MORGAN DIVORCE CASE
Respondent’s Evidence (By Telegraph—Press Association.) WELLINGTON, Nov. 10. Tho Morgan divorce action was resumed to-day. The respondent said that they became engaged on their return from the 1928 Olympic Games, but she broke the engagement after two years. Last year she met Morgan in Wellington ami three weeks later they were marlied. They spent two months iu Brisbane, during which time he did nu work. He earned no money and they really lived on her money. Generally speaking, throughout the whole oi her married life she was unhappy. Respondent denied going to a dance at Gisborne with Marsh, and the suggestion oi misconduct with him was untrue. When, she arrived in Wellington from Gisborne she told Morgan that she was going to leave him bo cause of his cruelty and had been advised to get policemen to protect he? Morgan said that there was no reason for that and if she came and got her things he would not touch her. He said that if she drew money out of the bank she could get a divorce. His Honour: You wanted a divorce? Respondent: We both wanted it. The Court adjourned till Monday. (See page 6 for earlier evidence.)
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Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XXIV, Issue 280, 10 November 1934, Page 5
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