AN AUCKLAND DIVORCE CASE
(UNITE© PRESS ASSOCIATION.]
Auckland, December 8
In the divoroe case, Batger v. Batger, the evidence of Tiios. Hendereor, co-respondenf, was taken. He admitted giving Mrs Batger three ringp, a gold watch and sums of money while she was at the Grand Hotel under £100. He gave her a diamond engagement ring, paid her passage to Sydney m January last, and paid her maid some sums of money for her boy, who remained m Auckland while the mother was m Sydney. Ha sent £20 to Sydaoy to her. He was assisting her, but not maintaining her. In 1896 he oontemplated marrying her, and made enquiries how an American divorce could be got, and received a precis of the American law on the subject from a friend m 'Frisco.
The Judge, m summing-up, said an intimacy existed betwetn the co-respondent and respondent, but it was for the jury to say whether m the evidence adduced there was a criminal intimacy. The jury found on the two issues submitted that co-respondent did not commit adultery with Thos. Henderson or A. 8. D. Hughes, whose whereabouts was unknown.
The petition was dismissed and coats awarded to the co-respondent.
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Marlborough Express, Volume XXXIII, Issue 286, 9 December 1898, Page 2
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198AN AUCKLAND DIVORCE CASE Marlborough Express, Volume XXXIII, Issue 286, 9 December 1898, Page 2
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