IN DIVORCE

Auckland Star, Volume LXXII, Issue 136, 11 June 1941, Page 8

IN DIVORCE

MANY PETITIONS

TWO JUDGES PRESIDE

OVER 40 DECREES GRANTED

Undefended divorce petitions occupied the attention of Mr. Justice Ostler and Mr. Justice Fair in the Supreme Court to-day, when 41 decrees nisi were granted.

His wife lort him six months before fie birth of their second child a .".J 1 year after their marriage, said Gibson Owen Rao (Mr. Beckerleg), in petitioning for divorce from Ni (.arose Rao, on the ground of her adultery with Dick Lovic. They were living with his people at the time, added petitioner. Mis wife's father called and took the wife and child with him back to Thames. Witness went to board in Auckland then, and early this year lie found that his wife hud three children, the last of which had been registered as the child of co-respondent. After further evidence on these lines had been given a decree nisi was granted. Wife At Fault In 1D37 he went to work on the farm of Timothy Murphy, near Rotorua, and his wife went with him, said .fames Reginald Roy Tudor, a labourer, represented by Mr. Chaclwick, in petitioning for a divorce from Hazel Tudor on the ground of adultery with Murphy. Petitioner said that after leaving Murphy's farm in 1938 he had lived in various places, and eventually his wife went away. He discovered that she was living in Auckland with Murphy, who had sold his farm. After hearing corroborative evidence, his Honor granted a decree nisi. Trouble Over Boarder There were eight children of their marriage, which took place in 1917, said William Allan Heenan (Mr. Nutsford), who petitioned for divorce from Ellen Heenan on the ground of her adultery with Melville Holmes. He said that trouble arose between himself and the wife on account of her association with Holmes, who was then boarding with them, and eventually, in 1938, the wife left, home and he had to look after the three youngest children. He found! that the wife was living with! Holmes. I An admission was made by Mr. I Skelton on behalf of respondent and co-respondent, and a decree nisi was! granted, with costs against the corespondent. Husband In Gaol Since their marriage in 1929, her husband, Edward Henry Quintal, had spent half his time in gaol for various offences, stated Syvilla Maud Quintal, petitioning before Mr. Justice Fair for divorce on the grounds l of drunkenness, persistent crueltv j and failure to maintain. Petitioner' said that her husband had knocked! her about badly. He was in prison at! the present time.

A decrce nisi was granted. Ground Of Separation Decrees were granted in the following petitions on the ground of separation for more than three years'—Joyce Rose Pym (Mr. Cocker), v. John Alfred Pym; Evelyn Schofield Morrison (Mr. Carden), v. Brian Joseph Morrison; Vida Cook 'Mr. Addison), v. James Albert Cook; Irene Agnes Tinker (Mr. Noble), v. Wilfred Frederick Tinker; Horace Augustus Charles Yockney (Mr. Walker), v. Cecilia Matricia Chamberlaine Yockney; Winifred Doris West i Mr. Noble), v. Stanley Walter WestFrank David Dent (Mr. Hubble), v. Cassie Carter Dent; Emily May Mackereth (Mr. Towle), v. Richard Mackereth; Dora Bergman (Mr. White), v. Norman Frederick Bergman; Olga Alice Mason (Mr. Nutsford), v. •Joseph Hillary Mason; Hilda Marjorie Wilkinson (Mr. G. Skelton), v. Ronald Wilkinson; Edrnond William Rush (Mr. Nutsford), v. Vivien Margaret Bush; Cecil Tucker (Mr. Nuts:'ord>, v. Nellie Pretoria Tucker; Amy i-Jlen Kay (Mr. Nutsford), v. Cecil Robert Kay; Lloyd Eric Valentine Croon (Mr. Nutsford), v. Constance Josephine Croon; Sada Goble (Mr. Vutsford), v. Iden Frank Goble; Flsie Nellie Byers (Mr. Terry), v. Kdward Seale Byers: William George Swabey (Mr. G. H. R. Skelton), v. Elizabeth Mary Swabey; Lola Wyke Overton (Mr. Newbery), v. Francis Habberfield Overton; Iva Marie Shaw (Mr. Turner), v. John Leonard Shaw; Archibald Stephen Allen (Mr. Dickson), v. Millie Allen; Albert Perkins (Mr. Ennor), v. Frances Jane Perkins; Mavis Muliions (Mr. D. L. Bone), v. Homer Courthard Mullions; Elizabeth Hill <Mr- Kalman), v. Benjamin Hill; Agnes Mary Woodcock (Mr. Townshend), v. Rupert Rennie Woodcock; Catherine Annie Mitchell (Mr. Townshend), v. Eli Mitchell; Douglas Archibald (Mr. Fraer), v. Emily Archibald; Isabella Pudney (Mr. Robinson), v. Charles Thomas Pudney; Violet Evelyn Martinovich (Mr. Robinson), v. Frank Martinovich; Kathleen Eila Evans (Mr. Robinson), v. Edward John Evans; Robert Foster Smith (Mr. Robinson), v. Rosina Ellen May Smith. Orders To Return Orders for the restitution of conjugal rights within 14 days were made in the following petitions:— Dulcie Eileen Rosieur (Mr. McKay) v. John Arnold Rosieur; Ailsa Wilkie Keyte (Mr. Terry) v. Frederick Ernest Keyte; Alan Vernon Paul Bosselmann (Mr. H. Haddow) v. Colleen Mary Bosselmann; Leonard Henry Matthew Holden (Mr. Robinson) v. Vera Victoria Holden. Various Causes On the ground of failure to comply with orders for the restitution of conjugal rights decrees were granted as follows:—Alan Stuart McLachlan (Mr. Jacka) v. Roma .Vera Docia McLachlan; Harold McMillan Bull (Mr. Towle) v. Joan Melville Bull; Charles Edward D'Auvergne (Mr. Milliken) v. Marie Annie D'Auvergne; Claude Wyllie (Mr. Robinson) v. Margaret Laura Wyllie. The following decrees were granted on the ground of adultery:— Assad Michael Sheweiry (Mr. Hall Skelton) v. Margaret Ellen Sheweirv; Grace May Mendoza (Mr. Coates) v. Horace Granville Mendoza; Meta

Marguerite Cameron (Mr. Fraer) v,

, Frank Wallace John Cameron; Stella | May Herbert (Mr. Robinson) v. Trevor Neison Herbert.