The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1878-07-16 00:00:00

PRIVATE DETECTIyES.

Sir Thomas Chamber., iteo;rdsor of the
City of London was on Wednesday occupied, in the
Lord Mayor's exturtipwith a very curious case. The
plaintiffs, MONTI. arrester and Death, sued the
defendant, Mr. Von Meyern, for • sum of forty-three
pounds for see vices rendered. Mr. Von Meyern, had
been divorced from his wife, and a sum of tw,, thousand
pounds had been settled on the lady by order of the
Divorce Court, which would, however, revert to her
husband should she be guilty of misconduct. He
accordizply, having his suspicions as to her mode of
life, em oyed Mews. Forrester and Death to watch
her, an paid them on account the sum of forty pounds.
The case, it appears, was at first entrusted to Mr.
Death himself, who, under instructions from Mr.
Greenop, the defendant's solicitor, watched Mrs. Von
Meyern himself for • few days, and then employed a
man named William Robinson to do so. be sum
charged Mr. Von Meyern was • guinea • lay by way
of retainer, together with all expenses out of pocket.
Robinson was paid something like two or three half-
crowns for each day's work, the firm of Forrester and
Death, it is to be presumed, retaining the difference.
Mr. Robins oi, however, was not up to hi, work, and
sent in reports which although they were exactly what
Mr. Van Meyern expected to hear, yet proved to be
altogether inaccurate. He stated, amongst other
things, that he had seen Mrs. Von Meyern, in the
company of • gentleman, enter • certain house in the
Harrow-road and another in Werrinston.street. It
turns out, nevertheless, on inquiry, that the house in
the Harrow.road is in the occupation of the Charity
Organisation Society ; that is not a private hotel in
any form or shape- that it. character is above nu,
picion • and that Mrs. Von Ifeyern, as is sworn by the
housekeeper, has never visited it either alone or an-
compained by any one else, fibailat evidence was
given with regard to the house in Werrington-street ;
and Mr. Wailli, Mrs. Von lifevern's brother, who was
in her company daring the major portion of the day
when she was said by the spy to have been seen else-
where, was able to Weir most positively that the
account given by Robinson of her doings was altogether
Inaccurate, and that she had been to no one of the place,
to which he said be had followed her. After • little
more evidence of the kind, the learned Recorder
expreased his opinion that there was literally no caes
in bahaU of the plaintiffs, and, accordingly, the claim
of forty-three
_pounds against Mr. Von Meyern was
disallowed, while, by way of ominter-claim, the
plaintiffs were ordered to refund to him no lees than
twenty-five pounce out of the forty pounds be had
already paid them, the jury strongly intimating their
c_opinion th a the whole of th, reports furnished by Mr.
Robinson were altogether untrue.

" CH AOUN A SON GOUT."
The divorce case of Effete v. Ellen was before Si,
James Hannan on Wednesday on • petition by the
wife. She was brought up in the Protestant religion,
became a Roman Catholic and entered • convent., but
remained there only a abort time. On leaving the
convent she returned to his parents at Southampton,
and shortly afterwards made the acquaintance of the
enereindent, a native of Holland and a poriaion
merchant in the Minor* through the inMotion of
her maternal aunt, a Mrs. Harter', a widow lady with
whom the respondent had lodged at Staines and
palmy IMOD Int They became "miffed in May,
1875, and MOM minted in the following August. it
wee arranged that until the petitioner, who wis you/
and inexperienced, had acquired some knowledge
bcominseninff. they should- live with her aunt, and,
accordingly, after their mania" they took up their
residence with Mrs. a/artery, at Putney. Tim
marriage was not attended with happiness According
to the petitioner's statement, the affection and 'Men-
tion wide& were due to hi... • wife were Ms/Warred
by the respondent to her au* and eh* in consequence
left him in October, 1876, and subsequently Bled •
petition
aLc • divorce on the ground of Ma cruelty and
adultem with her aunt, who is nearly 80
yeas. of
.41e.Ths
t and Herwry
on oath that lar;stilbden, intimacy had ever
subsisted between them name to the con.
elusion that the evidence "deiced in sup, of the
petition eetablimbed the charge of adultery, but not the
charge of cruelty whist Ike respondszt, and pro-
mos:ea a dean whit soft.

BIRTHS.
Jun• 111, at Claremont Terrace, longlest. Poole, the wits
of Kr. W. Adlaro, of a room
July K s High-atmet, Poo/a, the wile of Mr. W.
Bristow., of • darithter.
July S. ad But Knighton, Winfrith, this wife of Kr. C.
Burden, of a son.
July 7,__the wit. of Kr. B. C. Harris., 6, Richmond.
terrace Weymouth, of a son.
July 11, at Moreton, the wife of Kr. H. Hutchings. 0i •
daughter.
July 13, it 4, Klingtonderraos, Dorchester, the wife el
Kr. John Reaping, whitesosith, of • daughter.

MARRIAGE..
July 6th. at St Pouts Church. Kritrbtebridde. th•
marriage of tbe Earl of Lonedale to the L‘dy Constenoe
Gladys Herbert. dater of the lisrl of Pembroke usa
Houma:wry, took DiSCO in the of e large Ind
faabioueble meembly. The Arch *noon of Wilt& assisted
by the Rev. Yr. Liddell. the Mom. Petfortold the
omennony.

DEATH&
Jeae IS, at Whohorne-road, Longfteet, Poole, the .41,
a Kr. I,4tattnd Pearce, Boroaach arveyer 440 4
. on "'
& at the was place, the above-named Mx, Wound
P..,... aged de years.
Jaly 1, at Ayhae-Terraea, Doeche.ter, the infant
daaahter, al &bawl and Ithsabatia Taylor, aged six

7, at Rad-street, Bridport, Richard Massy. aged 16
years.
lisosatly, at Wartetreet, Bridport, Mr. Solomon
Laureate, pa CB year,. Dsceteed warn • rapacted trade-
maa of the
The des* altaolutoei of Mr. James Alkia, the oldest
Os Weds eaas.4. la Lihisepool.
•Mere was a requites maaa fat
the n,eeaef the seal of the tat. Queen of Stela at Si.
J Roma Catholic Church. lipsalali Plate, Load's. All the sehreadors la tows, laoludiai those of Alas.
Tarb.y, sad Jaaaa wsr• presoak sad sea bald, an&
In his bait
aMaior Ribble. a Watrioo veteraa, has
died a relotaford, aced sigh raisin /vers. Damend was
ram at Waterloo with the hi IngiaLatipalbui
Guard., sad for area, years was
t the Liri of Maritime@ Teoaaaary Cavalry.
We rogue to tare to record the death of Mr. Arthrar Way. of Forelands Pam Bainbridge, Newport. TM damaged natl. rasa bad been in falling health for sous
tiros. and a day or two shun the and Cliaa. The late Mr.
Way, who ranked sums our best-ksows island anricaltia rift was • Ociaraisidoes• of Mighways, and alai a searater
at the Board of Gusrdiaas. He had a wide eh& of
pommel Irked'. by whom he was held is wary dame
regard, aad oas sad all will Mehra with sorrow
intalligeace al him death. lbS

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