MARRIAGES DISSOLVED.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18576, 7 December 1923, Page 7

MARRIAGES DISSOLVED.

TWENTY.THREE DECREES.

MANY GROUNDS ADVANCED.

DRUNKENNESS AND CRUELTY

Twenty-three decrees nisi, to be moved absolute after three months, were granted by Mr. Juslico Stringer in the Supreme Court yesterday. An unhappy married life was disclosed by Elizabeth Janet Browning (MrGregory), who sought a divorce from George Browning on the grounds of habitual drunkenness and cruelty. Petitioner said there were two grown-up children of the marriage, which took place in 1801. During the last four years respondent, had been drinking all the time. Ho came home drunk practically every week. He had "knocked her about," turned her out of doors and out of bed. She had stayed with him so long on account of the children. Her health had suffered considerably owing to respondent's conduct. Unfaithful Partners. Misconduct '• was Che ground upon which Stanley Harold Strong, a painter (Mr. L. Gi Simpson)- was granted a divorce from Dorothy Jane' Strong, Bertrana Alexander, billiard saloon proprietor, being cited as co-respondent. The parties were married in September, 1913, and lived at Thames and in Auckland. There were two children. The married life was not happy, said petitioner, for respondent washed to get away into other men s company. In 1921 she left petitioner on the excuse that she wanted to go for a holidays Subsequently he went to where she was staying. She said she was going to live with co-respondent and refused to return. She had since been living with co-respondent. Costa were given against co-respondent. ' < A -decree nisi was granted Caroline Annie Baker (Mr. Cahill), against Patrick Frederick Baker on the ground of adultery at Feilding last March. The parties were married in October, 1915. There were no children. Married in June, 1919, Winifred Hanson (Mr. Matthews) was granted a divorce from Martin Hansen on the ground o? adultery. Petitioner said that she and her husband lived at Hamilton till about April, 1921, when he went to work in the King Country. Last year she found he was living with another woman. Costs Against Go-Respondent. Dissolution of his marriage with Marjorie Waymouth was sought by Geoffrey William Waymouth (Mi'. Flynn), on the ground of misconduct, George Latham being cited as co-respondent." Petitioner gave evidence that the marriage took" place in ,1914 and there were two children. Tlis wife left him in September of last year and lived with co-respondent. Cost?, »gainst co-respondent were allowed.

On her husband's return from , the front in 1918 he did not live with her but with another woman and had refused to return to her, was the evidence given by Ellen Keane 'Mr Jacobsen), in seeking a divorce from Michael Joseph Keane, to whom she was married at Taumarunui in 1914. The parties afterwards lived at Birkenhead until respondent went into camp. In support of her petition for dissoln tion of her marriage with Samuel Wood roofe, evidence was given by Mabel Francis Woodroofe (Mr. Jacobsen) that her husband left her in April of this year and lived with another woman is man and wife. Respondent had admitted he was living with another woman. Petitioner was married to respondent in 1903. The case in which Wi-iam Bloc-mfield (Mr. Fleming) sought a dissolution of his marriage with Sylvia Bloomfield (Mr. Greville) was before the court in Octobei and was adjourned pending the production of the marriage certificate. It was stated that the custody of the children had been arranged. Respondent wai sranted5 ranted interim .custody of the two chilren, and was allowed costs. Several Cases of Desertion. A wife's unexpected departure from the home had its sequel in a petition by George Powley, a driver (Mr. Singer) against Florence Catherine Ellen Powley on the ground of desertion. The parties were married in England in December. 1917, and when petitioner returned to New Zealand from the war in 1919 he sent money to his wife. ** and she joined him in 1920. Petitioner said that when he came home from' work one day in April of that year he found his wife had gone, taking her belongings. He had no idea she *'as going to leave. Desertion was also the ground of ft petition by Albert Boswell (Mr. Os-•bume-Lilly, instructed by Mr. Mitchell) against Rosie Maud Eaiietha Boswell. Petitioner said the marriage took place in 1908. About July, 1917, his wife left and refused to return to him. Since then she had made no claim on him for maintenance. Deserted by her husband, Francis j Louis Carl Von Lubbe, a musician, in March, 3.930, Teresa Elizabeth Von Lub"be (Mr. Kalman), was granted a decree nisi. She said she and respondent were married at Gisborne in 1907 and there were three children of the marriage* Her husband left for Sydney in March, 1907, arid since then she had seen nothing of him. '4'.,'■''■ Bertha Blanche Norman (Mr. Nuts** ford), who petitioned against William Ernest Arthur Norman, gave evidence that the marriage took place at Wellington in 1902 and respondent deserted her in 1919. \ Agreed to Separate. Mutual separation for three years or over was the ground on which decrees' nisi were granted in, the following cases :—Ventry Alexander John Smith, medical practitioner, of Whangarei (Mr. Dickson), against Rubie Bailey Smith (Mr. Leary); t Mabel Alice Waldron (Mr. Vallance), against Frederick William Waldron ,• Henry Albert Alderton (Mr. A. Moody'), against Louisa Alderton (Mr. Gregory); Arthur Thomas Eyre (Mr.L. G. Simpson) against Eliza Eyre; Ernest Fischer Opper (Mr. Jacobsen), against Rebecca Opper; Dora Eunice Stubbing (Mr. Dickson), against Benjamin Walter Stubbing; and Louis Frear Littleproud (Mr. Singer), against Kate Eliza Littleproud. ;• " i; Failure to comply "With orders for restitution of conjugal rights was the basis of the petitions in the following cases •— Augustus Slade (Mr. Inder), against Margaret- Isabella Slade; Joseph Neild (Mr. Goulding), against Rhoda Neild; and Ada May Magill (Mr. Dickson), against Harry William Magill.