DIVORCE IN BRITAIN
PRIVATE BILL IN COMMONS (United Preset Association—By Eloctrio Telegraph—Copyright) LONDON, 29Lli November. Tweiily-ono years after tlie_ sittings of the Royal Commission on divorce, a private member’s Bill is being introduced in the House of Commons sponsored by Mr Holford Knight, Sir John Withers, Mr Goodman, Miss Rathbone, and others on tHe lines of tbo Commission’s majority report. The Bill permits the divorce of either party on any of the following grounds: Adultery, desertion for three years, cruelty, a certified lunatic for five years, or an incurable drunkard for at least three years, separation, or undergoing imprisonment under a commuted sentence. The Court is also empowered to presume death after seven years’ absence.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXVI, 30 November 1933, Page 7
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