The Sun.
London, England, 1863-11-12 00:00:00

LAW INTELLIGENCE—This Day.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE—This Day,

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

COURT OF DIVORCE.
(Before the Judge Ordinary.)
LOVE V. LOVE.

SILK ROBBERY AT SWAN AND EDGAR'S.—George
William Smith, porter, 156, High Holborn, was charged
before Yardley on suspicion of stealing, at 51, Regent-
street, 31 yards of black silk moire antique, of the value of
£5O, the property of Messrs. Swan and Edgar, silk mercers.
Charles Butcher, 137 C, said—.On Friday morning last I
went to Messrs. Swan and Edgar's, having been informed
there had been a robbery there. I found the box of
the lock of the front door had been taken off from
the inside, one of the screws having been taken
out of the leJx, so that the door could be opened without the
key. I found the shop door had been forced, and could be
opened without a key. A piece of string had been tied to
the door mat and drawn under the bottom of the door, so
that the door could be pulled Gloss. Last night I met the
prisoner in Ho:born, and asked him if his name was Smith.
and he said it was. I told him I was a constille, and should
take hila into custody on suspicion of stealing some silk at
Messrs. Swan and Edgar'. He said he knew nothing
about it, and could account for the manner in which
he left the house on the Thursday night, and that
he was let out by one of the porters, named North,
and that he slept at home that night, but he af. erwards said
that he slept in Union-street. I then took the prisoner to
Vere-street, and fetched North, who stated in the prisoner's
presence that he did not let him out, but left him in the
porter's room.
John North, porter at Messrs. Swan and Edgar's, said—
On Thursday night last, when I went to bed at half-past
nine, I left the prisoner in the porter's room. I did not
let the prisoner out, nor see him go out. There was a
porter named Parker in the porter's room at the time I left
it, and I was asleep when Parker came to bed.
Joseph Parker, a porter at Messrs. Swan and Edgar's,
said, I fell asleep, and when I awoke North, who had been
talking to the prisoner, had left the room, and the prisoner,
too.

This was a petition presented by the wife for dissolution
of marriage, on the ground of adultery, tyranny, and cruelty
committed by the respondent.
It appeared that the parties were married in ISSB, the
petitioner being the daughter of a timber and coal merchant,
and the respondent the son of an officer, but without any
profession at the time of marriage. After that, however,
he became an ac. or.
Eden Jarvis, sister to the petitioner, proved the marriage
of the parties at St. Mary's Church, Bryanstone-square.
Jane Love, the petitioner, said, after her marriage with
Mr. Love they lived for some time in Windham•street,
Bryanstcne-square, and for the first few months they lived
happily, but ultimately he became very lazy and totally in-
different about making any effort to obtain any employtneut.
About six months after the marriage he formed an acquaint-
ance with a domestic servant girl in Oxford-terrace, while he
was acting as a draper's assistant, which led to an altera-
tion of his conduct towards her. After he became an actor she
accompanied him to Glasgow, where they lived for sometime,
and from thence they proceeded to Greenock. She did not
always accompany him in his travels, because he used
before starting sometimes to sell her things, and leave her to
shift in the best way she could. Oa one occasion when he
left her she met him in the streets in a state of destitution.
She took him into a coffee-shop and gave him food, and the
reason she did not give him money was that she had none
with her, which compelled her to leave a pawnbroker's
duplicate as security for the payment of the refreshment she
gave him. After this he discovered her lodgings, and after
forcibly obtaining an interview, he pleaded so hard that
she forgave him. He lived with her about a fortnight, when
he again left her. While they were living at Eton he used
to bring home disreputable women, and because she would
not see them, he used to ill-treat her. On one occasion he
knocked her down stairs. He had been living at Liverpool
with another woman, and he there also married another

female.
Martha Bamford said in June, 1832, she knew Ballan-
tyne Edward Love, the respondent. She first met him at
Wolverhampton Theatre, at which he then acted. After a
short time an intimacy sprang up between them, and on
the 28th of June she was married to him at St. Mark's
Church, Wolverhampton. She lived with him about a fort-
night at Wolverhampton, and five weeks in Stafford, at
which place he left her. She next saw him, after his de-
.sertion, at an hotel in company with Mrs. Love.
Mrs. Boxfield said she resided at Brocas, at Eton. In

Mr. Roberts, another porter, said—When I came down
on Friday morning, I found the door had been broken open
and a large quantity of black silk moire antique taken away
Some other evidence having been given, the prisoner—
who it appears had been in the prosecutor's employ, but
left three weeks ago, and had called at the house on Thurs•
day night for some clothes he had left behind—was remanded,

1862 the petitioner and respondent lodged at her house.
The respondent on one occasion brought home a disreput-
able character, and desired Mrs. Love to speak to her. She
refused, and then Mr. Love knocked her down stairs.
The Judge Ordinary thought all the allegations clearly
made out, and granted a rule nisi.

THE SUN. LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 12, 1863.

ID SIRES,