, 1879-08-15
=. NEWMAN HALL,
Conduct Of q Wayward Woman--The
Case a. Stated by the PetI-
tiontr's Counsel.

Se~A"A -eNNHeAS
A Spoiled and Pettcd Wifc---Estrnnge-
ment AMI Wantonness-.-Iletations
With Young Richardson.
Tho Newman Hall divorce case caEne on In tho
High Court Of Justice, London, on The Both Of
JulY. Sir Henry lanes, counsel for the petl-
ttoncf, presented Tho case 10 tho Jury. lie told
thc stnry Of tile marriage and the subsequent
troubles an follows:
"in eariy tho MIR. Hall became tnip!stcr OF
The Congregational denomination, aud III 1919
he was sppointcl pastor OF church in Hull.
1fs preaching t,,cra 1T onco attrarted consideFu-
bic attention from the public. Ia the ycar
1saG. On April II, he was married to lady
WIN Is HE respondent hero to-day. lie Vas
ut ll!at tins 81 years Of aac. and MIss Char
lotte Gordon, whom he married, was then In
her 18TH 1car. Miss Gordon twas an oul5
child. Her father Was an eminent physician in
Hull, nna sl,o was also the ncco Of 1ir william
lowtlsrop, and occupied, therefore. a consider
able social position. As an oily child she had
been. to use an ordinary pl.rase, q spoiled child
from ''cr birth, and in addition to tl'at she had
what might bu called an ungoscruablo will. or,
II II Is preferred, q phvsfeal illness, resulting
frptn mental excitement She nppears to have
1cen trcatud By hcr father anu mother as one
who1e will was never TO DO controlled, and
whose most ordinary Wish should bo grattfcl.
Being person OF great accomplishment and
rare qualities, sho had an extraordinary power
of urging her own views mud Inducing people
to agree to any Wish she EXPRESSED. So It was
TINT Mr. Ilnli began bis married. life. Feeling
lhatit would be unadrlGablo to tlwart her
shnllest 3'st'. ne was from The hrst Tic devoted
lover OF hts wife, watching every expression Of
her will ind ondcavorng to crafty 1t In every
nos.ihlo wav, INV aftar rcnr. an, vcar. hnyo
e'aosea' ~" a1o ~ o'das your on" onPreJuoleeu
and, nope, unronant!c viDw to behr On The
question Involved In the married life Of Mr. and
Mt.. Hall. H. NAV h. ncra..a,r ~ ronind WI,
t,ot r,, .r, mn ~ orn,,t,o vo,,r i,,,,.,aa,t =.
s". ~. ~ ~. ..,s :. 's 49, !aas"eu' 10
10 "nas you "ou'u 'la'c oohe IN lie same e!f-
eumatancea; but you must place yourself In
the position OF Sir. Hall, who was actuated br
tbo in.i.o tc con,1v ,r,th or,,v ox,r.a.,,r ~
~ .r,,, ,,,, ,r,.h ., 81. via r.. IT,.
.ne "'a' a"'1 "'ea ~ "'h "'e' fo' se"'s '"!S'
Hall was apparently loving, httlnE wife for the
plaintiff. She was In every sense hclp-mcct
for him. entertuR into his dulles. ltstcntnp iav
h. +, =, - ,.s ts,.,,,rr. a,,I ,,,,, Ill.,,
" a"J ~ n'e 'e4.ne'' "''i "e'o"'n""''"s "'."
"hcn ac 'ts'tco uu1rFcos paris o. f.hgtana' IN
overy way dio Identified herself With him al
lUh
tb,nps continued for a certain t,me,um1. unfor,-
n",tnt. H. a corta,r .i.no nniv H. H.. ,,aar
1sSI Wr. Iinll rsmoye;i to London. md becsms
minister OF Rovla,,l HlII's Chot,e,. iIjs nosi-
,;nn .ha,a w"a an i,nor.ont ma an, hrnnr%t
lin into cmnm,,n(ca t;on sill, 1msnv ncrsnna ~
i,,~l, rircIc" ~ lint ti,n" 4, woa ' Hr. r.
in,r with his Wife in the Flnchlcv rand.
nmi nam aftrr Tint nertn!. whether *
was ,hot ths naw nttrocttnna n Tandnn 1tfe
ha;f M infncnrc near liar. ~ rhr,l,sr ahc h"d
Iifor"nt % tostrs ~ hIa wI,rI, ,,nir thsn hocnms
ti"rcionml' knnr MT: h,,t ccriaI, n fs lint.
snnn nf,nr ,hs;r orrfvni II, Tnn,tn,, sha ehowei
ia".,'s ,sliIn,, nut s,,t,",' ~ s"sIns ~ avc
sn,,,h,. int1red mil" dIfrcrcnt 1nnstc m liz,
ani viii tint bower wn!rt, so lad Intiisnutahly
smuir",l nvnr Nr' unii slc wns nv dogrces "ns.
wss m tun"ss!Iie tor Wr nni to view x,ti, satfs-
fnos,,m II" fo,un that ~ tnwora r., az, nf
i"r ,yis,,,a a. ah" hecanr vinI,.nt tnrn,j lin
Timre III w"re II asns in foct' re,rraflv to,awr,i
s;opm. whct, m,,s. Inv, iarr NM nanf,,j IN
1i.. n,n,n,sfT snmcines s"re e1e wo hn 81
snnci, uuisn in tn, house lint = noliren,au wou1I
rnn,c tn liz iioor'
r., hi. nnsitinn ~ ninister fouo1 r.mc nnl,,
maI ~ nnrnwonra fro,n ~" ron.ninnsn.s 1i,n, III
nrfrhinrs nuet hc nwore fbat in lin domestic
iIfn surl. srencs were tnkinf- m,ace. in orfler
tbc t,o,,iestr 1ifc al nrnrr which h. wss en,rnv.
n"t,,tr ~ saanh ctin.s ~ tnit,n, h. "h.
staina1 from contesiin1r no,nts win ber. b1,t.
~ an of,ertonotr h,shnn,i' r,att,rJ r. i,ar Mn;
tr;, ~ nsnranI fr"". tha nf,hftr ,iut 4h"rn ,ras
ans,h,ee annroor,,,nv cH,rt ~ rs strnTu e'
twoan Ihen, III hotnr w,iir" III ~ r. ~.
th,tu. 1or hcr bcaith' In did d1 no. 10 much obcct
to ner rcouest lint shc s ,u1d have rxerctse On
horaohocf srhnn s,.n nr"no.nI thst sIc shmij
~. l,or nrsa f"r r,rnoans ~ hnntinr ffn faIt
| Il wn,,id In het,cr ~ nrotd snch " ,o,,rsr hnt
si" ba.opeht mi .ntr.ateH lin mi, ~ i"n,rth
ns 2s H. 1 VIII er stro , wii ranvh L,