Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-07-30

| tor as person who had nothing to dc
| and gave him the job
DUTIES OF THE PROCTOR.
Since then, however. the mystery
surrounding this parsonage has CON
| tinued TO grow. No one has ever seen
rim In court, although IL is announced
every now and again that owing to
the Intervention OF the kings proctor
the judges have decided not TO make
absolute decree nisi. 4 decree nisi'
means decree unless" and is the
preliminary form I'm which every decree
Of divorce Is granted in England. 1t
means that If no additional evidence
Is forthcoming within six months from
the date Of the decree II Will be made
absolute and the parties will he free
TO marry again. The additional evil
dcnce, which may he TO the effect that
there has been collision between the
Tlaintff and defendant I'm the divorce
suit. or that the complaining party has
not been leading "A strictly blameless
life either before the petition or during
the probationary period, Is usually fur
nshcd by the kings proctor. but II Is
furnished to the judge in chambers and
Is never presented TO the jury. All
the public knows about II Is that the
Judge has seen Mt to refuse to confirm
the decree.
succeeded. however, In tracing this
mysterious official to his lair and ind
ing out something about him, The
present holder of the office is ]. P, MI
Tor and he gets a salary Of $4,000 a
year. He has an assistant proctor at
$1,000 and a staff NJ clerks TO help him
and he has an office at the treasury
in Whitehall lie is supposed 20 In
quire into every undefended divorce
suit and for this purpose nc can call on
the detective STAFF AZ Scotland yard.
This rs why people who think they
have fixed up a nice friendly little di-
Vorce case which will go through with
out trouble and publicity are surprised
20 find themselves Swallowed by shrcwd
looking men I'm the most unofficial OF
plain clothes but with extremely broad
toed boots ana later on To ind that
someone or other has Informed the
Judge that they really were quite
friendly and didn't need a severance OF
the marriage bond at an. II may also
explain TO husbands who think that
they have secured their freedom from
orrlng wives and who have celebrated
the occasion by spending an evening I'm
gay company. why the divorce decree
that tho, were so sure Of failed TO
materiallze.
ALWAYS PROMPTED
As matter Of fact. however. the
kings proctor seldom moves himself
He IA usually set In motion by some
body - some person who is intorcS ef
IN the case. Thus wife who has been
adiuSscd bv jury guilty OF unfaith-
fulncss and against whom decree
has been pronounced may set the
kings proctor on the track OF her
complaining spouse, with the result
that the Judge decides that he II as
had as she and not entitled to relief.
or a spiteful neighbor may break up
"A nice little arrangement for a change
OF partners I'm Il friendly and unosten-
tatlous way by dropping a line 10 the
kings proctor which has the same ef-
feet as dropping a stone into a nicely
adjusted piece OF machinery.
II will be understood from these facts
why the kings proctor Is such re-
firing individual. His works are secret
and publicity would be bar to his
usefulness. Being essentially a detec-
tive officer the less there is known
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