A STRANGE DIVORCE CASE.
♦ A petition for divorce which came before Mr. Justice Williamß in May was referred to in the Melbourne Divoroe Court a few days ago, when a young woman named Alice Susan Blair laid before the Chief Justice an affidavit containing statements of an extraordinary nature bearing on the case. The suit was one in which Mary Ann Burgess sought a dissolution of marriage with John Burgesß on the ground of alleged misconduot with Alice Susan Blair. Mr. Justice Williams, after hearing the evidence, granted the decree nisi, but this has not yet been made absolute. Miss Blair's affidavit alleged that she accompanied the respondent to Queensclift in November, 1890, at the request of the petitioner herself. Mrs. Burgess asked deponent to go to Queenscliff with Mr. Burgess, and open a branch of a laundry with him. The girl replied that it would seem strange for a Bingle girl to be living with a married man. . Mrs. . Burgeßs answered, " Oh, take his name; call yourself Mrs. Burgess, and I will tell people he is my brother-in-law." Deponent further alleges that she did go to Queenscliff with respondent. Previous to going to Queeascliff she lived with the Burgesses at South Yarra, and there respondent used to visitherinner ownroom at night, with the consent and connivance of petitioner. The Chief Justice advised the girl to goto the Attorney-General and present these facts, and he might have the case re-heard.
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Evening Post, Volume L, Issue 54, 31 August 1895, Page 1 (Supplement)
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240A STRANGE DIVORCE CASE. Evening Post, Volume L, Issue 54, 31 August 1895, Page 1 (Supplement)
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