On the facts of the case, I need say but little. The parties were married in 1907, and there are two children, They' lived in various places in Shanghai and in England during the war. 1 intimated yesterday that the charge of adultery was proved, and need say no more about it. As to the cruelty the position is more "difficult; and this case has not been rendered any easier by the somewhat haphazard manner m which it has been brought -forward: dates are not certain, charges are not very definite. But the petitioner tells a story of constant intemperance on the part of the respondent, continued over a number of years, coupled with acts of violence towards herself from time to time, leading to more than one separation when she left her husband in fear for herself and for the children: finally ending with a separation in 1919 when Mr. Shepherd had to come up because of the row and order the respondent to leave: the hotel on account of his condition, and after which the respondent has made no provision for his wife's maintenance. it is not seriously (if at all) contended that that story, if I believe Tt, does not amount to legal cruelty. All
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