The Sun.
London, England, 1864-01-30 00:00:00

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then looked out of the window, and said it seem.
She ° he Baia,
high enough and he would dash her out. .,,,i1l
‘‘ I don't care if you do cut my throat, for Yen "be
S will of
put an end to a miserable life, but
hanged." He said, " Oh, no one Wollld thinlEd a
hanging me, for I am a lunatic. I bece,,llllShe
keeper, and they would bring me in insane' to
her,
left him and went to Elswick. He wrote
the
of March. The next day at
13.4erthasking her to return, and She did return on
took
up a knife and said, "I will soon polish Yrae
off," passed it across his own throat, and then came
towards her, and she ran out of the roe .13. ,_ ut
went from the house and consulted a dhotita tioe, .
getting away her baby, which was in caecal.
She went back to him to Walshford, obtained Io'y
session. of the baby, and immediately Went °ells
with it while he was asleep, and never afterW
returned to him. t, gts'
In answer to questions put by the Cour „as.
Hall
said that the men who attended upon ber l'ere
dinner time
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band were in the house several weeks. Thep
there with his consent. All the_money that she end
her husband lived upon was kept at a bank, a
she drew checks for it as it was wanted. 11e.,,,
not draw checks, and he was kept without 100011 ~
That
arrangement was made with his consicenti ,51
of it
money was settled to her separate use. Half
cameT from her friends and half from his. t. „0 of
The petitioner's evidence as to the "37 the
cruelty was corroborated by Mrs. Nasicchenolul
landlady of the house at Thorp-grange, Lou '-'.' vice.
elly, who had lived for some time in their sere..,if
'They said they looked upon Mr. Hall as perl 'erect J
sane.
il be fete
Elizabeth Blake, who had known Mr. 1:16."1 clal'
IS
h. marriage, proved that he had committee, Il
y with her in London, in August, 1862.
~,,,estea
_ In the course of the case a question was €ni'r if it
by the Court as to what would be the resu salt ~e.
sheould appear upon the evidence that the re4:oo,
siblednt was in such a state of mind as not to be re'te of
th
queen'sa cruelty
Advocate were committed.
that,
eI
ut
if was
it c
for his actions at the time' when the acts the
ontended turnui out
should tote
tthe respondent had occasionally beeniillll.iosted
ofhabits,
insanity, caused by his inten3perate ol'As'rrefuse
its, the Court would not on that grcnin"dvigro
relief, especially as the respondent smi his a
hadrs not set up that defence. loess°
as to ihePchasrges of adultery and cruelty,
Dr. S ink did not cross-examine the wast,ted
that the respondent would not be called. as
he
Oa
left the country.
AHt the close of the ease , 4, eour
is Lordship said it we's impossible no to °O5
05
miserate the position in which the Petitic°;sit'le'
placed and to desire to give her relief if P°,feors°
But the Court could not avoid taking notice 'be ir
epartsrdof the evidence, from which it wastest° beeo
that the respondent had somastiot
rtreated by those about him as a person wi)°,,:a over
the evidence and consider whether it esta''',,-eibie'
hfi
hsatisfaction that the respondent wee re°P-tiooll6
If el then entertained any doubt on the quo f pro.
give the petitioner an opportunal °eclat'.
datingnmed farther evidence, such as the
ad is st.
teudiacal advisers or the men who had been-...bis
nce on him, for the purpose of establisl3l"
sanity.
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