DIVORCES GRANTED

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXX, Issue 21646, 11 November 1933, Page 16

DIVORCES GRANTED

MANY PETITIONS HEARD

QUARTERLY DAY IN COURT HUSBAND WITH A REVOLVER Litigants and counsel thronged the corridors of tho Supreme Court yesterday, when tho quarterly hearing of undefended divorce cases was held. Mr. Justice Herdman and Mr. Justice Smith, sitting in their respective Courts, dealt with 15 suits in a little over two hours. On tho grounds of habitual drunkenness and cruelty, Lillian May Muir (Mr. Vialoux) sought dissolution of her marriage with Kenneth Matthew Muir (Mr. Sullivan). "On one occasion my husband brought someone home for tea," petitioner said. "J went into a friend's place and he went round the district brandishing a revolver and threatening to kill me. 1 have scars on my chin and my cheek where ho has struck me. Ho used to come home drunk every week-end." A decree nisi, to be mado absolute after three months, was granted. Tho story of an early separation was briefly related by William Noble Davidson (Mr. Thomson), in applying for a divorce from Lilinn Beatrice Davidson on the ground of desertion. Petitioner said ho was married to respondent at Singapore at the end of October, 1929, and lived with her at other places in the Federated Malay States until early in the following March, when sho left him and went back to her relatives in Sydney. Ho had visited Sydney on two occasions, in 1931 and 1932, and had appealed to her to return to him, but sho had refused. Counsel stated that, although he had spent a period abroad, petitioner was a permanent resident-of New Zealand. A decree was granted.

A Fishing Trip Allegations that her husband had left her to play football in England and had paid nothing toward her maintenance wore made by Annie Spillane (Mr. Scott), who sought dissolution of her marriage with Edmund Spillane. Petitioner said they agreed to separate when they were living in Central Otago, as her husband could not support her. Later ho went to England. A decree nisi was granted on tho "grounds of desertion. Misconduct by her husband was alleged by Edith Mary lie vie (Mr. Field) as the ground for tho dissolution of her marriage with David Revic. Petitioner stated that early last year her husband left home, saying lie was going fishing. Later she went on board a launch and found him there with a woman. He admitted that they had come from Whangarei to Auckland in the vessel and that misconduct had taken place. Later he expressed sorrow and promised to keep away from the other woman, but she found that they Ave re living together as man and wife. A decree nisi was ! granted. A marriage certificate issued at Nauru Island was produced "by Jennie May Hopkins (Mr. Sullivan), in sup--1 port of her allegation of desertion by Thomas Henry Hopkins (Mr. Hone). Petitioner said she went to the island to marry respondent, who was then an engineer there. They returned to New Zealand later, and while she was living at Penrose he left her and had not returned. She had been obliged to obtain a maintenance order against him. His Honor made a decree.

Desertion and Separation Petitions on the ground of desertion were granted in the following cases: —• Kua Hildyard Bute Judd (Mr. Bone) against Vivian Herbert Judd; Jane Kathleen Norcott (Dr. Williams) against Thomas Norcott; Evelyn Cecilia Armstrong against John Gould Armstrong; Beatrice Maude Walters (Mr. Singer) against Francis Neilson Walters; Beatrice Alice McManemin (Mr. Hall) against Clement Victor McManemin; James Alexander Park (Mr. Scott) against Louise Park; Douglas Stark (Mr. Bennett) against Isabel Stark; Hose Iris Duval (Mr. Adams) against Laurence Leo Duval: Eva Garnett (Mr. Matthews) against Harry Garnett; John Rodgers (Mr. Dickson) against Mary Paulino Rodgers; Alfred Byron (Mr. Skelton) against Hannah Maria Byron; Toriwai Huiataha Barrett (Mr. Vialoux) against Lillian Elizabeth Barrett (Mr. Singer). On the grounds of separation by Magistrate's Court order, by deed or by mutual consent, a decree nisi was granted in each of the following cases: — Edith Clarice Larsen (Mr. Matthews) against Elven Laurence Larsen ; Thomas Oliver Anderson (Mr. Addison) against Margaret Mary Anderson; Thelma Vera Brown (Mr. Goodall) against Baden Hector Brown; Neil John Young (Mr. Hart) against Dorothy Maud Young; Dorothy Murrano (Mr. Skelton) against James Patrick Murrano; Ivy Oarino Stanton (Mr. Skelton) against Waltor James Stanton; Olive Nyah Harvey (Mr. Vialoux) against Harold William Harvey; Ellon Dixon (Mr. Lennard) against George Dixon; John James Sloane Hunt (Mr. Munro) against Mary Hunt; Herbert David Leslie (Mr. Milne) against Enid Marion Leslie; Gladys Alexandra Powell (Mr. Gatcnby) against Harold Stanley Powell; Nell Clark (Mr. Molloy) against William Roy Clark; Rewena Avis Vincent (Mr. Goulding) against Cecil Howard Vincent; Lillian Barron (Mr. Neliruegen) against Alexander James Barron; Ruby Florence Lomas (Mr. Hogben) against Leslie Lomas; Alico Gladys O'Hara (Mr. Dyson) against Cyril Bernard O'Hara; Vera Annio O'Brien (Mr. Noble) against Colin Scott Paul O'Brien. Othor Grounds Alleged For failure to comply with orders for the. restitution of conjugal rights the following decrees were granted:—James Roy Smyth (Mr. Moody) against Florence Sarah Smyth; John Archibald Penman (Mr. Henry) against Phyllis Evelyn Penman; Frances Adelaide Urquhart (Mr. Boyes) against Cyril Leslio Urquhart; Dorothy Mary Moresby (Mr. Terry) against Fortescuo James Moresby; Herbert James McPhail (Mr. R. N. Moody) against Agnes Liela McPhail; Daisy Belle-Wain (Mr. Vialoux) against Frederick Gladstone Wain; Archibald Victor Thomas (Mr. Lovegrovo) against Mavis Holder Thomas. Decrees were granted in the following cases in which misconduct was alleged:—Hilda Reece-Hoyes (Mr. Matthews) against lan Cuthbert ReeceHoyes; Albert Percy Hellier (Mr. Turner) against Hinewharo Ruiha Turner.