordered against the co-res pondeut.

A decree nisi was ordered on the petition of Lewis Arthur Clarke (Mr. Dickson) against Constance Carden Clarke (Mr. McLiver). The parties lived; together until 1918, when they separated, and the petitioner intended to go to the war. The Armistice was signed before ho left, and lie sailed on the steamer Wiltshire. For some time he was on boats trading in different parts of the world. For five years he worked in Lorenzo Marquez, and later in other parts of Africa. He visited New Zealand for six months on furlough, and then returned to Africa. On his visit to New Zealand he called at his wife's house to see his youngest child, and was there for ten minutes. - "Ho is coming back to New Zealand as far as I know." said the respondent in evidence. Separated After Five Months. "We separated because my wife was unfaithful," said Leslie Gilbert Watson (Mr. R. E. Taylor), who sought a divorce from Hilda Mabel Watson (Mr. Schramm). The parties were married in March, 1920, and separated in August the same year. A decree nisi was granted. Other Decrees Granted. A petition by Harold John Crimmins (Mr. Singer) against Joan Crimmins on the grounds of non-compliance with an order for restitution of conjugal rights was granted. The parties,, it was stated, married in October, 1922, and had one child. Respondent had not returned to her husband's home since December last. A decree nisi was ordered. Lena Olney (Mr. Sullivan) sought a divorce from Alfred Henry Olney. They were married in 1899 and had three children. An order for separation had been made in 1922. A decree nisi was ordered.