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The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1876-05-30

A MYSTERIOUS ROBBERY.

A curious robbery has just taken place hire. Be-
, eidthg in one of the meteor Aso= aa the Neer
BuildM.), in Nerth &main is • groosewperter in the
minl en= MOINIPIL style, James, and N., named
with lift wife and a young child. Lodging
with them is a brother of %seen who is also work-
ing in the town. They are respect:able, quiet people,
and seem to have had a good opinion of the "outride
public," aa although the lock of their door had become
somewhat deranged, and could not be locked, they
had not had it repaired. The other night they retired
to rest with the door unfastened. Their little child
has been unwell for some time, and they have broken
a deal of rest, so that when on Monday night shortly
after 12 they were able to get smile sleep, they slept
very soundly. On Tuesday morning they were very
much surprised to find that their house had been
entered and ransauked, and several valuable things
carried et But the r,beiy is enveloped in mystery.
!Wjiff the bedside in & . w warnell's bedroom
aver watch and jet chain, and lying near
was a mos, and this warn made useful in cutting the
chain from the watch, the latter being carried off. A
gold ring of considerable value has also disappeared,
m has also some gold ear-drops and a pair of studs.
Bumell's trousers, which =tag on the floor by
the bed-aide, were also and the pooketa
picked of a mos and about is ad money. A lamp
had been left burning in the room,and the globe we,
removed from this and left upstairs, whilst the lamp
was evidently used in prosecuting the search down-
stairs, as it was raided there anl erveral boxes and
drawers ransacked. Some money in one of the latter
was taken away, and Mrs. Hussars work-box had its
contents carefully examined. But the strange part
of the affair is that other thi&mof considerable value
were left untouched. The 'a bedroom door had
been loft open all the sight, the robber had not
paid him • vidt • number of things had been
scattered about In various plane., and among these a
piece of odd rhubarb peddeig had been brought from
the back kitchen and placed on the front room table.
Whether the robber tad felt hungry and intended to
have a feed, or whether it waa to have been taken
away is not baron* It is a mysterious affair; but
probably our police will WOO put their finger, upon
the guilty peaty or parties.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1876-05-30

EXTRAORDINARY DIVORCE PROCEED-
INGS.

In the Divorce Division of the High Court of
, Justice, Sir Jamas Hennes, the president, and a
specialjury had before them the remarkable suit of
r. Weethead the Queen's Proctor inter-
vening). The original suit was that of Captain James
Weethead, of Totnea, in Devonshire, for a divorce, on
the ground of the inddeilty of his wife with Captain
Gordon, and the Queen's Proctor now intervened to
.Le/ent that decree being made absolute
the petitioner himself had been ,gullrjrhaol
adultery, and that there had been collusion between
ire parties.
As to the charge of infidelity preferred against the
tetitioner. a large number of cabmen were called, who
hientified him aa &Amnion whom they had taken from
a place called the Turkish Divan, in Plymouth, which
eras frequented by women of bad repute, and driving
im to their houses. Some women also identified him
an being with a companion of theirs. The case as to
the collusion was a peculiar one, and principally
nutted on the fact that at the original trial certain
a sinter charges were made against the petitioner.
These were withdrawn, and, in consequence of an
arrangement being effected with regard to the settle-
meat+, it was agreed that Captain Weathead should
rec eive £lOO pm annum, and a memoranda to that
effect was drawn up, and the case came on as an
underhanded one. It was now stated that the
pMitsoner had acknowledged one act of undue
familiarity since his marriage, but that he told his
wife„ who condoned it. Captain WeMhead, in the
with sea-box , denied making use of these words, and
said what he molly did say was that it would look
black maim* him having seen the woman alluded to
since his marriage and given her money. He did
before marriage, but since then he had no crindnal
interoourse with her. As to the other evidence, the
petitioner explained many of the acts alleged, and
without statang that the. witnesses wished to speak
otherwise than truthfully, said that them must he •
mistalke as to the indentity. There were two persons
in Plymouth so like him that even his children had
been mistaken in reference to them. He had eertainly
shaved off his friskers, of which he, however, nOvillf
had lunch. He, however, did so to show an example
to the men in his regiment to make them. -look
smarter. In cromexamination by the Attornez
General, Q.C., he stated that the reason he
agreement alluded to was that he thought that if he
won the case he should be awarded with £5O per
annum out of the settlement, and by the agreement
he would have £lOO and save his children the exposure
of the washing of all their dirty linen in public.
The case was concluded on Saturday. The jury
fille,,c.that there had been colituriofi between the
and that the petitioner had been guilty of
. adultery. The Judge, therefore, reacribed the decree
. .
for divorce.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1876-05-30

BIRTHS.

May 14th, at Blandfo—rcrt-hetMfe of Mr. James Dear.
of • daughter.
May 17, at Bryaiuton Lower Farm, Blandfoni, the wife
Of Edward Lock, of. son
May 17, at West-street, Endport, the wife 01 Mr. W.
Townley Whetham, of a son.
May 18. at Moreton, the wife of Mr. J. Rod, of a em.
May 18, at Moreton, the wife of Mr. Hastens of •
sou.
~..M•Y 27} at South Houle, Piddletrenthide, the wife Of
Erroes, of a daughter.
May Si. at 'lndwell Villa, Weymouth, the wife of Joh
Groves, of • daughters
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1876-05-30

" CHURCH OF IRILLAND" SUSTINTATION
FUND.
_ _ . _ .

On Baaday afternoon it; ;Lail meshing of the mamba=
et this fend was bald Is the libnq al Lambeth Palos.
=dee the posadsacy a( the Archb.op of Canterbury.
It appeared that .11.40 16s had teen received during the
pest you, a sum w wit*olotaibutions in
=ars maks up • of =berthed glace Vi*Ourgi.
the matron of the Rev. Dr. xora, ascended by the Dean
of Raphos, • resolution was adopted declaring the Ilia
Munk deserving al the sympathy of the people of
England.

ROYAL AGRICULTURAL soctrry OJT ENGLAND.
Lord likelineredele bee been elected Preiddent for the
ensuing year. The total numbers of numnben le now
6,349; the funded properW, of the society remalzus the
same as at the last mon- 1 'misting—Ai, .418,111 Ts. Id.
New Three per Can.; the balance in lis• hands of the
beakers on the Isl instant on current account is AND;
end that besides this there is M.OOO on deposit. The
Birmingham meeting promisee to be one of the largest
yet held under the auspices of the society.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1876-05-30

Amongst those who were present was the Vies
Consul of Greece, and he accompanied the men on to
the scaffold.

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After hanmng the usual time, the black flag Tema-
while floating over the gaol, the bodice were cut down,
and being formally inspected by the surgeon, life eaa
pronounced extinct, and preparations were made for
the statutory inquest which must
_precede their burial
within the precincts of the gaoL It was evident that
they had not suffered any pain, for none of the features
of either of the culprits were in the limit distorted,
and there was a smile clearlr obeervable upon the
countenance of the prisoner known as "Rig Hwy.^
The countenance of all the other prisoners wore a
most placid appearance, and did not exhibit tb•
slightest indication of their having died a violent
death. In the course of the afternoon the bodies of
the culprits were placed naked in separate graves, and
covered with lime, in one of the corridors of the prison.
The clothes of the prisoners were burned.

A RAILWAY jubilee was held at Crewe on Wednesday,
In celebration of the completion of two thousand locomo-
tive engines by the London and North Western Railway
Company. Mr. Richard Moon, the chairman, an •
number of his colleagues were present, and received a
congratulatory address from the workmen. Mr. MIA/11
subsequently opened a bazaar be church extensioe
purposes. The whole of the workmen, nearly seven
thousand in number, received • holiday, and paraded
se accompanied by half-a-dozen braes bands. Almost
etre4talflUlt and place of business was decorated.

EzwUrio or 'Two kriti—C-ai—astlivs.=Tia—siesmship
Moravia, which arrived from the West Coast of Africa
on Thursday, brings intelligence of the execution, is
Sherbrn, on the 4th, init, in the presence of Lieutenant.
Governor Rowe and several native chiefs, of the Chiefs
Caulker and Kinigbo, and the head warrior Varnah, who
had recenUy been condemned to death, in the Supreme
Court of Sierra Leone, for the murder, in November last,
of certain British subject, The chiefs named were the
leaders of the raid into British tevrttory, in atte.opting to
repel which four constables were killed and the civil com.
mandant, Mr. Darnell Davis. and several policemen were
seriously wounded.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1876-05-30

MIRRIAGBB, BIRTHS, AND DEATHS IN

DORIIBT:

Frani a copy of the quarterly return published by
the registrar general which liaa been sent us we gather
that in the first quarter of the peasant year there has
been the births of 300,050 children, and the deaths of
191,850 persons of both sexes were recorded in the
three months. The recorded natural increase in the
thus amounted to the large number of
17,ul20tir one quarter only The resident population
of the United Kingdom the middle of 1876 is
estimated At 73,089,137. birth cute in the United
for the fuet quarter of 1876 was 36.4 per
ICia,kird the death rate 23.3. The maiviage rate in
the fourth quarter of 1875 was 17.7 per 1,000. The
marriages exceed the average, and ins:reseed faater than
the population, but still the marriages in P
agricultural districts continued low, It being in aat:,r
of the manufacturing districts to widc.h the m
population resorts that they had lncreased.tate
first three months of the year 1876, the births
registered are more plentiful by thousands than they
have hitherto been. The mortality of the winter is
under the average of the sea•on, variable in heat and
cold, and rainy as it has been. The naturally
recorded Increase in the population, owing to the
high birthoate and the low death-rate, is thus
unusually great.

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Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1876-05-30

MARRIAGIN.

.1.. May 4 Burton Braddock, by the Rev. W. Templar.
Arthur Trevett to Charlotte Stevens, both of Bridled
Harbour.
May 10. at Stockwell Baptist Chaise!, South Laisbali•
road, London, by the Rev. Arthur Hargett, Arthor Wm
youngest son of Mr. David Crusha. of London. to Moll!!
Lucy, second daughter of the late Mr. Joha Saw.
Fordingtoe, Dorchester.
Mor_l2. at Kinson. Thomas Lionel, eldest soo of
the
late Thomas Bradshaw, of Hopetleid. Manchester. to
Alice Maud, eldest daughter of the late David .ktlcint, or
Kinson.
May i 3, at the parish church, Tltrowlef. Fe` erthn
by the Rev. W. A. Hill, Vicar, Henry Seymour, thi
son of George Tett, of Mmelborne, to Frances (Funnel.
of surviving daughter of Thomas Throw vi
Valley. Kent,
Mag 24, at St Paul's Church, Sonthwes, bl the Rev.
C. W. Oliver, William Radley, of Lower Norwol
Surrey, to Rosily, daughter of the late George Alien.
Stratton, Dorset
. May 24, at the_ parish church of Moreton. Dorset, 601°
rector, the Rev. W. C. Frampton, Major Thornhill, Wit.
Woolwich. to Rom. 014 daughter of Genera Park. fol-A-.
of Moretca.
May 24, at St Peter's Church, Dorchester, by the
• Pears, MA.. Kr. Alfred Pouncy, lOU Of Mr. Win.
Pommy. of Dorchester. to Inas R. Barter, wood deli:)lee
of Mr. J. Barter, of South and for way year, MA
esteemed organist of tit Peter's Ohuycb.
DEATHS.
May ilk at Merriugstonekir.d.Dorchester, Masts Jest
eldest daughter of Mr. John seed
19, at 6 liebie-terrace. The lOsferg..at
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• rears, RargettL:nwaridow of the WU Willie=
Geadaytatait Nn:raesobbulr: w
Thertdanghter of the late Johnerope," urm..w-
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" W"lLBlthset Culls. third son of the las
Mr. Basedai dogekg lisemited.
May ilk at the Sdraolhome. GreetToller, Amy Handler
' infest &milder of f3einosi HarrM aged LI den.
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of at Bow
wrist:v:l; itialmolms."Lys,
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m. Regis. Frank Henry,
monilm.
May_ 24 (the Vigil of the Ascensiort), Henry Kindidel.
aged IS Travis:west son of Um late Charles KilllPlai
Priest. and Loom, his wife. R.I.P.
May 24, at Close, 'rater, Alfred Angel, for 31
years Organist of the Cathedral, aged MI
A private telegram from New York states that Sim
Julia Matthews, the actress, died in that city on glider
Idea last
At Somemet Bridge, Bridgewater. Wiliteei Mode.
__lrorradrl7 • boatman. He had attained:hie kioadeedtb rot
'w karmic

PrWWI and Pabilaboil at Hlobstolot West, Doreboder.
ix the Swish of Holy Trinity, by Ow. Mogul,. of Hwy
oodolk 01 Tectliigza,Doreboster. forth. Proprietor. '
Nay 114 1876.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1876-05-30

wwskouTia.

Rtsccs Duos/num.—On Friday night, a lit*
boy named Jeanea, a utisight yam old, who was *ring
with other children on the Quay near the Custom House,
ran on • ',leak leading to • coal beige, and it is supposed,
was junt on it, whoa he fail into the water.
Ir the Prince steamer had just mode feat to the
barge on the outside, and the cries lithe drowelag child's
called the attention of of Mr. 13owring and others.
itrillatemt brought a long pole-hook and caught the child
by the coat, and another parson went down the side of
the quay, and pulled him out.
BANK.SUPTCY CAISC—BRISTOL COUNTY UOURT--ieriday,
(Before Mr. B. A. Ffelmr, Judge)—de Deed Tata late al
WeYrooatl4 Noms (instructed by Messrs.
Brittanadis=ancctiarilltiP) appeared for the trustee ; and
Kr. Bu by Mr. J. Bertram) for Hobert Tate,
the father of the debtor. Whoa the cam we, last before
the court, his Honour decided that the payment by the
debtor of • sum of .1,400, shortly before his hutkruptey, to
• trust fund of which be and hie father were trustees, we,
not a fraudulent preference. Kr. Norris now submitted
it Was an act ol bankruptcy, and the trotter, was entitled
to an order trend erring to his woe the LW consols on •
payment of MO& dr. Budd opposed the aPPliootion at
considerable•lemth. and If.r. None.' haring replied. his
Honour mewled iudgmant.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1876-05-30

BILMPOST.

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THe VoLuYrizas.- -The results of the intsr-reOinental
rifle match, among 62 teems of twenties. or 1,240 com-
petitors of the Volunteer force, have just been announced
by Major Willer, of the t, Norm's Rifles, who had to
carry out the arrsnaementa On this. the first match, 11
only of the metropoliton oorpe sent teams to compete.
Of the orWeS prime offeret‘ of the value of 1.X6, only one
tW:hteam was taomisenl. via. the Robin Hoods, who
he third_pri, 1.50, all the °then to Scot-
itßobin Moods scored 1,410, and lst'
Lice, Dorset. 1,202.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1876-05-30

PAIDDLZTOWN.

Sap 14aLt AT Daum Fate. —On Tuesday lag Mr. I'.
Zara sold by auction 1,203 born ram, ram lambs, h orn
ewes, horn hogs, and fat lambs, the property of Mr. W.
Hull, of Druos Farm. The excellent quality of these
animals attracted • numerous company. and &or tly
before one o'clock they mitook of luncheon_ provided is t a
bark and Presided over by Mr. W. E. &yin er.
MY. At the close of the repast an adjournment
made to the sale ground, and on -the company hawing
gathered round the ring the auctioneer rid for meiny'
years he had had the honour of offering Mr. Hull's cat us
and lambs for sale, and they had always given tihe
pater satisfaction. Lest year many of yr. Hears
friends asked him to hold his sale at borne, and he to/id
them if they would give him their support and come to
Druce he word show them • good lot of sheep and beanie
and give them a welcome. He (Mr. Ensor) thought the
pgawiae had been fulfilled, as he was about to sell such t
lot of sheep has had never before been offered. Mr
Hull had mend no expense in selecbng ewes and raw
from the leading Soda sn the count 7 having put.
chased from the late Mr. Watts, of Frampton, a gentle-
man who was well known and respected, and whose
eut was timelier to that of most men. Mr. Hull
Ld also had rams from Mr. Henry Mayo's flock, which
stood A 1, and bad taken a rat number of primes.
If he were to speak for • week he could not raise
the sheep In public estimation, as they had goo 4
constitution, great etre, and plenV of wool : in fact
everything one could wish in a named ffock. In conclusion
Mr. Ensor said the rams would be put up at fist each, and
the pairs of ram lambs at ilgs. From some muse the sale
was not what It 0u6,1 to have been, a great number of the
lots being unsold. This. probably, was owing to the greet
scarcity of keep, grainer' not feeling disposed to add to
their ftclut. The sale commenced with Dorset horned rams
which realised prior relent (rom sgs. to figs. A two-
tooth fetched Mg., Mr. Udder being the purchaser;
whilst a fourth which was bought frees Mr. H. Mayo, was
aptirchseed by the UMe gentler.an for foga The rem
lambs, of which there were a great many, were not taken
readily. ous after another not finding a purchaser whilst
those which were sold commanded prices meat from
Za m Zags. to 17. Mr. Smith (Bradford Per ht„
Mr. Lacombe, Mr. Mara, Mr. Spas, Mr. Legg (000mb.
Down), and Mr. Gregory being einoeget the
The ram lambs—sold in pose—fetched from 6fizi
The full-mouthed horned ewes were sold in lots of 20, the
lowest price being tiffs. and the highest flOr.. Mr. Ransoms
(of St. Alban's) and Mr. H. Duke buying several pens.
Only one or two lots of the Ckilvcr horn hogs were sold.
The competition in the fat rams were brisk, over 100 going
into Sussex. Mr. Dell being the purchaser. Mr. Drat and
Kr. mile aeo2iirchaesd several lota the Prim obtained
from 110 L to 401. Some smaller fat lambs sold at
from to Ms. each. Six fresh young barren cows were
sold, the first pair realizing ahts 10. the second £3O, and
the third £l9.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1876-05-30

EXTRAORDINARY ROBBERY.
DISAPPILLILANCI OF oimootovon's " incomes OF

The premises situated in New Bond.street, London, were
entered Thursday night by thieves, and the Gainsborough
picture, the "Beautiful Ihmhess of Devonshire," which
was intended for exhibition by Messrs. Thomas Agnew
and Sons, wee stolen, and up to this time has not been
traced. The matter, which has naturally caused great
exciteonent, is in the hands of the Scotland Yard detective
department The picture was recently purchased by
Messrs Agnew foe 10,000 guineas.
The object of the thief who stole the Gairoborough
portrait of the Duchess of Devonshire cannot be, of
course, to sell it. for that would be impossible in any
part of the world, after the recent descriptions and the
engravings that have been published in the illustrated
penodicala. The motive of the robbery must have been
the hope of obtaining the reward which was certain to he
Mimed for the recovery of the canvas. Mr. AVIDV/ will
no doubt soon receive • notification that if he pays the
thouaind pounds "and sake no questions," he will find
the canvas in the hollow of • tree in Hyde-part, or in
some other strange hiding-place. Then we shall have the
usual disquisitions upon the immorality of the exchange,
as being an encouragement to robbery, lc. lir. Agnew
will, however, only be too glad to get back his 10,000
guinea portrait, the thief his thousand pounds, and the
public the painting to look at for • shilling a head. It is
surmised that the thief secreted himself during the
exhibition hours on Thursday, and made off with the
ftltrin the night. But there are other conjectures.
. eevening • table was delivered, and for a short
time the front passage door was open. Once inside, the
cutting of the canvas and its deportation were easy. It
to is singular, say the least, that the night wa
• who has for many years acted on behalf of the Old Bond-
street shopkeers, was upon Thursday night represented
by a substitute, whole name and address the regular
guardisui does not renellect.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1876-05-30

THE SALHAM MYSTERY.

The offidal Inquiries into the circumstances attending
Use death of the late Mr. Bravo were brought to a claw on
Friday. Over 90 witnesses have been examined. The
report of Use Solicitor to the Treasury will be prevented to
the Home Secretary immediately. The statements Ire
very voluminous. Oooslderahle siglificanos is attached
to the fact that throughout the whole of the time he was
dying he was very reticent He himself exhibited no
nom as far as can be ascertained, of any surprise at
finding himself poisoned—lt cannot be ascertained that
he ever asked a single question as to bow be got poisoned.
His whole conduct is said by some of those about him at
the time to be roore like a roan who knew his own secret,
and was determined not to divulge it, ler, so far as
inquiries have gone, be volunteered no statemsets to
mast in untravelling the mystery. The willows token
shows that he had been sick sue morning 'previously
while going up to Logsdon, but Unit is Use only other
ocauden that can be proved. Taking the whole circum-
stances of the inquiry into consideration, it Is not
expected that any parson will be charged upon susplckei
of careing his death._

• " A LIFE ON THE OCEAN WAVE."
At Watigford. on Thursday morning, a strange tale was
told in the Policecoort by Captain Jones, commending the
schooner °bray. of Whiteharen. It appeared from the
evidence that as the ship was on her way from Waterford
to Bristol in ballast, Senior, one of the hands, demanded
immediate payment of some wages which he alleged to be
due to him, and upon refusal attacked the master with •
heavy iron marling-spike. Captain Jones is apple& with his
assailant, and a terrible struggle ensued, at which the
rest of the crew seem to have looked calmly On. preserving
• sort of armed neutrality between the combstanta. The
captain, getting the werst of the contest and probably
being afraid that at any tnonient his antagonist might
draw a knife, managed to disentangle himself and escape
Into the rigging. Senior followed him sod for something
like 90 minutes Captain Jones wee dodging his antagonist
about the reseal The police, however, seen from
shore what was going on, and came off to the captain's
unit/woe So far their alacrity was commendable, and
se soon as they got on board they took SOILIOIrinto custody.
They refused, however, to arrest the mate or any others
of the crew, on the ground that " they had sot seen theta
do anything." The Waterford magistrates, ',swayful/
emphatically, expressed their opinion that • craw which
stands and looks en while one of its number hints the
captain down with • marlingapike is practically guilty of
open mutiny. They severely reprimanded the police for
not apprehending the whole crew, and they committed
Senior to take his trial for mutiny and attempted
murder.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1876-05-30

A " COMIC" CASE OF DIVORCE

In the snit of Oddy s. Oddy and Collins, in the Divorce
Court, on Wednesday, the husband, as imbalance:, of
London, prayed for a dissolution of the marriage on the
ground of his vrife's adultery with the co-respondent,
" Sean Collins," described as • comic singer and a leader of
• troupe of Et,kiian serenaders. The parties weremarried
on January 4, 1868, there being kre children born. In the
summer of man respondent, being in ill-health, went to
Ramsgate with a lady friend. On July Bth Mr. Oddy
received a communication from the landlady to the effect
that his wife had been unfaithful to him. He immediately
ordered her to return home, and instituted the present suit,
Mrs. Derby, Ranistt., deposed that in July, 1875, the
respondent and • y took apartments at her holm.
Witness's suspicions being aroused, she watched Mn.
Oddy's movements. On the 6th July, respondent, her
friend, and two men arrived at the house about 12 o'clock
at night, and all four proceeded to Mrs. Oddy'. bedroom,
where they remained some time. Witness went upstairs
and demanded admittance,
.and after a time the door was
opened, when she found ' Sam Collins" sitting on the
bed half-dressed, while the other man was hidden in •
cupboard. (Laughter.) The co-respondent had a can of
beer in his hand, and asked witness to " have a drink."
(Laughter.) She threatened to write to Mr. Oddy, and
the nom abused her. The solicitor who served the citation
stated that "Sam Collins" was very well known at
Rammate, he being a comic singer, and leader of • troupe
of Ethiopian seraniuters. The co-respondent at the time
said it as very hard be should he " pitched upon." and
that he did not know the respondent was a married
woman. Decree win, without costa.