The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1883-01-23 00:00:00

711 E MURRAY•NESRITT CASE.

l'etiams for the release of Mrs. Murray have been
e cten.irely signed le Bournent, uth and forwarded to
the Home Secretary. Mr. Nesbitt ham also forwarded •
short oar on his own behalf, and another has also he.,
rigoed by the public generally. The gist of Mr,.
.11itrrse's yet,tion is— . . . .

(it Tuatyorir ptltlonur was Irled on the third day
01 January, in this current year, before Melville
l'ortal, Esq. the chairmen of the justice, of thee runty
of $ tuthani4on, upon a 011rge of stealing furniture,
honks. pictures, and plate, allege + in the indictmert to
I. I c‘g those Klisabeth Marjory Murray, the mother-
in-law of your said petitioner. wbo was upon the day
aforesaid convicted of the alleged theft, anri sentenced
to four n oaths impri.ontnent with hard labour.
12) That the evidence cilacloaed in the c tee showed
that your said petitioner had been married to Ramsay
Murray. the son of the posectutriz, in the year 1880;
th t at the tilDe of the marriage he was absolutely
pennireat and dependent upon your said petitioner for
theport ; that .he did support him and partly furnished
the home at Calf t rd, in which they both nodded, and
in which the said prosecutrix, the said Elizabeth
Mari wry Murray, call° to reale with them.
That after • long conme of ill-treatment and
inh the said It moray Murray. the said hustler d
of your said petitioner, deserted her by leaving tto
laeruhsea in which they wire then resident, vowing
that he would nevtr return. I his occurred n the
sail :Nth day of Angus', in the year 1882, and inas-
much aa the sail Ramsay Murray ha 1 frequently
declar•l that lar thing up m the premier.s belonged
to him, your sail pir Wooer r .ceeded th break up the
borne, whi Ii (toy hal j occupied, by dap aiog
of the or put), contained in it.
ill That this dival.ll was .ffected in the mod opan
mann ci old Is with the amid inc."( several friends
an I nei:hlaurs, and among them with the saaistance
I D'm Gorge ',hilt, who wa• jointly indicted with
y..ir ccii;. till mer aud with her jointly c mai tel.
pil Th it vine eel I pelti.mer having inatracted ter
ao:Lroorim Brurnem ugh to institute divo co proceed-
upon the cruelty and adultery sg alma tie sail
Ileum, Murray, came to stay with her aunt In
, lor, a(1 there breed that a warrant had been
ie.ue I Ii- her apprehension at the hmtigati .n of the
iil I.:dr thrh Mari sy ?Mar. ay. who claimed the
whAs of 'he pro: cry Anal, In the house, as dom-
ed ae hire. saying that sh •ha I lent it to her am
tm your said poi diner during the time y sir said
p.t ti c babite 1 with him an his wife. rpm:
the. y or amid petitioner at Obe• returned to B Awn.-
mouth an i gale hers-if up to the p Moo, challenging
hivei lotion into the eta-ge which hat been pro-
drr .1. arid, hiving twic• appeared before the
toudt-s•e-, elm wee 6,.a11e c .mmittod for trial.
. . .

Ti.at ist the trial of ',lir 'aid petitioner two
s w re c.lled n her behalf, who swore that
th- z b th Mar) ory Murray had said to each
us no Iwo distinct occasions. that all the pro.
pttly c ida ne.l in (ho Iroise at, BoUrnettl .utti be•
ati.olutely to the said Ramsay hio,i ay.
(9) Th.t your sal I p titioaer solemnly rows that
she held-red the property which she disposed of al ,er
her said his-heed bed deserted her to be the property
if hreal) Ida.bald, and, therefore, her prop trty, and,
therefore, irdierty she was entitled to dispose of.