ACTRESS OBTAINS DIVORCE.

Press, Volume LVII, Issue 17221, 11 August 1921, Page 2

ACTRESS OBTAINS DIVORCE.

In the Divorce Court in London | Viscount Mersey granted a decree B»i| | to Mr? Lily Clara Gran, better known! | as Miss Lily St. John, the actress, of I | Shaftesbury avenue, W., because off ! i the misconduct and cruelty of her but.<s band, Major Tryggye Gran, the Jfnr-| 5; wegian esplorcr-airman. There-was no| 'i defence. I n Mr Bayford, K.C., who appeared fori the petitioner, said that iJae husbana,| ! who was a Norwegian, 'was a member off ! Captain Scott's Antarctic Expedition.! When the petition was served on Mm,§ ; he said that the Court had no jurisdic-vf ,| tion, because he was domiciled in Notvi way, but tho Lord Chancellor < fonnd f that tlho respondent had a domicile ia| England. ,' "1 S 'flie petitioner, giving evidencd. --aid| that she was married on April} 20th, § 1918 at the Register Office dP-St.fj Martin's, London. Her husband waa fof tho Royal Air Force at the time. After f* the marriage they lived together at dif- U ferent places in England. There wero a no children. On several occasions sheMji had to leave her husband because of hujfe,r conduct to her. In Jnly, 1918, thy v was coming bv train 'with heiwhusband from Pcnshtirst to London. They woro alone in the carriage, and he opt violently angry with (her because she waft r singing quietly. He said thfet he fatted { ''abominablo singing." She wqj - ] just humming to herself. * His Lordship: Were yon singing in ' , order to Vex. nimP—No. \ Witness said that her hnsbond picked | up his ,-walkingrstick and gave «r o. v good beating. When tbey got to Lon- ' don she left him there.nnd then went i to friends-where her sister was staving. She showed the bruises to her tie* \ ter. A few days afterwards her fens- " bond expressed regret for what he had done and she returned to him. i In ;■ February, 19t&, they were both staying '. at the Cock Hotel, Epping, where the I .respondent again treated her- erwlly. !,- On that occasion a friend interfered, p and a policeman was fetched. She was I much frightened. . _ f ' His Lordship: How old is your hi*- ; band P—Thirty-one. In November, Ifiifi, { witness continued, she had left her (ras- t band and was staying at Leinster Gar* i i dens. Her husband came there and | forced her into a taxi and took bet amy fto tlho flat where be-was living. When \ they' got there he took bar. in, tIMWWJ her down on the floor, and raved like SKM madman. She only remained with for about two hours. After '• thttfshtrM obtained evidence as to her ittsbatid't f j misconduct. ' ?£§