The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1882-06-27 00:00:00

REMARKABLE DIVORCE CASE.

In the Divorce D vi-ion, on Thursday, the petition of
Mr. Manning, a solicitor. of Maidstone. Id. • Merrell
from his wife ow the ground of her adultery with Dr.
Hoar, a medical men, was heard. The co-respundent who
is stated ta be over (ID years of ago, and to bays been
thre.e times theffied, ea, los senior pertuer in • firm of
tirectitioners at Maidstone, and in hie medical
capacity attended Mrs. Strutting, who I. now ri yea" of
age. He appears to have been also • sliming light in the
religion, world of Hailstone, fog Sir Harding* afford
thus deecribed him :—"H• wee • Parsee who was at the
head of every reliolous m.vmeent, Be woe • new= who
was extremly attentive to his religious duties Hs was to
the habit at taking early communion, and a person
altogether who might be polnt•d to not only as the chief
medical attendant of the plat but also as • or t of exam*
of religious end exemplary life." Kra Stennis( and
Hoer, the last wife of the co-rsupondruat, were on
Intimate terms up to the death of the latter lad!.
.which
occurred sometime in the year RHO. The acts of adultery
alleged in the pleadings were subsequent to her death ; but
levideace was given to show that on one occasion after
Hr. and Kra. Hoar spent the evening at elm Stew:lines.
Haar. herring conducted his wife to ber home, returned
and rejoined Mr' Stenning. The conduct of Kra Stan-
sing during tto temporary sheen • of her husband from
' home in IR% led to tee disc •••ry of her adulterous inter-
' alum with the ce-respotedent and, on her !tool departure
from her bush ino. tire. Seeming and Hoer were seen to
leave Ks dal one together. There was Nu he tan Welly no cruse-
examination of the witnesses, who prove.l the case for the
petitioner, and counsel for the reip.indent did not address
the Jug.
Dr. Tristram made an address for Dr. Boar, in which
he applied himself to beeping down desist... He
admitted that lir. Stainable was a Rood and Sind hus-
band, end that there woe no excuse for hie client's con-
duct For this, however, he expressed his regret, end he
ceased some laughter In coed by assuring the tory that
Dr. Hoar really was not • religious man, so h° had beim
repriaseated to be 1,1 Sir Harding. Gifferd. Resubmitted
that the question f or the jury was what had been the
value of lira Stamina as • wife, and he invited them to
saswet that quetlot by Us tight of WI 'wad" With hie

The Presideat, la somata/ my the cam, obionsd oat
certainly the Mry bad to consider what 1.05 the hastmad
bad sustained. Dr. Tristram had sign, g that by bar ow
duct with his aLeat Yrs. li•toonina show,g that she was
cot • valuable will ; and th-ra the learned counsel inquired
what lee be patiti toes bad sustained. Dr. Tri•trato
~sh.,g them to mkt, the eifa when she had fallen ; bat be
Incited them to %slue her when dm was a wife living on
affectionate ter ms with her husband. There was the
sn
l busbands ',terms. Wu the not then • valuable wife till she wins
'Wenn, to abort iter they had lived on ob
under the Judaea°e of the C ruesottrient —of that man who
availed himself of the opoortunits which • prufesitional
attendance on law afforded of sunning an leder nee under
which she became unfaithful to bet husband. MI-re ws•
nothing to show that she Client all that • wife could be
to a husband till her affection. war. weaned from Kr.
Sunning try that men. Tie JlarY Wouldeaywhatc,mp.n.
'anon to. co-respondent amain pay for having broken ny
a happy borne.
Tim jury. after a short consultation, found that the
respondent arid the c,responcitht had committed Uni-
te,' and me mad damages sgaiast the co-respondent at
a.goo
TIM President pronounc,d • decree Usi, end directed
that the co-respondent should pay the gp,,,gos into court.