MENAGE A TROIS

Evening Star, Issue 18136, 28 November 1922, Page 3

MENAGE A TROIS

HIS HONOR’S COMMENT. HUSBAND’S COMPLAISANCE. Tn IJho Supreme Court, Auckland, last week, the jury awarded damages £250 in a divorce action brought by John Thomas Heaton Raymond,, farmer and contractor, of To Puke, against Margaret May Raymond, and tlio corespondent, Alexander Smith. Iho claim was for £SOO. The facts disclosed (says the star ) were that the co-respondent had been a boarder in the homo of petitioner, and during his residence there three children Tiad been born. In a letter, corespondent admitted being the father of the three children. After petitioner had discovered their parenthood no wont away and resided in a tent on the Honor; I wonder what kind of men we are bringing up here. This man allows another man to take possession of his wife and house, and lives in a tent close at hand, without kicking the man out of the place. I do not understand it. . ~ Petitioner: I was going to kick him out, but my solicitor told me to leave him there. His Honor: And you were able to restrain yourself and live side by sider Petitioner: Yes. His Honor: AYell, you have marvellous powers of endurance. Continuing, petitioner said that on returning in April last, he found Ins wife had cleared out with Smith, making a clean sweep of the furniture, effects, tools, implement's, and fowls connected with the house. The parties were married at Palmerston North in 1901, and lived happily at Te Puke till about four or five years ago, when co-respondent came on the scene. Petitioner had objected to Smith entering the house as a boarder, but respondent said the money ho p a id—£l per week—would bo useful in supplementing her housekeeping monev. Petitioner suspected nothing till the last twelve months of Smith’s residence. There were nine children born of the marriage, seven of whom were still living, A decree nisi was granted.