Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-06-03
WIVES IN ENGLISH LAW.
some NOTABLE CASES OF kbDUc-
TONS BY HUSBANDS.

Observation-Disclosures Not the Only aian
WHO Hiss Enforced Obedience Under
the Old Lsw-Dinsrent Rssaits.
n. II. Jackson, whose czploitat Clitheroe /
aroused such sensation 10 Enrlaud. IL /
not the first Englishman. even w modern |
times, 10 taKe advantage Of The peculiar /
English law relating 90 coniurnl Hghn |
Substantially thnt law permits husband I
60 compel q wife 90 live with him. That /
f.. she ls denied Tho right N choice suo |
must have something besides her prefer. !
oncc TO suataln a claim for legal intorior.
ence In her behalf. % course nowadays
the tendency u courts Il toward the largest
individual liberty compatible with law.
aud a very slight causc or pretoxt might
BE- accepted ~ jnstifying a WIGS release
from compulsory association with her bus.
band. ON this tendency the court acted In
Mrs Jaakson's ease. deciding that she
should have the night 70 choose her own
residence.
Mrs. Jackson has had different expert.
enue FROM Emily. tho wife Of Sir Hercules
Robert packunhlgn aud daughter u tho
old English family Of II nnpencor. This
lady, shortly after marriage. concluded 10
leave hor husband. She had no known
ground " complaint. aud Il is surmisci
that shc did not like Irish surrounding.
aud became homedck for England. Sir
Hercules belonged toan Anglolrish family
moro noted Tor couragu than prudence. as
insunccd In tho case VI BIZ famous brother,
Sir Edward, who fell In the battle ~ New
Orleans When ho cama home ono day
and found that Lady packcnhan. 10 whom
h. had been married about two months.
was missing. he did not dt down quietly.
but made up hla mind 10 got her back.
Mcrcworth Castle. Kent, was then. A. now.
no contemplate place oi refuge, mud cycr'
body In the viclnIty was almost fcudd
Vnssal u the D,spcnccra
Emily had every reason TO consider her
rclf safe IN her ancestral halls. and Indeed
nobody could have dreamed that she was
"a any danger Of abduction. Sir Hercules
ibid hls plans we'll. and ho had Tor assist
ants two sturdy veterans who had followed
him In the Pcninsulnr war lie brought
carriage comfortably furnished and pair
Of swiit horses whom he drove up 90 Nero
worth castle ono pleasant day In isiI
TrrALlNo nb wtFE.
Sir Ilorcules did not condgscrud 10 lie IA
walt lie called NJ the castle, asked Tor his
wife and was ushcrcd Into her presence.
She told him abe would not rttufn 10 live
with him Sir Hercules, who we'll deserved
hls name, picked her up gently and firmly
and carried her, too dazod 20 summon help.
10 bis carriage The menials who saw tho
act ala not dare to interfere, but hastcnod
10 ten lord II Dsspcncur Il took that
gentleman some timc 10 organilcA pursuit.,
aud meanwhile Sir llcrculcs aud bis cap.
1.-Two wcru speeding swiftly toward sand.
gate. 1hsfr vessel awaited Sir Hercules.
prepared 20 convey him 20 Ireland. lilo
was oycftakcn during tho delay attendant
upon cmbarkatlon. bat be promptly thrat-
tned 10 iii any one Interfering with him
Lord IL D,.pcnccr concluded. after n
parloy. not 10 attempt a psCuu. Sir Her
tuics promised that II Emily would remain
with him four months longer she would
then h. AZ liberty 10 make her own choice
~ 10 the futurv. and on this hafls truce
was arranged. AZ the cud Of the four
months Lady packcnham was willing 20
rcmnin with her husband. and they lived
together happily for thlTty'two ytars.
when ho died, she surviving him A. n
widow for quarter Of a century longer.
~ llighwuuh. In Wiltshire. a. late ~
1875, the house Of farmer named Samuel
\ Augrll Wa bcalegrd for u wcck by tympn.
thizor. with biz wife, whom ho bad COM
pollcd 10 w!oln hin. Tho woman deserted
Angel while he WIS serving q short aeu
tcucr for some patty olcnte and on hla re-
turn be carried heF ~ tho house iruiu an
adjoining farm, whcru she was making
living a. a dairymail. The rustica assem-
biod In larec numbers aud surrounded thl
dwelling, which was protected. however
By che police.
The farmer wa, l,,rally starved into Al
lowing hia wife SO. No Que would Hup
ply him with provisions ior fuar VI pupuls
Indignation. and what he had la the hous
was exhausted ln The coursc OF Few days
lie opcncd the door Ht bat, aud told ht
wife To depart 70 she desired. She wen
aud did not return
AN cAhE
The lhto Sir Arthur lrno'sc had q mos
romnutiu experience with his wife Gc0rrl
hua. whom be- abducted by forc' after
separation that bad lasted Over two years
Ia that instance liswufth park prusentci
the appearance " an old fashioned Siege
tho gentry of the nrifhhnthood taking az
fcrrnt sides Ia the dispute and turning on
with their tenants a. friends or iucs " 81
Arthur However, thggu was no aciua
hghtlne, ono side keeping on watch q
help the lady 10 she should succeed In luay
inH the mansion, aud tho other a. proven
her from being carried away. Tho pietui
taquu costume N the gentry, moat ~ WHOM
termed out ln thelf hunting attire, addc
% the interest oi the occasion, aud seor,
oi people went down frum loadon 10 ~
the episode,
Tho siegc, n IL may b. called such, Taste
Altogether four days, during twu ~ While
Lady Ge0rgiana was Locked Ia her hpar
meuta At length Sir Arthur hlmsc
threw open tAe great doors and Invited ~
br.lcgrr, to enter Lady Go0rgaug wi
there and allowed her husband 20 state
her behalf aud bis own shat they wcto 81
finely nc1uciled. Then followed a BAT
quet aud several days VI rejoicing
10 l. said, however, that these Affairs hA
tometlmos a tragic ending IN tho olde
DAYS. A. lnts ~ the middle u the flgl
tocnth century d tragedy Of this kind %
CURED at Mount boone, Devon. The W.
Of gentleman namod Carthrw, held o
unwilling prisoner, attempted 20 escape d
window aud fell, receiving fatal iuiurie
She died Ia the arms OF her husband, WI
narrowly escaped violence a. tho hands
the people,
There il another sad instance In n
Redeslale family Of the wife Of CAPITAL
Nitford who starved 20 death In her hu
hands custody, refusing to take elthl
food or drink while hp detained her u ca
tive The magistrates NJ length interfere
but the order Tor her release arrived Aft
after her death Iha husband, who h'
not supposed her condition ~ serious al
had hopcd 20 suhduo her stubbornnrs
went mad when he learned tho had r,su
81 hia tyranny Chicago Herald
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