The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1859-07-19 00:00:00

Legal.

COURT FOR DIVORCE AND MATRIMONIAL
CAUSES, JULY 11.
(Before Air. Justice WIGHTMAN, Mr. Baroit )&ARTIN,
Ike JUDDE ORDINARY, amd a G'orainort Jury.)
v. WARMER AND MAYO.

Dr. Phillimore, Q.C., and Mr. Pritchard supported
the petition; Mr. Deane, Q.C., appeared for the co-
respondent.
This was a petition by a husband for • dissolution of
marriage on the ground of his wife's adultery. Ho wee
a grocer at Yeovil, and married the respondent in
August, 1847, and has had three children by her. She
was a person of intemperate habits, and he frequently re-
monstrated with her, but could not induce her to reform.
In October, 1853, ate went by the railway from Yeovil to
Taunton, and there passed a night with a man in •
house of ill fame. She returned the same week to her
husband, but he refused to receive her, and has not
sines lived with her. The petitioner charged adultery
with the co-respondent, and with persons unknown, and
also claimed damages from the co-respondent. The re-
spondent did not answer, but the co-respondent denied
the adultery, and on that fact issue was joined.
No evidence was given of the identity of the co-re-
spondent with the person who passed the night with
Mrs. Warner at Taunton, and by the direction of Mr.
Justice Wightman the jury found a verdict negativing
the charge against him, and he was dismissed from the
suit.

Further evidence was then given of the adultery of
the respondent at the date mentioned, including • letter
froui her in which she oonfeased her guilt and asked for
money.
Their Lordships diasolved the marriage.
Dr. Deane applied for the co-respondent's costs.
Their Lordshipe did not think it right under the cis..
eumstanoes to grant the application.

POISONING A SAL/JIANG= WITH
At the Westminster Police Court on Wednesday,
Christoforo Buono Core, • 111118 known to frequenters of
Creinorue-gardens as the Italian Salamander or Fire
King, was charged with attempting to poiaon Francium
Filhponi, who described himself as the Emperor of Fire.
The case was conducted by an interpreter, who, owing
to his desire to be both witness and advocate, at length
left the court boiling with rage, declaring there was no
justice in England. The evidence went to show that
the complainant and prisoner bad worked together, and
that, the partnership being disuOved on Tuesday last,
it was arranged that the prosecutor should go to Graves-
end to seek for an engagement, and accompany the
prisoner to his house to get the paasage-umney. He
went with the prisoner and received the money, and
afterwards 2e. for the purchase of strawberries and ruin.
Prosecutor bought then*, and they then dined together,
after which the prisoner mixed strawberries, sugar, and
ruin together. They partook of that, and prisoner
then decided they should have some cherries, and
sent prosecutor out for them. Previous to this prisoner
had put a single strawberry into each glass, and when
prosecutor returned with the cherries. his strawberry
was, according to his account, of • different colour.
Prosecutor had his suspicions that all was not right,
but Meted the mixture, and then felt ill, and refused to
drink any more on the prisoner's pressing him to do in.
Mr. Arnold having expressed himself at • loss as to the
proofp.al,f poison having been administered, and Mr.
Inspector Drake having said he could not understand
the matter at all, Yr. Simpson, the proprietor of
Cremorne-gardens, said that the bottle out of which the
supposed poison was said to have been poured had been
delivered to him by the police jest as they had received
it; its contemn had not been analysed, but • friend on

Ids right had had the temerity to taste apoition of them
and felt none the worse for it. He (Mr. Simpson)
thought there Will% a conspiracy on foot against Buono
Core, owing to jealousy, and he had becn informed that
the prosecutor had expressed his intention a stabbing
Core with a poignant. Mr. Arnold said he would
remand the cue till Friday, when some disinterested
interpreter must be obtained. He would take one
suety in till) for the prisoner's appearance. Mr Adams,
secretary to 11r. Simpson, immediately expressed Ids
willingness to be bail,

OrEN AIR PREACHING.—.tt the Bow-street Police
Court on Monday, a well-tire:wed elderly man, who gave
the name of William Evans, was charged with obstruct-
ing the thoroughfare in Coient-gr.nlemularket, by
preaching or haranguing a mob them on Sunday after-
noon. Police Constable Verner, F lb, deposed to the
fact, and stated that he requested the defendant to
move on. The deft:id:lnt, ',eluting to the Rev. Mi.
Hutton, the rector of the parish (who Rai preaching to
a similar mob on the other side of the nierket), ex-
claimed "Why don't you stop the other gentleman
then?' Witness replied that Mr. Hutton had the per-
mission of the Duke of Bedford to preach in the market,
which was private property ; but defendant, having no
such permission, could not be allowed to remain
there, lie was not satisfied with this explanation, how-
ever, and persisting in the conduct complained of, was
taken to the station and locked up until his friends were
sent for to bail bin, out. The defendant handed in •
paper purporting to describe the "mission" with which
he was entrusted on earth, and couched in the language
usual with unfortunate persons labouring under similar
delusions. He respectfully intimated that his Worship
stood on a" wrong basis," and evinced a strong desire to
favour the Court with one of his discourses, thus con-
verting the criminal dock into a temporary pulpit.
Having been requested to confine himself to the charge,
be asserted an equal right with the Rev. Mr. Hutton
to pursue his mission in the highways and byways, and
'seemed especially bitter against two evil doers, in the
form of two members of the bar, who had attended to
complain of the nuisance, but were not examined, the
facts being undisputed. Eventually, the distinction
between the two cases of the rev, rector and defendant
, having been explained to the latter, he was discharged,
on entering into his own recognisances in kW not to
preach in Covent-garden again.
EXTENSION OP THE Divosce ACT.—The Govern-
ment have determined to extend the benefits conferred
on the community by the Divorce Act of 1857. The
public will have observed in our law reports the
I facilities already afforded by the " full" Court for the
absolute dissolution of marriages no longer tolerable to
the parties groaning under their yoke. These facilities
are now to be extended. A Bill just presented by the
new Lord Chancellor enacts that all the judges of the
three superior courts of common law shall be judges of the
Divorce Court, in addition to the judges already ap-
pointed by the Act 20 and 21 Victoria, cap 85, the
Judge-Ordinary (Cresawell) and eight of the other
judges of the court are to appoint so many sittings of
the full Court (for dissolving marriages) every year, and
!atsuch times as may appear to them necessary or con-
venient. The Court, when it shall so think IR, is
1 authorised to sit with closed doors. The Court may
make orders as to the custody of children after a final
decree of separation, or divorced vincula. With a view
to prevent fraud and collusion, every petition for dis-
solving a marriage will be referred to the Attorney
-
General.