The Express.
London, England, 1867-06-28 00:00:00

00IIRT OF DIVORCE AND MATRIMONIAL

CAUSE&
(Before the Judge Ordinary.)
811LINGFIZLII r. STBJNOPIILD.

Dr. Spinks, Q.C., and Dr. Bwabey, for the petitioner, a
wife who prayed for a judicial separation, on the `round
of her husband's cruelty. The parties were married at
Chelsea, 1858, at which time the petitioner was a yang
lady of 21, with • fortune of nine or ten thousand potuads.
Thu respondent was a surgeon at Weston-super-Mare, sad
the cohabitation continued till last year. 3 children having
been born in the intervaL The respondent soon began to de.
vel, according to his wife's account, all kinds of disreput-
ablehabita. He was very fre9uently drunk, and he had even
taken his children to a public house and made them tipsy.
His language was abominable, and it was accompsnied
with constant threats of personal violence. So terrifying
were his words and manner that during the latter part of
the cohabitation the petitioner was obliged to have her
servant constantly with her to afford her protection.
The court ma& a decree as prayed, and directed dm
wife to have the custody of the children till further order.

LORD V. LORD AND MUTT.
Dr. Spinks and Dr. Tristram for the petitioner. The
parties,who were in a very humble position in Manchester,
were marrieclin 1849. Six months artery/aids a child wee

Dora, and this circumstance led to • separation. Since
then the wife had lived with Scott.

Wee ilia- L.

Lotto! O. LOTTCS._

Dr. Spi..ke, Q,C., and Mr. Brown for the petitioner ;
Mr. Coleridge, Q.C., and Dr. Bwahey fur the respondent.
In this ease Lord Henry Loftus prayed for the restitu-
tion of his conjugal rights ; and the defendant, the
Countess of Seafield, pleaded in answer that he had been
guilty of cruelty towards her.
[The ease had only just opened when we went to presal

THE POLICE COURTS.
(11118 DAY.)

MANSION-HOUSE.
ELLIGIMPOBGERIEB ON THE LEEDS BA/ft.
Air. /Comas Edgdey surrenderedthis momingto uodente
further examination on the charge of defrauding the Leeds
Bank of ■ large sum of mousy.
The Lord Mayor, after hearing Mr. Sleigh on behalf of
the prisoner at considerable length, said that be felt it no
his duty to send the ease for trial at the Central
Criminal Court. _ _

The Lord Mayor refused to accept bed.
MARLBOROUGH-STREET.
ARTFUL 111111TEJI OF FRAUD AND NOVIL PACKING

OT CIGAR&

Hairy subid, a Cierman,-resi log at No. 62, Dew
street, Sobo, was charged before Mr. Tyrwhitt with beteg
eencerned in unshipping • quantity of tobaceo upriser's&
the duties had not been paid, contrary to the 16 sad 11
Yin., cap. 107.
Mr. Cumberland, barrister, from the office of the tol-
- to the Customs. prosecuted ; Mr. Thomas Allis.
from the Olice of Mr. Barker, appeared for the defacer
and Mr. Albert interpreted.
Mr. Cumberland, in opening the case, aided tIM be
appeared to prosecute the prisoner for being concerned is
unshipping tobacco upon which the duties had not been
paid. It appeared that some days ago as prianet woes
to the shop of Mr. Bridgett, • surgeon, in Backeharch-
lane, and asked him if be would purchase. a quantity d
camomile dowers. Mr. B. idgett examined • SALO! the
prisoner sent him, and found that they were not adaPtod
for medical purposes, and refused to pan:base there.
Subsequently the prisoner went again, and deposited with
him • quantity of tapers relating to emirs, which be sad
had ken mutiggled and pledged with lair. Attenboroughe
• pawnbroker, m tie district of that court, upon win&
Mr. Bridgett very prope'ly communicated with ber
Majesty's Customs, and on Mr. Burt, the a^sistont-inspector
general, going to Ur. Attenborough's w ith a crownwarrant,
called a writ of assistance, he found the cigars there.
Under the Custom Act, for being concerned in smugglig,
be was hale to the penalty under the 'l Nth section. HA
would, ell! Mr. Eridgett and the Assistant-Inspector.t:enre
ral, and then ssk for a remand.
Ur. John Alfred Henry Bridget. surgeon, of No.
Beck-church-lane. St. George's East, said—l knew tbe
prisoner. Six days ago be came to me and Wanted
to sell me Dente camomile dowers which be mid
be had imported from Germany. He sent me a
sample, hut they were not 6! for medicinal purposes.
being broken, and appearing as if they bad been owl for
packing. The prisoner came again on. the 16th, and said
he had an important secret to tell me. He said that be
had two deposit notes relating to some which bid
been smuggled. and which had been for him at Mr.
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Attenborough's for the sums of 141. 201. respectively.
The deposit notes produced are the same which the pr'
sone' handed me, and relate to two bolas of cigars. Hemel
the cigars bad been pledged for him by Mr. Keller. He sad
in explanation of the transaction that the cainorae
dowers had been used as an envelope for cigars. At tle
same time the prisoner produced the bill of lading
camomile Gowen. I afterwards communicated the fen
to Mr. Burt, the assistant-inspector-general of Custom'
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