The Sun.
London, England, 1865-03-09 00:00:00

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LIVERPOOL RACES—THIS DAY.
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LAW INTELLIGENC E— This ra

COURT OF DIVORCE,
(Before the Judge Ordinary and a Oommon Jury.)
WHITMORE V. WHITMORE AND BRETTELL.

This was a suit instituted by the husband for the disso-
lution of marriage on the ground of the wife's adultery
with the co-respondent. The respondent denied the charge,
and alleged cruelty and adultery on the part of the peti-
tioner.

According to the opening statement of the learned coun-
sel for the petitioner the parties were married in 1857, the
husband being a grocer, carrying on business in Dudley.
After the marriage they resided together in Hall-street,
and about a month after the marriago the wife was con-
fined, which manifestly showed that there had been inter-
course between the parties previously. He (the Itrarned
counsel) did not consider this as detrimental to
the petitioner, for it appeared to him to be the
proper course for a man to marry the woman alter such in-
timacy. They lived together for some time amicably, but
about the year 1860 the wife displayed a good deal of tern-
per, and they occupied from that time separate rooms, and
subsequently the wife lived away, and the various acts of
adultery were committed which were alleged in the peti-
tion. He would call the witnesses before the jury, and ho
thought when they had heard them they would give his
client the relief asked for.

Three or four female domestic servants were then exa-
mined, all of whom stated that Mrs. Whitmore soon aftei
her marriage treated her husband with great unkindneF.-03.
She used to say that she only married Mr. Whitmore for
his money, and that she was not going to live all her days
with such a bald-headed old monster. Witnesses ware also
called to prove the principal allegation in the petition.
At the close of the case for the petitioner, the Queen's
Advocate "addressed the Court for the respondent.
As there were nearly 20 witnesses to be examined, it was
not expected that the case would terminate to-day.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—This Day.

MARLBOROUGH-S TREE T.

THE SOCIAL EVIL.—Two young women namial Harriet
Crawford and Ellen Joyce were charged before Mr. Knot
with loitering in Rupert-street for the purpose of prostitu-
tion, to the annoyance of the inhabitants.

Mr. Louis Mercik, tailor, of No. 59, Rupert-street, said
that about 11 o'clock the previous night, while turning
from Coventry-street into Rupert-street with a friend, the
prisoners came up and accosted them, one of the prisoners
behaving towards his friend in a most offensive manner.
He told the prisoners to go away, and as they would not
do so, he gave them into custody.
Cave, 35 C, said the prisoners were given into his
custody for annoying Mr. Mercik. He had seen the pri-
soners, who he knew to be prostitutes, walking up and
down Coventry-street about ten or a dozen times during
the half-hour before they were given into custody, and ho
had noticed them accost several gentlemen before accosting
the complainant and his friend.
Mr. Mercik said that the nuisance was so bad at the
corner of the street that his sons could not go out of the
house without being accosted, and his wife and daughter
without suffering a great deal of annoyance.
Mr. Knox said it was a monstrous nuisance, and the in-
habitants had a right to the protection of the law. It was
quite true that this part of London was rendered uninha-
bitable through it, families being driven away and houses
rendered unlettable. He was perfectly prepared to give
the inhabitants all the protection he could, and he should
inflict a fine in every case of 40s. or a month.