Star.
London, England, 1804-12-27 00:00:00

MAUFFENANCE OP A WIFE.
BOLTON 4WD 46101;$1111o.
Car an &akin btu , tbel=new-
the cornet of
be defendant, one Af UAW's** # C -
rdeeTheatre, for Mid ihibettied
o the antatent
ierjeant Soon taw bin le
, the astute of the chmttallasices wade=
on was brought. The dekodemes wife, in
ence of 'Rake. had been compelled to leave
re and in.this cafe thebuibeed we:liable foe
&ries that aright be ftwnifbed in the wife.—
prefent inflame ha would prow Abe iiirufege
rife, and the delivery of the ar!ichorwitils which
furnifheit "'Mk would ippenrto ~riNly
ry, and this woold in law
Lis. Maitland was then celiedt4hold the
Ie ,of Mr. Rogers. The Erft thing then to
red was the delivery of she *gods,' and their
y for a woman of else eeaditiow of the wife.
this purpoft Mrs. Campbell was called. She
ed herfelf as the wife of the awn .in whole
the Defendant's wife lived after her slope-
From her Midland. He keeps an eatiaghoufe
wank area, Clare Market. 'He few the
which'confifled of ihifts• 204"1.9 tck-
end fuch other articles; brougb fh e her oufe,
slivered to the Deftritlatiri her °Pi
they were filch as were niciffary for a wo.
n her condition. ' The nest point was the ill.
which compelled the 'Wife to leave bet huf.
To prove this, variety of witatfes were
. There limed a great assay airconsßaaces oil
behaviour op the part of the Thhodaist :-
1 they lived at Clerkeswell hetad beaten bra.
the was in bed, then dragg her out arm
or.. and with nothing but bee eft 421. They
rsrds lived in Lyon's Ina. Mr. Charles, Cob-
s teacher of urge, lived in the chambers. under
togas.' Having Rated the loft Which he fur-
-1 in confequenee of IoR in attending the
t, and folicitedu know -bow be was• to be in-
and being indismnollimest Mothoootary
d allow vibartvar osersolitailia; fre proceeded
reeve, that be ofvestbsard noires*. ifipiejkleisar-
g shove lairs ; at one time be taw lMdefea-
S wife eadetivourfog togat PligiblieltAll two Pair
iirs window With her legs Assil Upored in
,ft indecent mama ; are* tnne Mrs. an-
had been drives ant of dileithift, and tad got
the window by means at a fader, with great
nlty. as the waif a lett wcimitit. He had no
a that the hatband was uctrlomed to belt his

rifs-examined by Serjeant Bea*.--He admitted
he had been employed at Vauxhall, where Mr.
ers is door-keeper.
B. Why was you difmifed from your captor-
t there ?
I. I was not difmilled. I difmiCed myfelf.
B. !That is the Way with othergreat a.-.--Why
I did* you difmifs yourfelf ?
(. Mr. Perkins charged me with what was an in-
ous lie. He Paid, that I was in die habit of let-
in people with ley orders, and therebt anorak-
, a fraud upon the proprietor. Belt I call Gm) to
;left that I was innocent.
I. B. Underfland me, Sir, I di, not mean to fay'
t you was guiky, but I a& whither there was not
uarrel between you aid Rogers, becaafe he had I
de reprefentations-of this natare to Mr. Perkins ?
y. No, thetie was no quarrel
kfter Come further queflions and replies, the wit-
's at 1411 admitted that there was a fort of quarrel
ween him and Rogers, on thiefubjea. Mr.Hugbes,
treafurer of Covent-Garden Theatre, then came
o the box, and depofed that the amount of the de-
dant's receipts at Covent-Garden was about a 5.64:
r day, during the feafon, and a benefit, which left
sr brought him tool.
Mr. Perkins, Treafurer at Vauxhall. deviled, that
Defendant's receipts there were exaaly 401.
Serjeant Barn—He had not even a Ace of bass
ynnd 401.
Witnefs.—No.
Mr. Janice Crlaisseas—lf he had, it muff have
en a this oar.
After the cafe was doled on the part of the Plain-
Fs. Mr. Serjeant Barr for the Defendant, admitted
at he could not poffibly plead before the Jury, that
s client's condua had been what it ought to have
:en. The law however was that it a wife lived fe-
arate from a hit (band who had no property but what
role from his labour, and the was able to maintain
erlelf, he could not be liable. He would call evi-
coce to prove that the was able to maintain herfelf.
Mr. Browne, for whom Mrs. R. had formerly
rocked, depofed that he had given her half a guinea
day and her board for painting, gilding, and Japan-
ling fmelling bottles and other ankles in the fame
me ; that he had known her to earn a guinea a day
ometimes; and that fin was fo excellent an arti ft, that
se had no doubt that Ilse could earn upwards of two
guineas a week at the prefent period.
Other witneifes (wore that the Defendant and his
wit. had lived very comfortably together for Come
time ; hat that the was addiaed to drinking, and that
they had lived feparate for about the fpace of three
years. Doting this time the articles for which the
itelendant was now charged had been furnifhed to
his wife.
Mr. Serjeant SHP PM FRO was proceeding to reply, by
Rating that the foto tor which the aelion was brought
was the only demand made opon the hufband during
an abfence of three years; that it was evident, from
the tellinsony of the Defendant's own ssi.nelfee, that
Mrs. R. mutt have been a molt todußrinus meritorious
woman ; and that therefore it mutt be obvious that
the would not have called upon her hufband tar that
(mall portion if his anance if Lbe was nut in aQual
1 heceffity Co to dn.
Here the Learned Judge obfervecl, that the cum
Iwas really fo 'Mall, and the indult)), of the woman
\
had been Co plainly proved, that be fuppoted the Jury
' could have no doubt upon the cafe.
A verdia was immediately given fur the plaintiff.
t Damages Isl. tus. &d. and aos. cons.
The Court fat till near five o'clock, and there were
- then a few cafes remaining undetermined, notwith-
,- !landing, the length of the fittings. They ctinfequent-
ly remain for determination until next term.