DIVORCE PETITIONS

Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20493, 1 March 1941, Page 7

DIVORCE PETITIONS

GISBORNE CASES DECREES ABSOLUTE Several divorce petitions were heard by Mr. Justice Johnston in the Supreme Court in Gisborne yesterday. Decrees absolute were granted to the following: Richard Herbert Williams (Mr. T. A. Coleman) v. Sarah Selena Williams (Mr. G. Bradley Smith); Te RangituhL Teera (Mr. A. A. Whitehead) v. Waera Teera; Nina Ingram (Mr. L. T. Buroard) v. Percy Harry Ingram (Mr. D. W. lies). Decrees Nisi Decrees nisi, to be made absolute after three months, were granted in the following cases: Thelma Jessica Osmond (Mr. 11. D. ChrispV v. Jack Osmond, on grounds of agreement to separate.—The petitioned stated that she was married to the respondent in 1928. The marriage was not ii very happy one, and they agreed to yeparate in September, 1937. Mrs". Daphne Phyllis Carrington, Hastings, a sis,ter-in-law of the petitioner, also gfive evidence. Mary Easton McKenzie Knight (Mr. ■I. S. Wauchop) v. Richard Knight, on grounds of agreement to separate.— The petitioner said they were married in 1921 in Christchurch, but later agreed to separate. Mrs. Hazel Ann Constance Sloan, a sister-in-law of the petitioner, also gave evidence. Kathleen Doreen Lawson (Mr. J. S. Wauchop) v. Cecil Henry Francis Lawson, on grounds of agreement to separate.—The petitioner said that the marriage took place in Gisborne in 1916. They entered into a ' deed of separation in 1936. She (had not lived with her husband since. Vernon Jarbin Butler also gave evidence. Mary Emma Dunshea (Mr. J. S. Wauchop) v. William James Dunshea (Mr. L. T. Burnard) on grounds of desertion.—The petitioner stated that they were married in Bristol, England, at a time when the respondent was a member of the New Zealand forces, and later they lived at Te Karaka. The respondent had threatened to take the children away, and she had to hide them from him. Mrs. Mary Elsie Walker also gave evidence. Robert Wyper Kane (Mr. L. T. Burnard) v. Gwendoline Isabella Alice Kane.—The petitioner gave evidence that they were married in June, 1937, and lived in Auckland and Gisborne until September of the same year. In that month his wife left to visit her mother at Auckland, and the parties had never since come together again, or seen each other. There were no children of the marriage. The petitioner’s mother supported his evidence.