DIVORCE COMMISSION
LONDON, June 1. Lord Alverstone, testifying before the Divorce Commission, objected to giving jurisdiction to county courts or to any inferior court. The difficulty experienced by the poor in getting divorces might be met by the State paying the expenses, as was done in criminal cases. He considered that both husband and wife should have equal grounds for divorce, and that permanent lunacy ought to be a sufficient justification.
The Lord Chief Justice added that the wife should have an equal remedy, but the power and duty to, forgive ought to be more easy to the wife than to the husband.
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Otago Witness, Issue 2934, 8 June 1910, Page 26
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103DIVORCE COMMISSION Otago Witness, Issue 2934, 8 June 1910, Page 26
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