The Sun.
London, England, 1863-12-12 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 12, 1863,

LAW INTELLIGENCE—(This Day).

COURT OF DIVORCE.
(Before Sir. P. Wilde and a Special Jury.)
LIDSTONE V. LIDSTONE AND EDMUNDS.
This was a suit instituted by the petitioner, a shipwright
in Davenport dockyard, for a divorce on the ground of his
wife's adultery with the co-respondent. The charge was
denied by both the respondent and co-respondent. Damages.
were laid at £5OO.
The petitioner was married in 1850, both parties being
then very young, the respondent being only 17. After
the marriage they went to live at Frankfort-street. In
1852 they left Plymouth, and went to live at East Dere-
ham, but returned again to Plymouth,',where she contracted
an intimacy with Mr. Edmunds, a solicitor practising at
Plymouth, with whom it was alleged she had committed
adultery. The respondent was a well educated girl, but
the petitioner was rather illiterate. Quarrels ensued between
them, owing to her intimacy with Mr. Edmunds, and,
finally, she left her husband, and was afterwards found
living in lodgings in Victoria-street, Plymouth, where he
constantly visited the respondent.
John Carkect said he knew the parties both before and
after marriage. They lived very happily together until the
intimacy with Mr. Edmunds. After that she objected to
her husband as a person unsuitable for her society.
The learned Judge—What did she mean by that ?

Witness—That he was uneducated. He afterwards
heard Mrs. Lidatone talk about a divorce, and she further
said that after it was obtained she should be Mr. Edmunds's
lawful wife. Mr. Lidkone he considered to be a respectable,
upright man. His failing was over-kindness.
Howard Davis, an undertaker, said he knew Mr. and Mrs.
Lidstone, He recollected her leaving her husband's house
in 1862; and in October of the same year he met her at
Devenport-park. He asked her whether she had not been
to 'Wales, and she replied " Yes, with Bob ;" and afterwards
she asked him not to tell Mr. Lidatone. He asked her if she
was living under the protection of Edmunds. She said no, bat
that he visited her of an evening. She did not say where she
was living, but on another occasion he met her, and then
followed her to No. 15, Victoria-street, New Passage, Stoke.
He afterwards watched the house, and frequently saw Mr.
Edmunds go there. Ho had seen Mrs. Lidstone let Mr.
Edmunds out, and wish him good night, and further say
she hoped he would not get wet.
Mr. Chambers—Did she always say that?
Witness—Only when it was raining. (Laughter.)
Cross-examined by Mr. Huddlestone—When he was at
home he lived in Scotland. He could write.

Mr. Huddlestone—Have you any objection to write me
two words ?--" possessed" and " Wednesday" for instance ?
Witness took up the pen and wrote the two words, spel•
ling the first " pocessed" and the next " Wensday."
Mr. Huddlestone (handing witness a letter and the paper
upon which he had written the words)—ln the letter you will
find the words spelled precisely the same way ; is, or is not,
the letter, which is a fac simile of the words you have just
penned, in your handwriting ?
Witness—The letter is not in my handwriting, That I