SUPREME COURT.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXIII, Issue 40, 23 February 1901, Page 2

SUPREME COURT.

Thursday, F bruary 21. -Be f ore His Htjaor Mr. ijusticgCqnq|ly, DIVOBCB. Jessie Lindsey Blackstnck, cf Te Roti, applied for a divorce from Jures Blackstock, The petitioner, for whom Mr. Weston nppearod, atited in W evidence that *he was married iri April 1880. He maHen »an» wo* Biiscoe. They lived in Christ; hurch. Her husband was waiter in the 0 <rit<rbury Club. Ten years ago her hutjb ird deserve 1 hw. Tl ey wer* then living at Dunedin, and he went to Christchurch to look for work. Twice sho wroto to him asking him fri return, but he did not. He bad no cause for complaint against her, Drink was his corse. Through drink he could rot hjs emp'oyment. She applied <o the p urt at Hnwcq, o]i 22nd March, 18&3, for a maintenance order, which was granted, buh flin never i eceived any payment from her husband. There wern four children of tho marriage; the eldest was now 17 years of age. The petitioners'* fat ho- (Mr. Briscoe) and Mr. R. D. We'sh also gave evidence. IT'S Honor granted a decree ni«, and made an order for on tho lowest Rcalo ; petit r oner toharo custody of the ch;ldren.

Mathif*nn v. Mnthicson. This was a petition by the wife on the ground o f desertion, but on the cnse being ralkd on, Mr. Weston, representing the pe'itioner, stated that he had been misinstructed and could riot prqvp thp desertion had five ytars., The petition wns accordingly dismissed. ' The Court will sit in Banco to-day when the appeal in the Om.ita t ill rns a , Morris v. Hooker, ie to bo heir.). It|r, Myerc, instructed lj>y IVtr. Roy, will argue thq qajje fqrthjj appellant Morris, the toll-kesper, and Mr, Govetb for the rsnpomlent Hooker,