The Express.
London, England, 1858-01-25 00:00:00

THE POLICE COURTS

A very respectably dressed young woman, who described
herself as Mrs. Shepherd, of Myddleton-square, elerken•
wall, applied to Mr. Tyrwhitt, the sitting magistrate, under
the 21st cisme of the Divorce and Matrimonial Causes
Act, which provides that a wife deserted by her husband
may at any time alter such desertim, if resident within the ,
metropolitan district, apply to a polio* magistrate, or if
resident In the country, to punkas in petty sessions, or in
either care, to the court, for an order to protect any money
or property she may ham acquired by her own lawful in-
dustry, and property she may bare become pommel of
sitar such deeertfoo, against her husband or his creditors,
lice.," for an order for the protection of her property, under
the following circumstances •
The applicant stated that her husband left her about 6
years ago, and for some time after his deeartion she never
heard anything of him. He left her without providing in
any way for her maintenance or support, and since that
=Me bad never received one farthing from his. Her
was a clerk in a City firm and wham ha deserted
her be went abroad and bad never returned to this country.
Mr. Tyrwhitt inquired when the applicant last heard from
her beamed, and what was the cause of the separation ?
The spplicant replied that the last time she beard from
ber husband was in the month of November, 1854, but
than he did not send her anything. When her husband
left her there was no absolute dbagreement between them.
Mr. Tyrwhitt inquired what description of property it was
that the applicant required protection for?
The applicant said it wee money she required to be pro-
tected. She bad tweed the mousy and now wished to pur-
chase a house and furniture and carry on business for herself.
Mr. Tyrwhitt asked how she had acquired the money, and
whether It was the result of her own lawful industry ?
The leant said she had sines bee Method's desertion
ii hermit solely by her own wartime. Whew he left
her she had no proper' or sway of any deearlyeke. Wee
bad Wes la week* as sad bad saved the mane,'.
Mr. Tyre/bite odd be ebeaM require other evidence
betides the teellesoay of the wile of the dew don by her hue-
band befwe be weld make tie order.
Tb. applicant stated that she had abundance of evidence,
and bar metier, who was la court, could fully bear out her
shatimet at the fads. .

Mr. Tyrwhitt, after scene farther remarks. maid the only
question aad difficulty in his mind was whethfr a magistrate
absultl make the order on se ea parte application, or whether
he ahould give the humbead an opportunity to appear to pot
is whatever objections be might have to the making of the
order. Now in this cue, ma the bemired was abroad, it
would be futile to cause any telay, sad thetetost he felt dis-
posed to make the order at owe The set was a perfectly
new one, end woe bat little piles to the magistracy. When
thorder was eagle It would ba to be entered with the
registrar of the entaty court within whose juriedichou the
wail was retedut, but it would be lawful kw the husband, or
any creditor, or perm flag wider him, to apply to the
mart for the revocation of the evder. He was of opinion
that the deurtiou by the bullhead had been fall mode out ;
mud, easaidealsti that the eggillsest was to the pro-
bed's ale wilted, he shield make the edit as egad for.