Undefended Divorce Cases Dealt With By Judge.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 18624, 28 November 1928, Page 10

Undefended Divorce Cases Dealt With By Judge.

ABOUT twenty-seven undefended divorce cases were heard to-day by Mr Justice Adams.

Beatrice Doris Woods (Mr Thomas) said that she was married in Wales when her husband, William Stegall Woods, was with the New Zealand Expeditionary Force. The marriage was unhappy from the start. He treated her cruelly, and finally went to his mother’s place. From that time he had not maintained her. A decree nisi was granted, to be made absolute after three months. “ There was a Dust-up.” William M’Queen (Mr M’Carthy) applied for an order for restitution of conjugal rights against Margaret M’Queen. “ She went away on her own, and never told me, and has not returned," he said. “ Her sister’s man came down at Christmas, and there was a bit of a dust-up, and she went off.” His Honor said that there was no evidence of a genuine desire by M’Queen that his wife should return. The case would be dismissed. Assaulted the Co-Respondent. George Henry Gardner (Mr Brown) said that his wife, May Edna Gardner, had left him. She lived with Claude Offwood, the co-respondent. He assaulted Offwood, and proceedings were taken against him. A decree nisi was granted. Costs were allowed against the co-respondent. “ No Trouble.” “ I was in hospital when my wife said that she was not coming back,” said Charles William Glasson (Mr Smithson). “ There was no trouble at all.” A decree nisi was granted against the Annie Russell Glasson (Mr Cuthbert) on the grounds of desertion.

Other Cases. A story of a very unhappy married life from the start was told by Alexandra Cordelia Alice Sydney Woodhead (Mr Thomas) in support of her petition against Charles Firth Woodhead. on the grounds of desertion. She said that drink and failure to maintain were the cause of her trouble. A decree nisi was granted. Stanley Edmund Snow Dwight (Mr Brown) alleged that his wife, Edith Ruby Dwight, committed misconduct with Walter Hurring, named as co- ' respondent. A decree nisi was granted, with costs against the co-respon-dent. Margery Ann Lambert (Mr Sim) said that she had not seen her husband, James Arthur Lambert, for seventeen ■ years. She gave him no cause to desert her. A decree nisi was granted. Winifred Jean Ballantyne van Renen (Mr M’Carthy) obtained a decree nisi against Charles Valentine Van Renen, otherwise Charles Valentine Kear, on the grounds of judicial separation. Decrees nisi were made on the grounds of separation in the following cases: Nellie Palmer (Mr Quigley) v. Henry Leonard Palmer, Susan Mary Kennedy (Mr M’Carthy) V. John Robert Kennedy, Harley George William Ostler (Mr Connal) v. Violet Lucy Ostler, Mary Ellen Wood (Mr Quigley) v. Leonard Wood. “ Battling Along on her Own.” An order for restitution of conjugal rights was made in W T illiam Witts Hewinson (Mr Burns) v. Annie Hewinson (Mr Lascelles). Hewinson said that his wife had left him, saying that she would battle along on her own account.