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DIVORCE COURT
I A DECREE FOR CRUELTY. I
Before the Chief Justice In the Su-
preme Court yesterday was heard a
petition for divorce brought by Bea-
trice May Molross against Roy Harold
Molross, on the ground of cruelty. Mr.
P. L. Griffiths (Crisp, Griffiths, and
Baker) appeared for petitioner, and
there was no appearance for respon-
dent
Mr. Griffiths said that violence on
the part of respondent towurds peti-
tioner extended over practically six
months, and the relationship ended
in petitioner leaving respondent at the
end of last year.
Petitioner, who said that on one oc-
casion she had left respondent and re-
turned to him, stated that for two or
threo months after the reconciliation
their relations were satisfactory, but
she discovered that he kept company
with another woman. He objected to
her associating with her own family
and ill-used her, to the extent of kick-
ing her. He had an uncontrollable tem-
per, and his language was "pretty bad."
She had told him that he would have
to choose between her and the other
woman concerned, and he replied that
he had done that long ago, and that
"it was not her." She had been ob-
liged to entirely keep herself. The
treatment she received from respondent
necessitated her being under medical
care for several months.
Grace Katherine Sweet, sister of pe-
titioner, corroborated petitioner's evi-
dence as to ill-usage by respondent, and
His Honor granted a decree nisi.
Mr. Griffiths, who said that respond-
ent had vanished, asked for an order
for costs, and that the costs be taxed,
and in the event of execution being
levied, that the proceeds be paid Into
court.
To this His Honor assented.
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going round second-hand shops and
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The colours In the prints are then inten-
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In the day-time the lampshades arm not
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up at night, however, the old prints look
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