MARRIAGES DISSOLVED.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LVI, Issue 17311, 7 November 1919, Page 9

MARRIAGES DISSOLVED.

FOUR DECREES GRANTED.

SOLDIER'S ERRING WIFE.

"COULD NEVER BE HAPPY."

Four divorce cases were heard by Mr. Justice Stringer in the Supreme Court yesterday.

Adultery was the ground upon which Colin 'Jamieson (Mr. Singer) applied for dissolution of his marriage "to Violet Louisa Grace Jamieson. The petitioner stated he was married in Wellington in -March, 1917, and left for the front four days later. Last March, when he was in England, ho received a letter from his wile, in which she said she had misconducted herself. She also stated that she deeply regretted the marriage, and knew it was a great mistake. They_ could never be happy, because she was so much older than petitioner, and his mother seemed determined to part them. She had saved his allotment, and as much as she could spare from her own money, and it would be waiting for him when he came back. After hearing further evidence regarding the respondent's unfaithfulness, His Honor granted a decree nisi, to be made absolute in three months.

HUSBANDS PROVE UNFAITHFUL.

WOMAN EARNS HER. OWN LIVING.

Adultery on the part of her husband, Frederick John Jonas, a taxi-driver, was the ground upon which Myrtle Jonas (Mr. Hall Skelton) asked for a divorce. The petitioner said she was married in Auckland in 1913, and afterwards lived at Te Aroha, As her husband did not support her, she left him after six months, and had since earned her own living. She commenced the divorce proceedings after her attention was drawn to the fact that the respondent had been adjudged the father of a child born at Pukekohe. A decree nisi was granted, to be made absolute in three months. Misconduct was the ground alleged in the petition of Mary Green (Mr. Hall Skelton) for a dissolution of her marriage to Charles John B. Green. The petitioner stated that the parties were married at Wellington in 1909, and they subsequently resided at Kltham. The petitioner had reason to suspect her husband of infidelity, and when living at Whakatane came to Auckland on a visit, where she obtained proof of his misconduct.

After hearing the evidence of two witnesses, the Judge granted a decree nisi. In the petition of Mary Jane RousselCossey (Mr. Prendergast) "for the dissolution of her marriage to George RousselCossey, misconduct, was alleged as the ground of the application. Th e parties were married in 1905, and there was one child. The misconduct on the part of the husband was stated to have occurred in 1917, when the respondent was on a visit to Rotorua.

Evidence in support of the petition was given bv three witnesses.

His Honor granted a decree nisi.