, 1879-08-22
NEWMAN HALLS DIVORCE.

Summing ur af tho Council for Mrs. Hall
-al1nost No Defense Offsr.t-I1armless
Fn,uilisrit.ps TINT Recall u Koucnt I}r0uk.
lyn CasE.
The ,,caring Of the Rev. Newman Halls
suit fur liyurce fru1n his wife was resumed In
lundon Oh The morning Of Aug. 6 In the ID.
Yorcu Court, besoru Sir Jatncs uanucn aud u
Special Jury.
s1r. Willis proceeded to address tho jury on
behalf Of Mrs. Hall. Thcra was lint at The
general relations Of the parttes md Of tho con-
duct us dcuoscd at Frth's 1lptcl u'nl ut Estfee,
in llcrfordsh!rc, mud he might say at olcs thnt
40 continuous had been thu intimacy OF Mr.
Richardson a,,u Mrs. Hall TINT tl.era Ind been
Abundant opportunities undoubtedly fur com
ultttinE the uircnses It they lcssrud tn uu III.
u,,a tl1crn lind been facts ai,A rlrcum.
sta.ccs In their Intercourse which were
Capable, As the Jury would Bec,
OF exacgcration and Misrepresentation. for IT,
lIa.l becu one ut wlrIn, generous friendship mud
attachment which was manifest iu tile most
open terms to Mr.. Hull belorc sho lrtt her
homc. Undoubtedly Mira, Hall lIud kissed Mr.
Richardson, AMI had nlsu kissed other pcrsosls.
10 tbs knowtutce ot alr. ilull. They hui nAss'd
tlu,u md been 10 psnres together wllcrc II Mrs.
lIn 1sslrrll 10 Inlugu se.isllai qualification,
sIlc could huye dune 10, md Us hs case shortly
p,t was this, Lint Mrs. ilall's ntocrnre WAS the
u1J$ 14AtlHtnttOl& 1lul4 d CkttlANEtB lbG
inty would kcv ,lsat hc blsuuld address hvnl on
tAe top[c which lio trusted w1u!'l essntllsl,
| that innocenro to tteir satisfaction! "nI
prevent them irutn drawing Inference VI
casu, bceauts there was siut III ha con.iIIlon u
| Mrs. Hall which was known tn Str. Hull WHICH
prevented the jury from urawiliE tl.at c1Hrlu-
sion. Tie case wns nut to bc Acct;ied un tlle
gtaunl tint Mr.. llnIl tOaiisl hls wife without
uutural iacluallon to l1lm. Mr. Hall never d.
B,sud to PIT 1t OIL ll,at ground. aud until tlu.
motive, irresstiblu nnl powerful, rs''u uroI'
him io wuul hayu bvr tue very lust ,s'', 'lt,t'n
tllr general re4iiuns of tllc PARTIES, tu ullt his
casu on uctuut guilt. lie thought hu wAs right
In saying that thry must III. sat!sllsll tint MIS-.
I!uII hnsl surrendered llcrsef to IscHasssson be-
fore tslry could tluI her guilty uf adultery. Int
no asserted That tlleru was lhat s tllu rphdt1lnn
Ut Mira. Hall. knnWl, to Ar. Halt, which pTc-
| vented tlu Jury coming to that c'It'c'us.uu.
II Mrs. Hull had Dcru pls.cs'l int posl.lou OF
llnIf wus party tn E,pr uiseraro. hut that
nrver was the case, nnl hu did mt intend tn
lnpute anything ot. thu Kind. There WAS llsu
4uestton u Mary Wyatt, upnn Sl,'ch ',,, r. moala
tlans tu that particular wcrc ca.Aule Of :xpanu,
tlou. From llle t,tao whcu A1r. aud Mrs. hall
wcre married down to tho present day t'tfu
the condition Vi Mrs. llall wllch ,nadu sel'ara-
t!ou between tic Two purtleh. il 1llat WIS ~
thcro WIS not thu slightest 1listiheatton ior tlo
CONDUCT vi Mr; llu'!. Mr. !lalI's justitieatina
case WIS, tndecu, p"wctsul Que, and l,e was
aurprlscl ut tho tnannor In which peopIe In tl.o
court I'ad grecdily takvn III all the p!lases u
~ case. u ~us 10 ordinary trlal fur slrs:
out. Il VIVA eontente1 by his learned frlcnI
thut Afra. Hail had ieslrta which si,u Wished to
gratify, atl 10 graft taose desires slsu sought
upon TINT argument as ah4urd, und did
uut think tho jury woustl iu any derrru
credit such story. The lsarnsI co!lnsc! slsc..