, 1881-03-04
TILE COURTS.
Mrs. Speight Has the Judge on
Her Side.
CONTINUATION OF tlle Evidence In
tho BrOss Murder Case.
snow.Dound Judges-Record Of Judg.
ments, New Suits, Etc.

NN PhS lSFh IL oIsn
Tho applications f,,r t[tusco nrc so nu,nuy0tis
hcro III Chlenxo. md Tho storcs Ut wc.t'Dd mi T.
cry 40 nttGn crgAch. lint tho listener, whct
hb bn Judge, jurur, or thrs,nlcGr nf passing
orclltA stloIpr or litter bccnHles cnt1Htlscl. nud
tho testimony In each hl,cccel1ing c:.as, ever
vnrylnU and yet much tho sAtnO In thpm hll'
rsSses III ono onr And nut the other. Like II
newspaper. 1t Is forgotten when It IL tho day
old. Occasionally. however, II case uf this kind
comes M TINT by sumo An,tssinl circumstances
Connected with It will furcu Itself OH tho uttun-
tlon ind enHrnvo Itself III TIM memory. x Elit
deserving spne notice for tho u rr,llnr bitter
ness with which 1t hu8 t,ccu ulntrstett hns bcGn
Oh trial for week or n,urn before judge (iarst-
tier. Twenty-tanr yctra afI,l more nHu wiiiuin
mud ffurriett G. SpgfRhL sturtcd out III lfo tDyeth
or, and up tO tho tlne Of tho tiro Ece,n
Perhaps tho n,larreis wero unusually
rrGt,icnt. nHd uniucst ttunabiy thurr wis ws,sit
which, Il exercised, wa,ullt hnrU BilltNtscd HvGr
lnnsly rs,gi, ul,rc. During tlIo c,,,rsu ur yr,irs
II pr"perty, St.t BY tic srtt % rs II ic s' sMerc ;
ua,*i.!Hrnfly IN IL i'nnncai way. IN lsi. ha
wished tn ninrtEtge st,ne 1T hts real estate 70
rebuild hts hDIscs hut his wiec refllauf tD JDs
with ht!i! III ih: i'GCtnbrtlicS, heClltlse shu
wa,,cd l,ht tn hni!s! on 10. she''wne,l1n huron
resIa.'s1y a II S askc IL er ri 10 ev recvos II Il "t to
him nflrr. tho law nf his, which extended rho
pt,wtrs 3t MIhrrlcd wt'ilcn md THUR control
fused To dth n,lti tho cp,inl,al controversies
nnd 'HtturrcIa nvcr this ,une snail lut seem to
led 10 n scpiraifon. ~ l;et sstunty kept rcfor.
ring to ttlG tnnttcr and. Will, rcsnl,,t,on worthy
Of n.icn besttr c',t'sc 9bstttlattly !1sstcd TINT
fits of lssitsrl finally whrke n tlrr 80 TINT she
hESnt1lG nfrt tn 1.-Two With him. n'ld lrft il. In
,llice her Ia RETURN Int tic terms wore pr,tc-
tlcntly those Of absolute surrender, and ahe de-
EtIncI 10 aecetle to ttien, She ttlpn l!Iel bill
tt&1f fI1~.
.ludgn FMrwci nnd dismissed fur w,ant Of equity.
IEere,pnn he turned '!rsA1n.l and illoA l. bll f3r
a1yra9 ar; n ,ns arona r. q serton To- ths she
Tie trial WIS vrry bitter. 10th tho PARTIES were
xcsy trrS IN IN their estimates Of t, gnc, other's
dishes 1T tahio. with splitting IN hls fncr, nnd
lnaktng er|tnnccs It HIN. nnd sho rctorlcl with
% En'l!ar canrgcs. ~" sicctnce wis nas pnrtIcl,-
!!,oth showing thelr obsiinaoy m in ptIss thseir
countcnnnccs; criMsnGting and recrIn'aatfng
In times pAst In thu tun,pcrahcr cll,lse lnI her
efforts I'll tue crusalu II lsw spnrs nHo formed
nnothor subject fur 4a1rrcl between herself md
1hc Judge III deciding the cuso sald spclvht's
anmn . =, on his wlfs I" Died e. hm 'no .urnn
invariably nrnue, then dispute. nlld fl,ltly ctn
BY HunrFcllnR. In fact. nurly nll tlIc!r doncstlc
,sSmhie ,., Erw o,lt "s tue contest oser thls t
hnve obvlnseI all tho .ilillculty. Whom /, Wits
left hcr lil,sbnnl Il tnslst bc oil wllnt to her IL
HkEHt ftOflfE}tkluUs lOC GfETj FEtHuN,
physical and nu,.!ra! would Induce her
to stny. with him. Tho prorHcntion might be
deemed insufficient TO a' outsider, hut u hor
Il T. wnuld . nsobably be ennsltersl a'1pla enough.
hnps sPo!9ht would hc entitled 10 his decrce.
She llnd: however, offered to rGturn. but her
htisbAntl refused tn nInw her to come buck cx-
rept nn terms of absolute surrender, which sho
was tnsttflc. IN mt nccoptng. II wns not necGs-
shry to innlntnin a sn1t for separate tnulnien-
nnee TINT enn,.gt, Gn.tae shnl be shown io alip-
port y hIll fur divorce, 1t sresnrd rs thtnsah
Mrs: epo1ght Ind sufficient cnnsc to leave hur
t,tabuud TN account nf hts cnn.tllct to her, 80
that he WIS mt entitled to II decree. On tho
contrary, sho oitght 70 l'o cntitlGa I" II drcrce
nf Separate maintenance III, tho ground Ut
ils future to snpport hur. It wns t,,fter Ut In
1hsttco that ho wns, t'y ,ccrro Of Court, living
uH hcr prOpGrfy lis II homestead, HI tllut snc
enul t;t not rsturn % Il whilo hn lived, If ii
md TINT would work an ln1isic" shuld s.,e
snrsiyc him. Both pnrtlcs were tao Oil md II
might tIo ndltd tn" unlt, to nlurry nKnn. md 1t
would he Improper to divorce thonl. Thcry wi,s
a possibility fhMt. II no dtvprct were grnute.1.
they might still tre tnKet!pr again. The ortgl-
NIL hill would therefore io dismissed lor whit
Of equity, Rf,tt n tpcrep nr separate 1iNi,ltrtt-
AnEe granted on the crOAs-6(ll.