TWENTY-ONE DECREES

Evening Post, Volume CXVIII, Issue 122, 20 November 1934, Page 11

TWENTY-ONE DECREES

DI^OEGB;: Vm 1^ CPPET

ABOUT; ONE/HOUR'S SITTING

. \T^day:, .w^si a .-I'divbrce" day;, in t the Supreme"Cbiirt;':•''.Two;;Judges and" a score of counsel set" the law in motion, aid'twCnty-ono'marriage .vpyrs were ab-. jured; and renpuiicedr; Jand three other orders' made'hi about, prio hour. Mr. Justiceiteed presided in the main court and Mr. Justice Ostler ill. tne small ■ courts. ,-'.' ■■'.'. ■- .-.'■., . ■:,■'■■,"■.:■: '•.- ■/■ ■• ■ .'. ?■ :■ >: Divorce -dayvis' a''spectacle for1 the bachelors .and ,;the.one,-trnio happily jiiarried.,/ .It is, a day of ■■ mixed feel- .. ings,•». iinixed:. severything. :-v Todayjs d^ybfeees's'eemed'to be younger than j s usually the case; .'•■".: : . > : .. '...-, * \ ' J'Blank versus. .Blank,—petition, for :- diyorce,"v annouheeß the '.registrar.. One of, :the -twenty. • .counsel .rises. ■ "I ap- ' pie.ase.Sj'^i'says;'; cQunsel.' His, Henb.ur. Ja7-pieM'64/''-^SV.c^ttnwl,:,J)eckons:.'.vhiß client, with' 'his. eyes' ;and crooked :finger, : ;\Th^ crisiis. hasVconiel .. iP^etitioriers were m'ostty .petite aid pretty. ;iMbst wore '.}''. impasfsiye';'maska, many scarcely breathed'as ■ they .answered qiiegtions;- atipiit -"• theii: marriage eertiflcates, their ihusTband's desertion, cruelty,. separation, ■or husbands of their 'w.ive^' failure; to. comply' with; formal .brdera that; their';.wives' return to their h;omes arid live, y^itli their; husbands. '_. Bepafatibn' is thei: cbftimbnest grqund, ■aid: in "those casei-the procedure is ''swiff and precise. ! ■ . ' ,o';'-PecT;Jiis- > c'eß;-i-nisi;;were?made!,'by^-Mr;: >- .tice.PstleriiS' favour of 'tHe, petitipner }n,"tne fblibwing:^undefended ■ cases:-— Jjfathariiel vßoyd,. (Mr. r;W. 'H. ; Cunnihg-lia'W)"-.against:■Christina Boyd; piaVthe ground of desertion; Nonie Margaret Harris (Mr. A. BrOroker). against Jack '.Wiitelaw ;.Hams,^separation/;';-'Alice MftribV Carson (Mr;- ■Croker)1' '•against James' Sector, Carson,.separation; ,Cora France^ MeGauJeyi : -.<Mr.:-,-,Gi -• O. against' -Arthur; "McCauley, desertion; Dorothy ,i."Holgawi.'.Ogicr,-V(Mr.;.--;C.-./Hy Arndt) ~aga.inst .FrederickJamea.Ogier, adultery';' •' iLpuisa;-::, JaneVWylie (Mr. Arndt) against Arthur, fiouglas^Wylie," separation;; David yGrjmths- (Mr. .vLeicester.)- against Florence G-rif-flthsi;failure-to' coriply'with a/restitiir tibn'order,/; Jbsespliyi'rank"Law'son (Mri A'i?;'B:: Sievwright), against Mary. Turner rLawsbri;(Mr.',.w. E..Leicester),;degertionj.'Gla'dysi.Myra/Keene ;(Mr; yf. E;:.;Leicester) against Gordon \\ Lewis Keene, I separatipn;;:rJohn,' Clement Ql: •«t't'-"-"(Mr.;'- Leicester)'• against Jane ; 01----letfeaiid^WilliamfEufus ;Wheeler, adultery; HectoriEoy'- Cross -(Mr.- -W.;^P. Coles) I against . r . Christina -Alexander Cross (Mr.'W.Erieicester),; separation. y'- '(Before^"Mr.'"Jiistice^Reed:)!;; ; ; '

:" ■Alice Bub'y.Wood;(Mr. J;L. McDuff) grounds' oi, separation; .'tyilliam ;Nbrr man Taylor; (Mr.;-A. ■' ■, Free) >■ against Euphemia'piara' Taylor, failure to' odmpiy ■■■yyith i ; restitutipri :-,order.';;Vjd!argaret Elizabeth: McCartty(litr;; F.;C N Spratt) against Jatnes Joseph McCarthy, separa■iioi'^Oyrii'Edward Slade-Jones .(Mr;; J. 15.: .AYjJ}is).-;;against;; Irene;'/Ka|hleen §lade-J6ies,.separationjl-Moira Kathleen ' (Mr.;'A.r' J-:' Mazengarb) against" Pred^rick CJharleS 'McCullough, separation; )' "Claude' ; "Josepli ■' ; Henry "Walker (Mr. 'A,.: I/. JHollings) -against glielia.V;G}a%sJ^,Walker, ,\, iailure^j.6 "comply ' ivith.^'';'.;'a ' festitution order; Thejima, Jean-: Jjanibj^Mr:" P.; H.:^PutndiiL). • against'; Stanley., IGideoii'-Ijanib; failure to!'coniply',yithrestitution':'order; 'Amy:''MacDougair'(Mr.;; S. GVStephenson) against" "Gordon Eoss Mao-/-DougallfFfeeiSiaifaflonl^^Janfefe-^bse ; Stephens (Mr. C. .N.'. Armstrong) against David Alexander Stephens, 'Separationj^! Euth-'Janet-Jorgensen "(Mr. Armstrong) ag^slr;Oseafe>AlbertVJ6igenseii,;sepai'a■tion." ..':'■/'!?' -' ■'■!■"".>Vf . ■:\y*..i-y-:.y':'- : .':.":'-\i.-::--

-.f Orders a for ,■restitution-::; of ;c'onjugal rights':were''granted 'as'follows:—Philip Thomas Palmei1 (Mr; ;; G. ;C.r. Kent) against Hilda LilianLPalmer, within 60 .dßysJ•;H«s'ry^Jjlme»:''^a6ey i .;i(Mr,jL".ij.ices-■ ter) against' Amy Eva Facey-, within'l4 days;'- David Burgess (Mr. C.; N. Armstrong) against i'Mira" Adela Burgess, order for,.restitution.after. 14 days.. s .