Concise Statement of Facts Deterrent London, Jan. 14.
A diveres case where the President of the Court, Lord Merrivale, said concise statement of the facts should be given and where the deterrent of publicity was applicable} concerned the petition by Mrs. Christabel Nora Willis on the ground of adultery of her husband, Mr, Arthur Willis, an ex-rubber planter at Penang, with Mrs. Graham Smith.
The President pointed out that the "Petitioner was the daughter of of position in London. Her husband after unsuccessful planting} obtained employment. in of Mr. Graham Smith, 9 tea planter in Ceylon residences in London and]
Hampshire, Petitioner was given quarters with] her husband in the country, where] Mrs, Graham Smith remained after her husband had returned to Ceylon. Petitioner's presence was rendered] "very inconvenient" as the result of relations arising between the respondent and Mes. Smith and the} ner was sent away, an action against which she protested.
The President declared that the petitioner was entitled to a decree) nisi with costs.—Reuter,
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