SUPREME COURT.

Lyttelton Times, Volume CXIV, Issue 13934, 16 December 1905, Page 3

SUPREME COURT.

CIVIL SESSIONS. Fhidav, December 15. (Before his Ho nor Mr Justice Bonn inton:) The civil sessions of the Supremo Court were resumed. IN DIVORCE. PETERS v. PETERS. Eliza Peters, for whom Mr Fraser (Dunedin) appeared, petitioned for the dissolution of her marriage with her husband, Peter Peters, upon the ground of the latter’s misconduct. His Honor, after hearing the evidence, granted the order. GOODWIN v. GOODWIN. Edwin William Goodwin petitioned for the dissolution of his marriage with Frances Carrie Goodwin, on the ground of her desertion. Mr Hunt appeared for the petitioner, and there was no appearance of the respondent. His Honor made a decree nisi, returnable in three months. LLOYD v. LLOYD. Eliza Lloyd petitioned for the restitution of conjugal rights by her husband, Joseph Lloyd. Mr Beattie appeared for the petitioner, and the respondent was not present. The petitioner stated that she was married in 1889, and she and her husband separated in 1895. An order was mado. WOOLDRIDGE v. WOOLDRIDGE. Charles Wooldridge petitioned for the dissolution of his marriage with Emily Wooldridge on the ground of her misconduct. Mr Cassidy appeared for the petitioner, and there was no appearance of the respondent. The petitioner stated rthat he was married in March, 1898,' at Christchurch, and lived with his wife until July 11, 1905. She then left him and committed the acts complained of. Corroborative evidence was given, and his Honor granted a decree nisi, returnable in three months. IN CHAMBERS. Probate was granted of the wills of the following deceased persons;—Alice Tobin (Mr Izard), George Steele (Mr Harman), Thomas Sterling (Mr Barrett) and Jennie V. Brown (Mr Weston). •Letters of administration were granted in the estate of Frank H. Reece (Mr Meares). In the matter of Stoddart v. Stoddart, an originating summons, Mr Joynt appeared for the plaintiff, Mr Loughrey for the trustees and Mr Hunt and Mr Rollcston for the beneficiaries. The matter was ordered to stand over for service of all the parties. Orders were mado for the removal into Banco of Suckling (Mr Izard) v. Suckling (Mr Dougall) and Haydon and another (Mr Joynt) v. Haydon and others (Mr Beswick and Mr Dougall). Mr Franks applied for leave to be given to the trustees in re Henry Coulter to lease certain lands. The matter was referred to the Registrar. The Court will sit at' 10 a.m. on Tuesday, when the divorce case of Hickinbottom (Mr Stringer) v, Hickinbottom (Mr Harper) and another (Mr Donnelly) will bo heard. [Per Press Association'.] AUCKLAND, December 15. At the Supreme Court Floury Cooper Douglas, convicted of having stolon a diamond ring from a < dwelling, from Mrs M’Nairn, at Parnell, was brought up for sentence. The prisoners defence, his Honor declared, was based on the hope of getting the sympathy of the jury. * In disregard of the judge’s advice prisoner had added to his offence the crimes of perjury and forgery, and the mode of his defence was a greatei moral offence than hie crime. His procedure was quite sufficient to cause hie Honor to disregard the question of whether he had otherwise been entitled to probation. He would be sent to prison for twelve months’ hard labour. Tom Albert Jackson, a hawker, formerly ranger for the Mount Albert Road Board, , surrendered , on bail to take his retrial on a charge of having assaulted a sixteen-year-old girl attending the Newmarket cookery classes last February. The jury at the first trial (last session) had failed to agree on a verdict. To-day, after hearing the evidence, the jury returned a verdict of guilty. Prisoner was remanded for sentence.