Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-06-22
THE BoUCEAULT DIVORCE.
EN0xxSH LAWT PROCLAIM rHb YEN.
 ERABLE ACTOR 4 1IHA11YST.

Liable to Penal Servitude in Englant
 for the Onense and Indletabls by the
 Public Proseoutor-His Eirst Marriage
 Declared Legal and Judgment Givsr
 in Favor of His First wife.
 LONDON June 22.-Tho celebrated Boucf. cnult divorce case was decided yesterday in favor of the wife. In the trial of the case Mrs. Agnes Boucicaut, the petitioner, dc. posed that she was born at Edinburgh, ir 1888, was educated for the stage. and that she first appeared at tho Princesss Theatre ir London, which was then under tho manage ment of Charles Kenn. She was then intro duced to Dion Boucicault, who made her m offer of marriage. Influenced by the advice of Mrs. Kean ahe declined the offer. but event ually, in l852 went to. live with him.
 Relations continued between them unt0 August, 1858, when she went to America to follow her profession. She had an engage ment at Montreal, and while thore she ro- ceived letters from Dion Boucicault, who was at New York. At his request she went there to sec him. On hcr raising some objections to living with him at tho hotel, he informed her that if .she would consent to become his wife he would consent 70 become her hus- band, and that by tho laws of New York that, together with habitntion as man and wife under his name, constituted as valid mar riage as in Scotland. s3 f
 Under these circumstances she consented to become his wife, and they stayed at tho hotel for week or ten days, living publicly as man and wife. Alter that she was generally looked upon as his wife, and on ono occasion at Boston he publicly made an announcement to that effect from the stage. Subsequently she executed 8 separation dced, under which she was to have an annuity of E8O0 year. That document was signed in her maiden name she being forced to do so, being warned that otherwise she would not receive tho al. lowance in question.
 In 1883 she heard that Dion had gone through ceremony of marriage with . lady in Australia. Sheimmediately commenced q suit for divorce but abandoned it at the re- quest of her child.
 Mrs. Boucicault was cross-examincd at some length as to the various proceedings she had taken against her husband and as to the date of the alleged marriage, one of the dates being 1885. His Lordship pointed out that the p1eadings appeared to have been amended. No witnesses were called for the defense. The respondents counsel contended that there was no marriage betweon them.
 Tho Judge came to the conclusion that there was a legal marriage between tho parties and granted Mrs. Boucicault a degree nisi, by reason of the bigamy of her husband. Olon bouclcault, who, moreover, IS mulcte0 in costs. NEW YORK, Juno 22.-Mr. Boucicault wna seen last night at his homo, No. 205 West Fifty sixth street. 1T am. m.very glad." snid he. "that the mat. ter is ended, and that the scandal which has been going on for so many years will cease instructed my lawyers to aid in bringing about the decision reached, as 1t was tho best way for tho matter to end If only for the sake of the children. I put in no defense, and gave the iady every oppurtunIty to succeed am only sorry that she did not do 1t seven years ago. I gave her every chance In the world at that time, and even offered to pay her expenses in bringing the suit.