NICHOLLS.V. NICHOLLS.

Colonist, Volume LXII, Issue 15243, 3 December 1919, Page 2

NICHOLLS.V. NICHOLLS.

Elizabeth New sought a dissolution of her marriage with Herbert Francis Nicholls on the grounds of adultery. ■Mr.. W. C. Harley appeared for tiio petitioner. The evidence of the petitioner showed that the parties were married io IDOL and resided in the lakaka district. Ihore were nine children of tiio marriage. In October, lUio, petitioner's sisl'.er Daisy came to live v. itSi them, and about three months afvor ;-;ho observed that her husband and her sister were on intimate terms. Li-e protested, aud on two occasions respondent put her <-ut of the hous'.'. >jlio obtained an order against rospoJidcVnfc f;;r the maintenance of herself and tiro.1 chihlrrn. Her last child .was born hi September, 1916, after she had obtained the maintenance order. In Augu>;i:-. 191(3. respondent went to Collingwocd with her sister, nnd they nlso resided at Puminahoi. They tlicu returned to Takuka, whore her si-it^r had a child. Hor husband had not returned to her, :md at the present tmo he v/as living at Tasman. Constable Edwards, uf Takaka, stated that on the occasion of his first visit to petitioner's house ho found pe':itioi>ior, respondent and petitioner's sister sleeping in the one bed. Petitioner asked him to get her sister away. Ho > t i . i--(M-^drnt that hi:-; conduct was improper, and that he slum Id get rid of petitioner's sister, which ho proraiFod to d;i. Froreedinp's for maintoTinnco wero subsequently tnkon by pi'tifcionoxand an order made fsgrunst defendant. Krederiek E. N^ttngc, orclumiist, of T;i:-tu;iii, stated" that rcspondc-iit h.'id been in his employment since _!.<'<■■ br:iary or March, 1917. X'o was rc:-:idii"g wit-h a woman who was known ns A': :-. Ni-h^Hs. and there were two cbildrei. A d'.y.TLV.? nisi was !:;r;ir. U'd. ij ).;e made, absolute in threo ln^nl-iis, jjehii'"o>.,-.» to LuH'o Ci--;todv ■■ f iiie ch;!dr^i, rof-po^dout to nay .Gl-3 oi.si-s and ■;■:■: PCH.H:^.