The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-07-03

tinn: Could he help it, II he could not,
IL would ba brutal 70 hang him; but II ne
could Il -ssms doubtful mercy In the IN
tart.si IL the community, he says. 20 gave
him the ran of pleasant asylum during
his Majcsty's pleasure. In rhap'r
entitled The Court ot Lies he considers
the .Npediency and forc~ Of The oath
Except in the cass OF young children. who
must ~ impressed. he thinks the "ath
practically useless. MY Lord. said
witness ~ Mr.. Justice Maule. You NAV
lelirve mr nr not, bat have stated nos
worr that 10 false for hayS lr.on welded
to the truth sinue my infancy Yes,
/ sir. said the Judge dryly, but the ques-
tiun IL. How long haV. Won be"n wld-
OVER III. same Justice Maule, after
! questioning a little girl as Ia her undcr-
! standing OF an oath and her futur" Tate
/ IN cas-. she told the truth or the reverse
and receiving the conventional replies.
remarked: Let her H. sworn. IL ~
/ clear she knows a great deal more than
| do MIR commissioner Kerr. who pre-
sided al the city of London Court. said
| IN his dry. witty way: David said IN ms
haste all men were liars II he were sitting
. in this court he would have said the same
/ thing at mis- leisure
} After thus preparing the ground Mr.
Crisps proceeds To- characterize ono court
as Tho supreme Court OF Lies '-the Di-
yorce Court, in short. In this court, he
declares. ladies take high rank in men
dacity Women. some chivalrous people
think. are naturally truthful; possibly
until they are corrupted by msn. must
admit that they taradiddlc better han the
other sex He wonders whether the
N -. aNA
really do 90 to the naughty places after
a divorce trial. Sir Robsr' Phillimore
once found IL his duty in the absence OF
tho Judge Of the Divorce Court Co annul
unwelcome marriages. and evidently IL
went against the grain. for this Is the man
n.r in which he began: Il have to pro
nounoe DEGREES absolute In the cases of
several t,er-ons who are anxious 90 annul
their matrimonial ties with the view To
contracting others In MIR. Crispe
opinion the English marriage laws re-
auire reform: the wife who suffers from
the brutality and neglect of drunken
husband should get relief. and the
man whose wife is a virago. slattern.
drunkard, neglecting her home and chill
drpn should have il equally. quite aside
from the question II in1delity upon which
matters now rest. As matters now stand
tbs, Ioorer class cannot obtain divorce
and Mr. Crispe gives an instance OF Mr..
Justice Maule = raillery in 1875. when no
one save those with means could hope for
divorce man named Hail had been
tried for blgamy, the very common re-
suit Of the situation among the poor; and
the Jury had easily found him guilty II
was urged tina, he had bccn a good hrs
hand and father. that he was an honest D..
sober. industrious man. while his wit"
was sErew. "A drunkari, who had let'
h.- home. taking her children with her D..
end hal gor. to live with another inEr
Justice, Maule IN IronouncinR sentence
told the man what he should have done
instead Of going To- the parson and getting
marriei again: he should have gone To
an attorney and sued the other man for
dana ges procured proctor and Insti-
tut.-t suit in the Ecclesiastical Courts for
divorce from lrt.d and board, then obtained
a private act Of Parliament for a divorce
from the bonds VI matrimony- cost IN
all probably amounting 20 81 o'o. Won
will probably -ly that you never had a
tenth part q that sum continued the
. Judge. but sitting her, a. an English
Judge. IL - my duty To tell you that this
! - not a country ia which there 10 one law
!
The -entenc. II the court is that ynu h"
imprisoned for one day The man having
already he-n in custody much longer. was
p Immediately discharged
, some of the oases which were tried
and other romantic cl-.'s which wore
= never tri.-I recorded 10y Mr. Irispe
? are condensed novels. including a brief
. review II the famous Druce cas-" In all
inst, ,r.s- Of untriFi ,asez the. names 4 nj
4 certain incidents are invented without
r Affecting the verlclty ~ IN" facts. They
D rival most - the prufes-e,i fiction and con
= firm IN. authors assertion that the bar
r Oilers a wider sphere for the study N
70 human nature than any other profession
y WI.
Par, II Is devoted To a thorough dis
!. c,l--ion Il the profession which IN" author
:. obviously loves with every hhrc 81 h''
b.Ing In his opinion the bar - the most
delightful of all avocations. II" can
!, imagine no man occupying NOR" envl-
, able position than one who Possesses
: tn. proper qualities and training In
planning the future occupations Of boys
and allotfing them seyerally TO the Church,
, the army tho physicians life, parents
he sly.. should make a blrrlster nf III Z
. lad who combines in himself all the bes
:. Qualities of the others. Also man will
!, find II usaless ~ 60 To the bar unless h.
=, has a very strong constitution. viRor-
y Gus physique. an independent income
: the highest ability and plenty II patience
: For English fathers and SONS this par'
OF the volume should he invaluable
:, The author states the case in full detail.
a the cost % preparation. the nature Of