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Dh.C   10/06                            2006                                        M        "JO.  2

 

I:\ THE HIGH  COCRT OF SIERRA  LEO'\'E

 

 

 

BET\\'EEi\:
 

 

JAMES VANDIF MORSERA Y           -Pl,TITIONFR/ i\PPI JC;\ NT

 

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MARY DA\IOLI: i"vHJRSERA Y        -RI,SP< Ji\ DFi\T/R LSPOi\DI::-.;T

• .JUDGl\lENT

BEFORE THE HO:\. \IRS. .JUSTICE C. L. TA \'LOR .IUD(;E

D \ TED THIS J1rn DAY OF OCTOBER  ,  2006

 

This is an unclcl·cnded di,orce pelition hetween Jatlles Vandie Moseray Petitioner and  \fary  Danmle  Moscray Respondent.

 

The  Petitioner  is  a  Ci,il  Senanl  allached  lo  the  \lini,try  of  lkallh.   The Petitioner and the rcsponclenl \\ere married 011 the 17'"  October  1999.  The marriage took place al the  St.  Paul's  (\,ngrcgatinnal  Church  King tom.  The marriage certificate is in e, idence as E.,hihit ··A". Al'tcr the cclehration oi' the marriage the Petitioner and the Respondent cohabited at No. -+. Lumle, Road.  Freeto\\ n and No. X S,ke Strc·ct. Congo To\\n. Thn· later 1nmed  to Bcllier  Park  and lhc·n to I-+ D\\arzark Farm l'reetm,11. There is 110 child  of  the  lllarnagc. l3el'ore the lllarriage the l'etitioner had three children namely Nettie l\foseray. Augusta Moser,!\' and Lucy Moseray. The Rc·spondent also had three  children natllely Hassan Sallie Ileen. Cassandra Katllara and Sherill Sallie Deen. The Pc·tilioner's children li,cd \\'ilh them  in  the  1nalrilllonial  home.  I lassan  Sallie Deen also .stayed with thc·,n in the matri111onial home.

 

 

 

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The Petitioner narrated se,cral acts of cruelty perpetrated against him hy the Respondent.

 

 

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The Petitioner deposed that sometime in 201J I he \\as ad111itted at the Kahala Go,en1111ent. During that period the Respondent did not ,isit him. Arter the Petitioner\\'" discharged   \\ hen  he  returned  hotne  the  Resp"ndent   started  to  lodge a complaint against ..'Htguqa \loseray.  The  Petitioner  did  not  re.spond.  The Respondent did  not  alhl\\  the  Petitioner  to  slec·p  as  she  \\as  shouting  throughout the  night.

 

The  Petitioner  narrated  one  incident  during  \\'hich  he  protested  about  the  small

quantit,  of  food   \\'hieh  the  Respondent  ga\T  to  the  children  and  because  of  this the Respondent threw \\'ater  on  hit11.  The  Respondent  collected  a  knife  and threatened to  kill  hitn  but  she· wa.s  restrained  h,  their  neighbours.  The  Petitioner said  that  he  felt  had ahout this.

 

The Petitioner deposed  that .sometime in August. 201JJ the su111 of Le. 150,(HJO.IJO

\\ as missing and he reported the 111atter to a friend 01· 1he Respondent one Mrs. Johnson. \\ho asked her ahuut the missing 111oney. ,\s a re.suit the l<espondcnt abused  hi111 in the street.  The Petitioner said that  he felt  asha111ed.

 

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On the 7'h October. 200J the l'etitioncr \\ as trying to luck his briefcase\\ hen the Respondent told hi111 not to do so. She took a\\ hisk\ stool and  \\ as about to hit hi111 on his head hut l'etitionc·r put his hand across his he,1d and the\\ hiskv· stool hit his left hand instead. Ile kit pain on his left hand. The Respondent then took some cockle shc·lls lio111 the table and sent the111 on him She took out a knife and Wanted  to stab him  hut again she \,as restrained  by their  neighbours.

 

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After these incidents the l'etitiuner left the M,11ri111onial home on the'!'" October.

 

 

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2003 and  \\ent  to the l'rminces.  The !'L'litionn said  that on  the  1 7'1

Nmcmhcr.

 

201J'.i he "·c·nt to the· Head Offic·e at the Minisrrv or Health Ylluyi  Building "here  he was inlorilled that the  Respondent  had  been  there  in  a,  iolent  mood.  The l'etitillner  .said  that  .since  that  time  \\hen  e,er  he ,isited  the  office  he  \\as al'raid th,11 the  Respondent  would  attack him.

 

 

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In the light of thee, idence adduced I hold that the Petitioner has prmcd his c·ase against the Respondent on the hcdance 01· probabilities lln the ground ol' cruelty.

 

I hereby  pronounc-c  the decree  nisi  for the declaration  01· the  marriage  had and

Solcmni.sed  bet" een  the  l'etitiuner  and  the  Respondent  on  the  17'" Octnhcr.  i '!99.

 

 

C. J. l'earnc·k  Esq.  states:

I am applv ing for an abridgement DJ' time" ithin "hic·h  the Applicant/l'etitioner illay apply that this decree nisi .sll pronounced he made absolute hy reason that the Respondent  L'<luld not  ha, c shm, n cause" h)  the same should  not he made

abS< ii ute.

 

 

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I order that  the pniml of time  hc'l\\een  the dencc  nisi absolute  he abridged   tu two

,\·eek-, in\tcad of three munth .

 

 

 

SGD: - !ION. MRS.JUSTICE C.L. T:\ YLOR

 

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1      OCTOBER,  2006.