Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1893-05-13
WIVES IN ENGLISH LAW.
SOME NOTABLE CASES or A6pUc-
TioNs BY HUSBANDS.

who Has Enforced obedience Under
the Old Law-DInerent Results
T. II. jackson. whose exploit AZ Cllthcroe
aroused such a sensation in England, IL
not the first Englishman, even In modern
times, to take advantage OF the peculiar
English law relating to cunjugal rights
Substantially that law permits husband
to compel wife to live with him That
is, she is denied the right ~ choice She
must have something besides her prefer
ence To sustain claim for legal interfcr
ence In her behalf OF course nowadays
the tendency Of courts Is toward the largest
individual liberty compatible with law
and very slight cause or pretext might
be accepted a. justifying wife's release
from compulsory association with her hus
band. On this tendency the court acted in
Mrs. Jackson's. case. deciding that she
should have the right to choose her own
residence,
Mrs. jackson has had different expert
ence from Emily. the wife of Sir Hercules
Robert Packenhafa aud daughter Of the
old English family OF lie Dtspcncer This
lady. shortly after marriage, concluded TO
leave her husband She had no known
ground Of complaint. and 1t is surmised
that she did not like Irish surroundings
and became homesick for England Sir
Hercules belonged to an Anglo Irish family
more noted for courage than prudence. as
instIInccd in the case Of his famous brot her
Sir Edward, who fell IN the battle of New
Orleans When he came home Que day
and found that Lady Packenham. 10 whom
he had been married about two mont hs
was missing. he did not sit down quietly
but made mp his mind to get her back
Mereworth Castle, Kent. was then. as now
no contemplate place OF refuge. and every
body In the vicinity was almost feudal
vassal Of the Despencers
Emily had every reason TO consider her
self safe ia her ancestral halls, aud Indeed
nobody could have dreamed that she was
in any danger OF abduction Sir Hercules
laid his plans well. and he had for assist
ants two sturdy veterans i, hu had followed
him In the pcninsiti war He brought a
carriage comfortably furnished and pair
of swift horses when he drove up TO Mere
worth castle one pleasant dag In 1917
STEALING MS wIFR
Sir Hercules did not con,lescend TO lie In
wait lie called AT the castle, asked for his
wife and was ushered into heEprs~ence
She told him she would not return to live
with him SIR Hercules. who well deserved
his name, picked her up gently and firmly
and carried her. too dazed To summon help
TO his carriage The menials who saw the
act did not dare to interfere. but hasIencd
TO tell Lord lie Despencer II took that
gentleman some time To organize a pursuit
and meanwhile Sir Hercules and his cap
tive were speeding swiftly toward Sand
gate. There vessel awaited Sir Hercules
prepared TO convey him to ireland lie
was overtaken during the delay ascendant
upon cmbarkation, but he promptly threat
ened 10 kill any one interfering with him
Lord lie Despencer concluded. after n
parley, not To attempt rescue Sir Her
cules promised that II Emily would remain
with him four months longer she would
then he at liberty 10 make her own choice
~ To the future. and on this basis n truce
was arranged At the end OF the four
months Lady packcnham was willing 70
remain with lter husband, and they lived
together happily for thirtytwo years
when he died, she surviving him as a
widow for quarter OF century longer
At Highworth, in Wiltshire, ~ late as
1885. the house Of farmer named Samuel
ANGEL was besieged for week by sympa
thizers with his wife. whom he had corr
pelled to rejoin him. The woman deserted
ANGEL while he was serving a short sen
tence for some petty offense, and on his re
turn he carried her to the house from an
adjoining farm, where she was making
living as dairymaid The rustics assem-
bed In large numbers and surrounded the
dwelling, which was protected however
by the police
The farmer was literally starved into al
lowing his wife To 90 No one would sup
ply him with provisions for fear OF popular
Indignation, and what he had in the house
was exhausted In the course Of few days
He opened the door ut last, and told his
wife TO depart il she desired She went
and did not return
4 SAD CASE
The late Sir Arthur .Jeryoise had a most
romantic experience with his wife, Georgi
ana, whom he abducted by force after
separation that had lasted over two years
In that instance Ellsworth park presented
the appearance of an old fashioned siege
the gentry OF the neighborhood taking diff
ferent sides in the dispute and turning out
with their tenants friends or foes OF sir
Arthur However. there was no actual
fighting one s'.ie kee ping ON watch to
help the lady II she should succeed IN leay
her from being carried away The pictur
esque costume OF the gentry, most Of whom
turned out in their hunting attire, added
TO the interest OF the occasion, and scorrs
OF people went down from London TO see
the episode
The siege II IL mny he called such. lasted
altogether four days. during two Of which
Lady Georgiana was locked in her apart
ments At length Sir Arthur himself
threw open the great doors and invited the
besiegers To. enter Lady Georgiana was
there and allowed her husband To state in
her behalf and his own that they were en-
tirely reconcilcd Then followed a han
quet and several days Of rejoicing
IL IL said. however. that these aifairS had
sometimes a tragic ending ia the olden
days. A. late as the middle Of the Eigh
teenth century tragedy of this kind 90
CURED at Monut lioone, Devon. The wife
OF gentleman namei Carthew, held nn
unwilling prisoner. attempted 10 escape ~
a window aud fell receiving fatal injuries
She died ia the arms Of her husband. who
narrowly escaped violence az the hands OF
the people
There is another sad instance In the
Redesdale family Of the wife Of Captain
Milford. who starved to death In her hus
bands custody, refusing 70 take either
food or drink while he detained her a cap
tive. The magistrates Mt length interfered
but the order for her release arrived after
after her death The husband. who had
not supposed her condition so serious and
had hoped to subdue her stuhbornpess,
went mad when he learned the sad result
Of his tyranny Chicago Herald
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