SUPREME COURT.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 12408, 28 August 1918, Page 6

SUPREME COURT.

• : ’ — CIVIL SESSIONS. His Honor Mr Justico Herdman presided at the civil sittings of the Supreme Court to-day. JUDICIAL SEPARATION ACTION. The case was resumed in which Sarah Davison (Mr Dougatl) petitioned for j f lll order oi judicial separation from [her husband, James Davison (Mr Alj pars), on the grounds of persistent cruelty. ' Evidence for the petitioner was given yesterday afternoon by Margaret Cicely Davison (daughter) and Drs A. 0. Sandstou and Alfred Foster, and on the resumption this morning Annie ■Black (nurse), Rosa Armstrong (sister of petitioner), Hugh Alexander Davison (eldest son;. I his closed the evidence for petitioner. After outlining the case for the defence, Air Alpers called evidence. . Larbara Lawry, proprietor of a nursing home- at Timaru, gave evidence as to petitioner staying m her place on the occasion of the birth of, her youngest child. Witness saw nothing to suggest that respondent was neglecting petitioner. ■Mary Ann M Kenzie, a married woman, cousin of respondent, living at Timaru, stated that she had visited the Dan sons at Southburn on two occasions, and sim had seen them in .Timaru at tunes. Witness was not aware of any trouble until latterly, when she understood there was something wrong. Witness had stopped at Devonia for,"a C v Vs nT everything nice. . To his Honor: Witness saw nothing •suggestive of trouble, but she never heard Mr and Mrs Davison talking to one another. , lo Mr Dougatl: Witness really knew nothing about the trouble# lb was not until the last few weeks that she, realised the extent of the trouble. James Davison, tho‘respondent, 0 ‘respondent, statni^ fc of tho £IOOO he won in a Inttersall s sweep went towards paving off a mortgage and the balance was expended in a trip to England with Ins daughter M-hel and iu -procuring presents lor the family. He had never been niggardly in his home and if any; medical attention were required he saw that it was procured at once. Witness always provided his wife generously m the matter of money. The family pot what each member wanted at the Fanners’ 00-operativo Association, and witness paid th 0 firm at the end of each month. Witness was never to blame tor any row that took place in the borne. There were certainly no scenes with petitioner over anything ofanv importance. Witness could not hare hoped for a bettor family up to about the time each reached, eighteen years of ago._ when, for .some reason, they wore poisoned against him.