DOCTOR’S DIVORCE CASE.
WIFE’S PETITION GRANTED. Dy Telegraph.—Press Association. CHRISTCHURCH, Friday. In the Supreme Court Alice May Russell petitioned for a divorce from Dr. Gerard Warren Russell, on the grounds of desertion. The parties were married in England in June, 1907, and lived in England and Christchurch. There were no children. The petitioner’s evidence was taken in England. She said she lived happily with respondent until 1918, when they were at the Waldorf hotel, London. She then noticed that he was not affectionate, his manner having quite Changed. Since then they had not lived as husband and wife. After serving in the war Dr. Russell returned to Christchurch, but he did not send for her. She borrowed the money and came to New Zealand, arriving in 1919. Respondent wrote her saying that he had quite made up his mind that he could not bear the idea of married life any more. She saw him, but he gave no explanation and refused to resume the ordinary life of husband and wife. She then returned to England, having lost all hope of recovering his affections. He allowed her £22 a month maintenance.
The petition was undefended and a decree nisi was granted.
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Waikato Times, Volume 97, Issue 15152, 27 January 1923, Page 5
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