IN DIVORCE
UNDEFENDED PETITIONS
A number of undefended petitions for divorce were considered by Mr. Justice MacGregor at the Supreme Court today. William Frederick Charles Newson asked for a decree against Ada Victoria Barbara Newson tnd Patrick Genge Reedy on the ground of adultery. Mr. T. P. Cleary appeared for the petitioner. Petitioner stated that the marriage took place in August, 1908, and the parties had lived in Wellington ever since. There were two children. He first met the co-respondent during the 1918 epidemic, and he came to stay at their house. Reedy stayed with them for five months, when he left for Auckland. Shortly iifterwards his wife also left for Auckland, where she remained for eighteen months. Later Reedy came back to the petitioner's house, but was requested to leave, as the suspicions of the witness were aroused. Eeedy went back to Auckland and his wife admitted that she had been unfaithful. A decree nisi was granted, with costs on the lowest scale against the co-respondent. Adultery was tho ground of a suit for judicial reparation brought by Emily Martha .Badchffo against Herbert Eaton Badcliffe. Mr. D. Jackson appeared for the petitioner, who stated that she married the respondent in November, 1894. There were three children. In 1917 her husband was sentenced to a term of imprisonment for theft, and on his release he committed adultery with a nurse at Napief. His Honour made the decree .asked for.
Adultery was also the ground for the suit for divorce brought by Beatrice Donnelly against Charles Edward Donnelly. The petitioner, who was represented by Mr. C. A. L. Treadwell, said she married tho respondent in 1915. She went to Auckland last year to undergo a serious operation, and on her return she found another woman in possession of her rooms. Later, her husband went bankrupt, and he was serving a. term of imprisonment for breaches of the Bankruptcy Act. After hearing corroborative evidence, his Honour granted the usual decree.
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Evening Post, Volume CVI, Issue 65, 14 September 1923, Page 3
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328IN DIVORCE Evening Post, Volume CVI, Issue 65, 14 September 1923, Page 3
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