DIVORCES GRANTED

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 640, 17 April 1929, Page 9

DIVORCES GRANTED

CLEARING UP ODD CASES UNDEFENDED PETITIONS A NUMBER of undefended divorce - petitions came up for hearing before Mr. Justice Kennedy and Mr. Justice Blair at the Supreme Court yesterday. The odds and ends were cleared up and decrees nisi were granted in a number Of cases. James Britton, petty officer. H.M.S. Philomel, was cited as co-respondent in the petition of Harry Perctval (Mr. Perry) against Grace Percival. The marriage took place in January, 191$, and there were two chtldren. Mr. Justice Blair granted a decree nist.

A deed of separation entered Into in November, 1925, was the ground of the petition brought by Lydia Martha Bowers (Mr. Fennell) against Joseph Thomas Bowers. They were married in January, 1925. A decree nisi was granted.

When her husband told her to go away, Georgina Norah Harding want. Through Mr. Singer she petitioned for a divorce from James Cyril Harding.

They were married in July, 1917, she said, and lived in Wellington and Christchurch. Their married life was unhappy from the start, and a month after her second child Was born she went to live with her parsnts at Waipu, as her husband told her to get out. She had received money for the upkeep of the children until recently. A decree nisi was granted.

The adjourned divorce petition o€ Peter Donald Wilson (Mr. Singer! against Lottie Elizabeth Wilson with Llewellyn Pritchard as the third party was dealt with. It was adjourned from February 28, for the production of the marriage certificate. A divorce was granted, with costs against corespondent .

Failures to comply with orders for the restitution of conjugal rights resulted in decrees being granted as follow:—Ethel Catherine Denton (Mr. Finlay), against Harold Denton; Hugh Dobbie (Mr. Fleming), against Marjorie Home Dobbie; Dtxncan McInnes against Gretchen Mclnnes.

Alleging his wife had misconducted herself with one Cecil John Cripps, or Crisp, a member of the crew of the Laburnum, Henry John Bushel (Mr. Matthews) asked for a dissolution of his marriage to Vera Frances Bushel. The marriage took place in May, 1926, petitioner going to sea in 1927. When he returned his wife was not at home, and he could not find her. In April, 1927, they entered into a deed of separation and had not lived together since. Evidence of misconduct was given. Mr. Justice Kennedy adjourned the hearing to enable Mr. Matthews to submit a memorandum on certain points of law.

His wife had said she did not want him or his money, said Charles John Bartleet, who sought a divorce from Ruby Bartleet. They were married in 1909, in Melbourne, and when he last saw respondent she told him to go away. They had entered into a deed of separation in August, 1924. Mr. Justice Kennedy reserved judgment in the case.

Margaret F. Tidbury (Mr. Hail Shelton) was ordered to return to Edgar Rowland Tidbury (Mr. Singer) within 14 days. They were married in April. 1917, and there were two children. She left petitioner when he returned from a three months’ trip to sea, and would not return. She said she was tired of married life.

Trouble over property caused the first breach between George Croiekshank (Mr. Hall Skelton) and Annie Eliza Cruickshank (Mr. Dickson), and the former petitioned for the restitution of conjugal rights. They were married in 1915 and there were three children. Mr. Dickson withdrew the answer to the petition. An order was made for the wife’s return within 14 days.

Orders for return within 30 days were made in the cases of Derrick Otto Conrad Mincher (Mr. Leahy► against Margaret Evelyn Mincher and Florence Rose Senior Lawrence (Mr. Dickson) against Colin Edward Senior Lawrence.

Mary Emma Colthurst (Mr. Dickson) petitioned for divorce from George James Colthurst on the grounds of habitual cruelty and drunkenness. An answer filed by respondent was withdrawn.

She left respondent a year ago and had kept herself since. He had never given her any money. A decree nisi was granted by Mr. Justice Kennedy, to be made absolute in three months, with costs against respondent on the lowest scale.

When Mabel Victoria Cameron married lan Cameron in July, 1923, she thought his name was John Brown and she waa Mrs. Brown. She petitioned through Mr. Hall Skelton for a divorce on the grounds of desertion. He left her in 1924 and was now serving a term in gad for bigamy. A decree nisi was granted, petitioner being given enstody of the one child of the marriage, with ooate against respondent on th« lowaat scale.