DIVORCE CASES.

New Zealand Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 5678, 28 August 1905, Page 2

DIVORCE CASES.

MESS ASSOCIATION. AUCKLAND, August 25. At the Supreme' Court to-day Adi Mary Collins pet.tioued for a divorce from Alfred Collins on the ground of desertion. Petitioner said she married, respondent on January 10th, UKJO, at the. Registrar's Office at Auckland, and sht went to aeop house for her sitter at Epsom, for a fortnight, ■ during which time her husband lived with her. On February 3rd bur hu» band went to '■ Papakura with tont horses, and she wont to her people in tha Waikato, it be.ug arranged that her husband should lollow later on. Several affectionate letters were exchanged between them in which the husband premised, after riding in a race a lorUiight later to give up the turf for good and settle down. Petitioner said that at loot her husband came up to her people at Ham, ilton, and they arranged to sol him na on a farm. He said he had promi.yd to take some horses to Dargavtile, and alter he had done this he weald return, iroin that time onward she never saw nor heard from her husband. A doer o4 nisi was granted, to be made absolute after throe months. John Samuel Bnghouse petitioned fo> divorce from Lillian Harriet Brighouae on the ground of desertion. Petitioner said be married in June, 1897, and there was one child. They lived , together happily at Kaeo for sixteen or eighteen months. His work took him away from homo for frequent intervals. He spent very little money on himself, ■ being neither a drinker nor a gambler, but hi* wages were insufficient to finance his wile’s extravagant habits. She gave nu. rnerous parties, and he got into debt He resolved that they should leave thr temptations of Jiaeo. He went to Dannevtrke, but at his wife’s request she rot muined behind to allow him'tunc to provide a homo. A fortnight alter he had left iiaeo he rceo ved a letter from hit' wife la which she complained that ho had left her in an uncemloiibnle house with .the child sick and no firewood. Petitioner said the child was well when he loft home and he left six months? supply oi firewood. She declared that after the way in ' which ho hod bullied* , insulted and soccred at, her she would never live with hire Petitioner said he replied 'to this letter, absolutely denying the charges, and asking her to come to Dan. nevnfcc. He then received a cartoon 0/ a Salvation Army bandsman, in which he recognised the penmanship of his wifo. lie had joined the Salvalioh.'Army o», leaching Dannovirke. He then visited Koeo, to see his wife and reconcile her, would not have.anything to.di with him, A decree niisi was grantedto be made absolute after' three months. Janet Dawson, petitioned for divorce from Duncan Dawson on the ground of adultery. Petitioner said eh© was mars nod in December. 188 G. One child wa« hying. In 1902 , Mrs Stanley was living at Manakau Heads as postmistress. Mrf Stanley’s husband died the next -year and petitioner took pity on her as a lonely widow, and did her many acts of kindness. In February respondent con, fessed to petitioner that Mrs Stanley was about to give birth fen a child of his. In spite of petitioner’s protestations. Mm Stanley was kept in the tionset Petitioner went to a private hospital to be operated on. After the operation she was brought back on a stretcher, and found that the woman was still there. Four days later, against the doctor'o. order, petitioner got up and left the house for good. His Honor said the point might b* raised that the unfortunate wife had ap parentlv condoned the offence. Mr Reed, for petitioner.’’said it was unwilling con., donanbe; a sick woman eon Id not Very well fight against it. His Honor deferred! granting a decree nisi till Monday, to enable Mr Peed to make an applications for maintenance. . Maude Christian petitioned for divorce from. Timothv Rncard Christian on , tha ground of rape on a little girl. Petitioner said she was a hotel cook at TUnl nku up to the time of her marriage in 1809 Her husband was arrested and ennvieted. and on account of his convio tion sheeoneht divorce. The chief gaoler. «o.id resnondent. was undergoing a- sen, fence of ten rears, HSs Honor expressed regret that the law did not permit' eonri"*cn +0 accented as proof in a Case of this kind Without making it necessary for the story to bo gone over again. 1 decree n-v; was granted; to be mads absolute after three months.