The Sun.
London, England, 1864-02-26 00:00:00

LAW INTELLIGENCE,.. (This Day,)

• . COURT OF DIVORCE.
(Refer% the Judge Ordinary and,uCopamon
NICHOLSON V. NICHOLSON AND RATCLITTE.
the hearing of this, case was resumed this mortling,
evidence was called on the part of the petitioner to rebut the
teithnony.pf tholjespondent's witnesses as to the crnelty.
alleged to have been committed by him. •
Mr. Littler addressed the jtiry for the responcilit; -and
• cOntended that thp story Qf Seddon, the sole witness of the..
'adultery, was impossible and uncorroborated, and desig-
nated, the , suit writ foul, conskiracy to :frO,the petitioner
from a roman whom there ,was abundant proof he had ill
treated foi years..
'Sergeant,Parry replied on the whole case, and maintained
that.the evidence of Seddon was well supported, and.dieW
'attention tp the fact that that witness was a married Min,'
'audhad,held „the same Situation without rep7nichfor many'
piers. He laid great stress also on the evidence of `l‘ir,/, -
,BScldon, that the respondent attempted to. taniper with hei
husband to induce him to leave the neighbourhood in order
to prevent his giving testinton,y_in,the case.
The 4udge,PiAip4ry antatned,up the case and said ,it was
b. very painful one, from litany Circumstances, first,' t e.eusa
Wiled elisplayed a state of nature highly; discreditable to
al parties, tsud.secondly, because there had been two sets of
`w tiiesses who had point blank contradicted each other. The
clays"; of,. ornelty ,set
,up, by the resppndent was of ilia
g eatest, importance,, because if it 'was ,proved that the'
14titioner had treated his wife in the manner alleged, it
wpuld have a very important bearing on their verdict. Tha
learned counsel for the petitioner- said that the 'ydniig:
woman who had mainly proved the allegation.NrasTnot the
srt of witness that the jtity ivbiad trust, esPecittfly nett-
-4s altogether uncorroborated., Now he wtie- not 'of- that
44;011 because in. one Very important 'point, viz., the re-
stondent being' conipelled to live coadlihonb for' some
adilys to escape the ill-usage of her husband, it was confirmed
to a certain extent by witnesses' celled fot the petitiOner.
The jury, at the conclaibn of his Lordship's observe-
tionii; retired to consider their verdict, and had ndt returned'
hen we went toprese.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE—This Day.

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

A WIFE CHARGED WITH ATTEMPTING TO STAB HER
HUSBAND. Eugenie Schmidt was charged before Mr.
Knox on a warrant with attempting to stab her husband,

Henry Schmidt, 86, Bolsover-street, with a knife:
The husband said that he was living apart from his wife,
and on the 20th of the present month his wife called upon
him and aeked him how he was. He told her that ho was
pretty well, and she then rushed at him with a knife and
attempted to stab him. His coat was cut, and she then
made a second attempted to stab him, but wag prevented
doing so. She had several times said there would be-mur-
der between them.

Peter Godfrey, brother-in-law of the complainants said
that:had he not interfered; and:prevented it the complainant
would most certainly have been killed.
When called upon for her defence the wife entered into a
long statement as to her husband's conduct, and amongst
other things said she bad been obliged to leave him, and
that she had in her possession a letter sent to her husband
by a woman of low repute.
The daughter of the parties, a good looking young girl of
sixteen, was called and gave evidence in the case, but re-
luctantly.

A person stepped into the witness-box and said that
believing:she was an injured woman he would be bail for her.
Mr. Knox accepted the person's bail.

THAMES.

A MosT CAREFUL NURSE.---Sarah Macarthy, a well-.
dressed young woman, was brought before Mr. Partridges
charged with being drunk and disorderly.
Nicholls, a police-constable, 433 K, stated that he found
the prisoner last night. near the London Hospital, very
drunk and making a disturbance. She had a child in her
arms, and it screamed. dreadfully, and appeared very much
frightened. He took the child away from the prisoner, and
conveyed her "to;ithe station-hones." She fated' randz made
gdod'cleat of noise: - "
Mr. Partridge—Whetislhdtge of the child?
WitneSs-;-Aboitt 18,mouths; vit. %The dhild's•iife was in,
danger.
Mr. Partridge—What became of the child ?
Witness—l took it home.

The Pristinerz-Ititi trdb ietirs'Ora: It is not MY Child.
Nicholla—No; flt is' the child' of her inastdr and 't
mistress. They allowed her to take the child ont and she
went to several public houses with it and got drunk,
Tilt.'Partridge—i-This it; very tcandalons indeed, What
do yOu; say wornin,:in getting intoxicated while you are
entrusted with'your Master and mistress's child. '
Tht;iirisoner-L-Yeti, sir.: s I did get the drop taken; I,'
am nurse to the child, a twee careful nurse; your worship,

I can assure you.
l'aftfidge;--You ought to be ashamed of yourself,
Yon are not fit to be entrusted with the care of infante.
You are fined ss, for being drunk,