PROCEEDINGS OF THE DIVORCE COURT.
CASE OF WRIGHT V. WRIGHT.
[BY TELEGRAPH.PRESS ASSOCIATION.] Wellington, Mftnday. At the Divorce Court the case of Wright ▼. Wright was taken. This vm a petition by Mary Jane Wright for a judicial separation from Henry Charles Clark Wright, manager of the Wellington Meat Preserving Company, on the ground of his adultery with one Mary Keeley. a married woman. Respondent pleaded that petitioner had committed adultery with one Frank Parkes, and that there was a deed of separation in existence which was a bar to the present proceedings. After one witness had been examined, the counsel for the respondent intimated that he would proceed no further with the counter charge of adultery, and was willing that the verdict should be recorded in petitioner's favour on that count. By His Honor's direction, the jury brought in a verdict for the petitioner on the ninth count relating to the alleged adultery with Frank Parkes. An adjournment was asked for, to enable a witness now in Napier to attend the oase, until tomorrow, and to enable counsel to file affidavit as to the evidence to be given.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XXIII, Issue 7664, 15 June 1886, Page 4
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