SUPREME COURT

Otago Daily Times, Issue 25375, 5 November 1943, Page 2

SUPREME COURT

PETITIONS FOR DIVORCE Undefended petitions for divorce were heard by Mr Justice Kennedy in the Supreme Court yesterday. Decrees nisi, to be made or moved absolute after three mouths, were granted as follows!—Cecil Hector Murray (Mr W. Ward) v. Eva May Kathleen Murray (Mr E. J. Anderson), on the ground of adultery; Frank Barton (Mr G T Baylee) v. Grace Downes Barton (Mr C. J. L. White), separation agreement; Cecil Lancelot Silvester (Mr C. J. L. White) v. Jessie Silvester, failure to comply with a decree for restitution of conjugal rights; Harriet Euphemia Stapley (Mr O G. Stevens) v. George Edward Stapley, separation agreement; George Henry Needham (Mr O. G. Stevens) v. Eva Maud Needham (Mr W. McAlevey), desertion; Patrick McAhan Trainor (Mr A. G. Neill) v. Doris Thelma Trainor, desertion; James Wilkie Shiels (Mr F. M. Hanan) v. Frances Lenore Shiels, separation agreement; Janet Isabella Isla Pearce (Mr G T. Baylee) v. Arthur Cecil Stafford Pearce, separation agreement; Mercia Therese McDonald (Mr O. G. Stevens) v. Allan Chamberlain McDonald, separation agreement: William Edward Belcher (Mr C. J. L. White) v. Venus Pearl Belcher, separation agreement; Lorna Jean Taylor (Mr G T. Bavlee) v. William Richard Taylor, separation agreement; Cedric Branscombe Marchant (Mr G. B. P. Wilson) v. Dorothea Helen Marchant, separation agreement; Dorothy Maud Crane (Mr E. J. Anderson) v. James Henry Crane (Mr O. G. Stevens), on the grounds ot adulterv; Andrew Alexander Currie (Mr J B Thomson v. Dorothy Francis Currie (Mr J. M. Paterson), separation agreement; Elizabeth Dillon (Mr A G. Neill) v Thomas William Dillon, separation order; Elizabeth Ann Sullivan (Mr G B. P. Wilson) v. Daniel Sullivan (Mr W McAlevey), on the grounds of adultery: Mona Patrick Broberg (Mr G. B P ' Wilson) v. Albert Edward Broberg (Mr W McAlevev), desertion; James Leslie Wright (Mr O. G. Stevens) v. Reta Phyllis Blanche Wright (Mr W. McAlevey), separation agreement. Decrees Absolute

Decrees absolute were granted on the petitions of Mary Richmond Campbell Seymour v. Wilfred Reginald John Seymour; Madeleine Irene McNeil v. Thomas McNeil; Cecil Wilson v. Gladys Wmifrefl Wilson: Nellie Jeffs v. Cyril Thomas Jeffs; Andrew Garden Reid v Caroline Reid; Joseph Dine v Doris Winifred Dine; Vera E. Stephens v. Lionel C. Stephens: William Lewin Norman Chirnside v Alma Charlotte Georgina Chirnside Conjugal Rights Orders for the restitution of conjugal rights were made in the following cases. —William Bain Nicholson (Mr C. J. L. White) v. Mavis Lillian Nicholson; Laurence Hicks Norton (Mr O. G. Stevens) v. Ada Marie Minna Norton; Robert James Howell (Mr I B Stevenson) v. Verna Florence Howell (Mr W. F. Forrester): John Ross Peterson (Mr J. B. Thomson) v. Nora Peterson.