WON BY WICKED WILE

NZ Truth, Issue 1029, 15 August 1925, Page 12

WON BY WICKED WILE

In the Divorce Court at Auckland a petitioning wife told a peculiar story.. It was on November 1, 1921, that the knot ,was tied, only to be unloosed two days later, 'when the husband confessed that he had grievously duped his newly-made partner m his representation of the means at his disposal. He admitted tha,t the substance he had said he possessed only existed m the realm of his most fanciful imagination. The business he said he owned m Hamilton had never been a reality, whereas he further stated that he had used some £1500 sent for his wife by * relatives.

This money he had spent, and he imparted to his spouse his opinion that the best thing she could do would be to get back to her people as though he had never existed. Some four days after the wedding there was a conference between the parties at which solicitors were present, and the deceitful hubby handed m a paper testifying to the fact that he had married unde? false pretences. Judge Herdman asked the petitioner if she had left her hubby or if he had left her. On being assured that hubby had taken the hint to clear out, also that there were no .children of the union, a decree nisi was granted.