DIVORCE COURT.

Evening Post, Volume XLII, Issue 129, 27 November 1891, Page 3

DIVORCE COURT.

YestErda*. (Boforo His Honour the Chief Justice.) TAYLOR V. TAYLOR. This was an action in which Jano Ellen Alice Wilmor Taylor, formerly M'Kenzic, sought a dissolnhon of her marriage with John Taylor on Iho grounds of adultory and flcsortion. Mr. Thompson appeared for tho petitioner, and tho respondent was unrepresented. The petitioner dopoaod that she was married to tho respondent at St. John's Presbyterian Church, Wellington, on tho 9th of January, 1878. Sho had not seen or hoard from hor husband sinoo 1887, when she obtained a magisterial order for the maintenance of her obildren. Sho had not fecpivod any payment under tho order, and HiiS cre"r' siiCe, boon sttpportod by Wfathor. Had not lived ivith hor hnibatid sljitfe tho failnro of his father, Waring Taylor, in 1 1881.' Bespondqnt had never offorod to provide hor with.,a.homo. , Goorgo Albert Tattle, law clerk, proved that he mot Taylor in July last at Sydney, whoro ,1)0 was, working as billiardmarkor in iy liptel. Ho told witnoss that ho had left i«s ivffo etna .throe children in Wellington, and was, now livii'ff if *lh,/j married woman, who had boon better thuii a wiio. tti him for more than two years. Witness fubsequently saw him enter nouses of ill-famo in the company of notorious women. His Honour granted a dcoroo ?n'«i, to be niado absolute at tho first sitting after tliroo months. WILBY V. WILBY (RESPONDENT) AND M'PHEB (CO-BEBPOKDENT). Petition by Amos Wai tor Wilby for dianplution of his L marriago with Lizzie Wilbv, Ye Co2,''On ,thB ground, of adnltnry with Archibald M'Phee aw ft'eitain other men nnknown to tho petitioner. „ Mr. Monteath appeared for tho pe'titj6ne"r, Mr. E. B.- Brown for the respondent, and Mr. Poynton for tho co-respondent. The. parties were .married on the 10th of March, 1888, at the Catholic station, Nelson, and two ohildren have been bora to them, ono of whom is now dead. Respondent filed an answer to the petition (lonyinjj the aots of adultery alleged, and lotting up as a defence a statement of the ipaamptioa of marital relations since the date of tLo petition, and also making counter fcWg'os 6'f adnlter'y- . To this tho petitioner petit S. rej6indor repudiating all tho allegations contained in the respondent's affidavit. Dr. Ewart, Medical Superintendent of tho Wellington Hospital, gave evidence to show that in September last ho treated tho petitioner at the Hospital. Amos W. Wilby, blacksmith, the petitioner, swore that lie lived with bis wife at Nolson and Wellington, and then went to sou as a greaser on tho s.s. Penguin, leaving his wife ashoroin Wollington. His suspicions as to his wife's misconduct were first aroused in February last by her refusal to let him boo a letter addressed to M'Pheo, which was iv hor possession. Later on, whon ho was working on the s 8. Poherna. in the month of Jnno lost, ho found himself attacked with a complaint which compelled him to learo tho vessel at Hoturt and go into the Hospital. On his return to Wellington in August he charged his wife with unfaithfulness, and with being the cause of bis sufferings, wbioh she »t first denied but nftorwnras admitted) stating that sho had behaved improperly with M'Phee. Witnoss found in her box a letter to M'Pheo in her handwriting, warning him that witness knew uortaii) things, nnd that ho (M'Pheo) would get into trouble After this, witness broke oft alt relations with her, and a few days aftorwlrds he ontored the Wellington Hospital for treatment. It was not true that, as alleged by the respondent, sinco the filing of the papers he had resumed cohabitation with his wife, or that ho had himself been guilty of immoral conduot. Cross-examined by Mr. Brown— His mother was paying tho oxpenses of the suit, Imt it was not true that she had promised him .£lOO if he got the divorce. He had not offorod to givo the respondent .£5O if she would dear out, and let tho case go by default. Had had no conversations with her since the filing- of the petition. She had addressed him in the streot, threatening to " show him up " and so on, but he had paid no attention. To his Honour— He had written to his wifo from Hobart, charging hor with boing tho cause of his ill health. At this stage the oaso was adjourned till 1 o-day. This afternoon tho caso was again called on, and adjourned to Wednesday" week, the 9th Decomber.