The Sun.
London, England, 1858-12-14 00:00:00

LAW INTELLIGENCE.—Dec. 14.

COURT OF PROBATE AND DIVORCE.
{Before the Judge-Ordinary and a Special Jury.)
KEATS V. KEATS AND MONTEZUMA.

THE VERDICT.
A few minutnepefore four the jury entered the court, and
on being asked Whether they had agreed to their verdict,
The Foreman said they had not. One gentleman
refused to accept the learned judge's definition of the word
"condoned." We have therefore come to ask whether the
verdict of the eleven gentlemen who are agreed can be
taken.

The learned Judge said, Certainly not. The verdict must
be the unanimous opinion of the whole of the jury.- With
respect to a juror who objects, it is right he should know
that he is bound to take the law from the judge on the
bench. I may be wrong, but then he must not set himself
up as a court of error.

A Juror—Can't the opinion of the 11 be taken ?
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The Judge—No ; I have already said so.

The Juror—Then, I don't know what can be done.
It is mainly through him that the eleven other gen-
tlemen have been detained all these hours. Perhaps
your lordship can alter the opinion of the juror—all of us
have failed.

The Judge—l do not swish to have the dissentient singled
out ; but I must again say that the gentleman evidently
wishes to set himself up as a court of error, which it is
wrong in him to do. Will a special verdict be acceptable?
the effect of which will be that the case can be argued before
the full court, which decision can be taken to the House of
Lords as the highest court of error. The jury, I suppose,
have no difficulty in that. As adultery was committed, the
next matter would be to find that he did not condone it with
the intention of restoring Mrs. Keats.

The counsel did not seem disposed to accept a special ver•
diet.

The Judge—Well, we must have a unanimous verdict,
but I have again to say that the gentleman who refuses to
accept my definiton of the word condone is doing that
which he has no right to do. It seems as if he thought the
judges did not understand the law of the land.

The jury again retired, and at 25 minutes past 4 came
again into court.

The learned Judge—Well, gentlemen, have you agreed to
your verdict ?

Foreman—We have, my lord.

The Judge—Do you find that adultery was committed
with Montezuma ?

Foreman—We do, my lord.
The Judge—What damages do you assess against
Montezuma ?

Foreman—One thousand pounds.
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The Judge—Do you find that Mr. Keats condoned the

offence ?

Foreman—No.

LON.DON GAZETTE-( THIS EVENING)

WHITEHALL, DEC. 13.

The Queen has been pleased to appoint Rear-Admiral
William Alexander Bailijo Hamilton, Captain Alfred Phil-
lips Ryder, R.N., John Hall Gladstone, Esq., Duncan
Dunbar, sq., Chairman of the London Local Marine
Board, and Samuel Robert Graves, Esq., Chairman of the
Liverpool Local Marine Board, to be her Majesty's Com-
missioners for inquiring into the condition and manage-
ment of Lights, Buoys, and Beacons.
The Queen has been pleased to direct letters patent to be
passed under the Great Seal, granting the dignity of a
Knight of, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ire-
land unto William Arrindell, Esq., C. 8., the Chief Justice
of the colony of British Guiana.