STORIES FROM THE DIVORCE COURT.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 13374, 29 August 1905, Page 5

STORIES FROM THE DIVORCE COURT.

.-A-HUSBAND'S . ~ • -KVirii '* t j? 1 ® 0 A«ci(iait(i; 'biir gay, Ada petitioned.for a: ovoea.from Alfred o>l ins on. the groiirid of .. tlworfion - Petitioner- said ' slio ■■ WiS . : marjMed.on -January; 10,-1900, -at (he .registrars offiwj afAiidklaiidi ana f.Hc VVe ; itt: fc , ' *f P.. i ' 0 , 1, %. f ?>;...l!?.f..sister, at Epsom for a? fortnight. purine which time- Jiei'-lliUbMli 'jSu-Jnte-. On husband ; : went to I'apakura with some lidtees, arid she' went to her people at it, boihe' arranged that hoi- liushariil sliotlld follow later on., Sdveial affeetiWihte letters'wero exchanged bohfegh tlieiii, in which her libs'-'■ rand promised to ride ill.Mace a fdrtilight filtnr nntl tlion give. up the turf for'ioodY and Mino. and settle down alongside- life- . own little pet." The petitioner'said that t fj' "'u 1 ' I, " s '""«l. Mme up to her people ; ' at Hamilton; her •penjjlp arfhflgerl ' to 'set'. him up , oii a farm. He said iie. had wo: niiso'ti- to take some horses' to' Dargavilie, and after he.had done this ho wdiilti'Mtui'ii' end settle. Prom this time on- she. iih'y«fiiw or heard from her husband 'again. MrS Alice .Tin-butty petitioner's s'istsi 1 , gave' fevidenoe of respondent and otter hoys-renting-a-house ami having a jolly time "'in it with somS prls. A decree ilisi was granted, to' bo made absolute after three month's.. .: ' . A MVATIONTSrS PETITION: . ■ John Sanliiel JBrigiioiisa petitioiied for V dHxirto from ari: tllfl grdiind of deseriioiij T.lie-.jielitiiner , silifl lie was lnafwd ih .tune, 1697V-and. there. was one child. They lived together , liabpilv at Kac'o foi' 16 or 17 mbntlis. ills'work t-ebk him' rtway frditi • home for: ft'equchfc' intervals. He speiit very' liftlc hiftiiiSy- op himself,' heliijr neitlior a iirlnk^,' jiiit a . OTmblei'j biit liis irajits were ihsiifticieiit. ;f,o, ' finiheo .his Wife's fexfi-avdgarjt iiSbIWJ :Sh4- - iroVti iiumetbil* fiartics, aiid lie 'aiij .ifito'.' tlobtVliO .that they plioiilfl leave ' tlifc teiiiptatitiiis of Kaeo. lie went to 0 Danrisvirko, but. at li"s wife's request, $W remained bohiiirt t-d'allow him time' t6'<jSr6-\ vido a home there. A fortnight after lie ' had left Kahn he. sairl hs\received ft staftlimr letter .from jiis.wife. in which slie coinblftirtM tliat he jjad left, lwr in an uncbmfotfcfbld; : Jwrne witli her child stele and no , fiMvoo'ij. Tho petitioner said the child wm-wPII wlltifl lii> loft home, a.nd hf Mi, six months' supply bf firewoiid. Rlife dooliired tlwt, after t,lm way iii. wllMi lie liad bullied, insulted, and': kneerpd nt imr, sljc would never him aqain. Petitioner, ?aitl lit , rej) ,; ed {6 tin's letter absolutely denyinar the.i'liarscs... arid _ asking lior to iWwh. I-fe tliwi received . a ciiftOoii 'if d SaN'afinn Army bandsman, in whioli ho recoipiKcd tlio »?n----manship of liis wife. H".liinl. joined tlio Salvation 'Ai'hiy bit rtfapJiiriif Dannevirlce. lVtitionor said ho Visited Kaeo to see his wife , and reconcile hit Wit She .would not have anything to' do'witli liihi. , Ho wfnt to hor.iVinf.het aiid asked liar if slit fcblild tell: him what was the reason of this behaviour, jind his motlipr-iii-lajv said it w.is he'eausn,. ho wai too prim and. would not let her £et about; to dances and otlier things, just a?-> plie lik'cd. A decree nisi was granted, to { be' made absolute after three months. ■ .i ■ A WIFE'S PETITION. Janet Dawsoh petitioned for', a divdfcfe . from Dlliican Cam|jbcll Forbes Dawsoh on ' tho ground of adultery. .Petitioner said .Mie was married in December, 1886. One bhild was livintr in ISO2. . Mrs Stanley was living at Maililkdli rtekd.s as postmistress. . Mrs Srahlijy's liusbahel (libd ii6st ; : year, and tlid lietitiohe'r tbbJc" pity ori Hbi! '• hs a lonely widow, and did her many acts of Uindncs/;.' In January the respondent confessed in petitioner, that Mi's..Sfiiii|ey., was ftHdilt.to give birlli to a cliijd pF.hjs v lii spite of iietitiorier's .protestations, .'Mrs// Stanley was Itopt iii tlio house. Petitioner went to a private hospital io be operated on, arid after tile npdMtioii slid faiS lifodjtlit back oil ii Stretcher and fou'iid that ; tliß'- ' wbiilaii was still tlierg. Fduf days ! laWr,' iigaihst the doctor's .order; petitioner '(jot iip and.left the house.for.good. .: ". His Jlcihor said the point miejit be r.iis'Sd tiiiit the iiiifortuhate wife liiid apparonlly condoned tho affßhcc. " Jfr Reed..fol; petitioner, said itlwas unwilling cor.donahce. A. sick woman could rial very well fight against it. Tivideiice was given that vespoi'HlbiitjJihtl admitted that lio was now cohabiting with Mrs Stanley. His Honor deferred granting, imdecero hisi-till Monday, to nhabio Mr Reed toinako .nil application for. maihtoiiancoV '.-■ A CRIMINAL DIVORCE. f l Maude Cliristidh potitioried for a iSivofcb from her husband, Timothy Pacard Christian, on the ground of fesporidenl-'s crimilial assault upon a little girl. Petitioner Said she was an. liptel cook;afc YA'aiukinup in .tlie time of her marriage in 1893. hiid they thc'iii lived. " tofee'tWr" '■' in Abiikliitid till May, 1903, -Wrieri- hiir; : biisband , was arrcsttal ■ :ahd. ■ : ■coil^. : ; vioted. ;oji account, of his.con'viclion.slio; loiieht a divorce. Afr Sevorhc, the cliiet Raolor, said respondent '■ was , ' undergoing ii sentence of 10 years. His Honor.oxpressed regret that tlifi lav? aid: nbt permit a conviction to be ancoplod aa proof in a case of this kind witliQiifc .makiriifit. necp3 ( - sary for the story to lie gone'. oTef hgAihi,; A (iecreo tiisl was granted, to ftadflBlisollitc,' with the custody of tho chilU);; after three months. .