SUPREME COURT.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 15385, 23 February 1912, Page 7

SUPREME COURT.

IX DIVORCE, TnmisiuT, Fkhhuart 22. (Before his Honor dustico Williams.) CLULIX V. (Lfl.Ei;. 'litis was a cafe in *hit-li Edith Broomfield Clulee pnxecihcl against iieorgc Kretlerick Clulee lor involution of mairriago on the giouud of discrtion. The case was undefended, and Mr ix-urr appeared (or the petition" l- . J!r .Sciirr slated that the petitioner was married to the resjioiiiient on December 2/), 1E93, and the jwirties lived together at Duncdin ar.d Oiokia until August, j'.K6. There w.ts one child Imrn— a lmy. In August, 1905, her lmslvind deserted the petitioner, tho first intimation she had of such desertion Ix-ing when a stranger walked into her house nt .Maori Hill am - . i\ formed her that her husband had sold him .'lie house. .She ha\l to leave the house, and had not feen lior husliiiml for some cousidcralile time, while during tl.o whole of the la.-l fivo years she had suniiortcd her.-elf and tho child entirely by her own elfnrls. Apparontly the wife h.id lu-i; lh" I readwinuer even when the parties were living together. Notwithstanding that .ihout. 15 months ago nil order bd heeu niat'le a:j;ti:t>i the 'nspondent for the uwinleiianee of his wife and child, he had sent no money whatever. Evidence to this effect was given by petitioner and her brother (Arthur Powell). Mr Fctirr stoled that rwip/jiidoiil ri"iile(l in Duuidin, and could htve defended tho cairn if lie bad so desired. His Honor said then; should be further proof o[ the actual date of desertion, and this Mr Scurr obtained, tho caso standing over for a couple of hours. The Court granted a decree nisi, to become absolute within three months, petitioner to hnvo tho custody of tho child. Costs were not asked for. lIIINTKIt v. HUNTER. A pcntkin by Alice Winifred Hunter for dissolution of her ninrriago with Edwin John Daniel ilinil«r. on the ground of misconduct. Mr Scurr appeared for petitioner, ami there was no delence. Mr .Scurr said that the parlies wero married at the Registry Officii at Invcrcargill on Doccuiber 3, 1801, suhsci|iieiitly liviiij; together at Invcrcargill. Dunedin, Christchurch, Hampden, Oainaru, and again at Dunedin. There had l*en no issue of the mnrruge The married lifo ot the parlies had not been a hapoy one, mainly owing l to drunkenness on tlio jiart of rcsiiondent I and to his carryings-on with other women. Aftor having lieen married about a year tho petitioner had discovered that her husband luul been unfaithful to her, hut tho parties had lived together until recently, when tho potitkvor had discovered that respondent jiatl been guilty of misconduct willi a spinster living in Dunedin. When taxed with his olfence ho admitted it to tho petitioner, and also to another person, who would bo tailed as ;t witness. The petitioner had frequently Iwcn assaulted diiriiif; the iirsl 12 months of her married lifo by her husland while ho was in a slate of drunkenness. Evidence was given by the petitioner and Daniel llerry. A decree nisi was granted, to become absolute after threo montlts, with costs on tho lowest scale, iiviiKit v. nniEn. Mary Ann Ryder sued for tho dissolution of her iuarriagu with James Ryder, on thu frronnd of misconduct. .Mr Irwin, on Imlialf of tho petitioner, said that tho parties wero married on October 9, 1031, at the Registry Otlico at Core. They livid together at (ioro for six years, nnd later in Dunedin. Thorn was no' issue of the marriage. The parlies apparently hud not had a, happy time together, principally because ros|*>ridcnl was a most violent man when under the influence of liquor, lo which he was eonsidornblv addicted. While in Dunedin the larlies lived in lodging, nnd tho petitioner liecamn suspicious" that her husliaiid was carrying on with other women. In April, IGO9, William ilornhv, petitioners cousin, came to town and helped lo smooth tho differences between the parties, who then lived together for a time. A week after tho reconciliation, however, Hornby had discovered respondent misconducting himself with a Hraii'o woman, and the following morning pit'itumor left her huslvmd. ' •niepetitioiu'r, William Ilornbv, „,„! Valentiuu .Marshall (law clerk) K a've evidence, idler which his Honor granted a decree nisi, to become absolute after three months, will, cost., on the lowest scalo . TUItXKIt v. TUIISKB. In the, case Iteatrico (iraco Elizabeth turner sued for a dissolution of her marriage with William Maxwell Turner, on the jjrouml of desertion for live years and c.er I lie case was undefended. Mr Woodhoi,,., ,v| lo mmni f „ elilioner .aid .ho fael.s of the caso wero Uroglixla InMand, and the icspondent w.-ts a muive cf of Man, ff h" longing to the Church of K„gla„d. They H-caiiw engaged :, ,| W Old Country, ,1 10 Aew /,e.il. ml 0 lake up a position <n ;' ilwlsr. Petitioner followed him a, by were marr , (t i„ Dunedin i„ efl s ding .or a while in South Duncdh,'., d "" "' Al ™andni. Scoii after tho mago began lo develoi, or to how drunken | M bi„ ,„,, crl|cUT > " ,J* atoly ,„ November. 1305. he turned h g wifeo.it o doors ut 6.30 one evening S T B we,, to Clyde, being much „„ ft,, g »»»d by Ins conduct. Thev nere ,1 I sepnralp for one voa r „„ |" / n S l u, tO , wherealxmls. .Someou,. h.,d ,„|,, "„., , uno 1 r:; , v ,i,rrir;, ' hi,t,,ftil^^ Jlr Woodhous, inlim , llfl| (imt ll|at wm

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