Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1907-06-06
Want TIES THAT
. Bind GUT IN twain
Divorce Court Crowded
With Unhappy
Couples
SEVEN APPLICATIONS
MADE. IN SINGLE DAY
Desertion, Non-Support, Extreme
Cruelty, Disease and Insanity
Are Some Grounds
Alleged

| The divorce court continues to in
crease in popularity day by day and
the number of cases that come up be-
fore it wax steadily greater in num-
Der. 1t appears to find favor with
the people second only to the mar
llage license agencies. But the lat
ter do their work quietly, while the
divorce mill grinds out in the open
and with much screcching of wheels.
Therefore, one who watched only it
might almost think that large per-
ioentaSe of the people of the Terri
tory were reverting to a state of sin
gle blessedness.
This morning two mismated cou-
pies were given their freedom. and
seven applications for divorce were
fled by others who find that they
r?ade mistakes in choosing their life
Partners. The reason given by most
OF the libellants is the very common
one of desertion, though there are
one or two who ask for divorce on
the ground of extreme cruelty, of
ron-support, etc. One wants a di-
vorce because the libellee is insane
and another because the unwelcome
Partner is a leper. One woman COM
plains that her husband leads an idle
and dissolute life and beats her into
the bargain
kikilia Kekoa sues for divorce
from her husband Joe Kekoa. whom
she married at Laiemaloo, on the
ground of extreme cruelty She
claims that he is in the habit of
beating and kicking her, pulling her
hair and ill-treating her generally.
More than that, he doesn't even pay
fer the privilege, having for four
years failed to provide for her sup
pert.
Kealohanui Kawelau claims to be
d deserted wife. She states in her
libel for divorce that Kuku Kawelau,
the husband whom she married in
1873 at Haiku. Maui. deserted her
in 1896 and has not returned in all
the time that has elapsed. She there
fore gives him up as a bad case and
asks for a decree of absolute divorce.
Charles Naturalization is an unfortun-
ate husband whose wife, he states, is
one Of the inmates of the leper settle
ment at Kalaupapa. He married her
in 1882 and she contracted the disease
in 1896. He, therefore. asks that he
he granted divorce from Kuleke ka-
Ninaualii Kualae alleges desertion
as the ground upon which she asks the
Court to divorce her from her hus-
band Henry Kualae. She says they
were married in 1899. but one year
ffter the happy event he left her and
has not returned.
Sarah Akana another deserted wife,
states that she is too poor to pay the
costs of divorce proceedings and asks
the court to help her out so she can
get rid of c. S. Akana, who left her
on April % of this year and refuses
to return to her. He also fails to pro-
vide for her support and that of their
one-year old boy
Aukai asks Tor legal separation from
her husband, Kane Auohalani, on the
ground that he is insane and also that
he deserted her before he became
crazy. She was married to him in
1897, but for the past ten years he
has been insane and an inmate of an
asylum But he deserted the wife
.hree years before that She asks,
therefore, for a petition, annulling the
and for the appointment of
A, Peterson as guardian of the de-
PENDANT to defend his interests.
Kalima Pehu is made the seventh
ibelee of the batch, the allegations
against him being that he leads an
die and dissolute life and that he has
assault and battery ON the
his wife
In addition 10 all the above appllca-
lions for divorce two divorces were
granted this mGrning by Judge Robin.
son
Mary HulUhuu Akana was freed
from the bonds that united her TO
Akana Pake, the grounds being that
or i've years past he has failed iol
support her
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