Norwich bulletin., 1914-06-06
THREE DIvoReEs GRANTED
 IN SUPERIOR COURT.
Three Wives Made charsss of esssr-
 tion or Cruel Treatment.

Diyorces in three cases on the un- contested list in the superior court case on the list went over This was John Mahouey va Dora Ann Bogue Hahoney.
 Deserted ln Few Menths.
 For deserting her since September 8, 1910, Hulds Brown Thompson of New London was given divorce from Morris Thompson of New Haven and was allowed to resume her maiden name of Brown. They were married on the 18th of July, 1910.
 Mrs. Thompson testified that she was temporarily living In Hartford. When they were married her husband was working In store in Hartford, but he lost this job soon afterwards and then they lived in New Haven and Hartford with her husbands relatives
 In September after they had been married she was induced to go to her aunts in Hartford, her husband say ing that he would stay in New Haven and later come on to Hartford. That was the last time she heard from him, but she heard afterwards that he was not Of good character and his em- ployer said he would have had him arrested if it had not been for his folks
 Mrs. Mary Brown of New London, mother of the petitioner, testified for her daughter and told of the marital troubles.
 Left Her After Three Years.
 Divorces on the grounds of deser- ton was granted to Emma Daniels Weir of New London from Ruben K. Weir of Watervliet N. Y. They were married on April 22, 1907. She charg- ed that he deserted her on September 14. 1910.
 In response to the questions of her attorney, J. J. Lawless. Mrs. Weir tes- tified that her husband was 36 and she was Is when they were married and that he vas a barge captain. He is now in New York. She said that he procured an illegal operation upon her and then he had her come to New London from New York, where she had been living with his people. She told of trying to live there with her husbands people but she was put out and had to leave For three years she had not seen nor heard from her husband.
 Mrs. Nellie Maynard. sister of the petitioner, testified that Capt. Weir never supported his wife while she Gray, another sister, testified that she once found Mrs. Weir in a starving condition
 Cruelty the Cause.
 Intolerable cruelty was the grounds upon which Agnes K. Harvey secured divorce from William E. Harvey. Her maiden name was Agnes E. Jackson and in her complaint she alleged that the cruelty began from their we'd ding day. which was April 24, 1909. She was given the custody of a four year old son
 In Mrs Haryey's testimony she said that she was married ot the age of IS and went to live with her husband in New York Soon afterwards she found out that he drank to excess and was often drunk twice a week At times he struck her and once the blow that was meant for her landed on the baby. Later the couple lived in this city on Laurei Hin and Mir Harvey continued his cruel treatment He slapped her face and had choixad her She left him in September and again in February last on account of his cruel treatment
 Mrs. Harriet Fuller Jackson, widow of Sheriff Jackson and mother of Mrs. Harvey testified to attempts she had made to try to have the couple live together and to the way that MT. Har- yey, who is a travelling man. had been cruel to his wife. Attorney Charles " Comstock presented the case Of Mrs. Harvey before the court