Stockton Herald, South Durham and Cleveland Advertiser. — 1888-02-18 (Stockton-on-Tees, Cleveland, England)

MILITARY DIVORCE CASE.  In the Probate and Divorce Division of the High Court of Justice on Thumlay the case of Stockley e. Stockley and Barber came before Mr Justice Butt and a special jury, it was a petition presented by Major John Stockley praying for the dissolution of his marriage with his wife, Ellen Annie, on the ground of her misconduct with Lieutenant Barber. Damages were claimed. The respondent and co-respondent denied the charp,es made against them, the former making counter charges of misconduct on the part of the petitioner, conducive to misconduct on her part. From the opening of Mr Willis, Q.C., ! it appeared that the parties were married in I 1878, the petitioner being an officer in the army, I and the respondent a alias Gabbett. After the marriage the petitioner went to the Cape with his wife, and subsequently they came to England. In September, 1883, they went to India, the petitioner having been appointed paymaster of the King's Own Regiment. There the respondent made the acquaintance of the co-respondent, and an intimacy sprang up between them. This occasioned remonstrance on the part , oi Major Stockley. He took his wife from one station to another, but she seemed to have taken a dislike to him, and they occupied separate rooms. The respondent had had a sunstroke at Poona, and after that at times she imagined her husband was going to murder her, but for this and other delusions there was not the slightest foundation. The petitioner had occasion to return to England, but the respondent refused to accompany him. Through the intercession of Colonel de la Touche, s reconciliation took place, and the respondent and the petitioner arrived in England. In April !ask the petitioner got an appointment at Maidstone Barracks. On the 19th of the month the respondent vvent to London, and it was afterwards ascertained that she had gone to the Hotel Continen• tal, where Lieutenant I3srber was staying. They were surprised by the petitioner andithe respondent's brother. Ultimately the co-respondent gave a pledge in writing not to see Mrs Stockley again, but that pledge was broken. It was afterwards discovered that the respondent and co-respondent had been living at the Royal ! Stag Hotel, Datchet, and other places, and then ' the present suit was instituted.—Major J. Stockley then gave evidence, bearing out the opening counsel, and in cross-examination he denied that there was the slightest ground for alleging against him conduct conduffing to the respondent's mis conduct. He admitted the respondent had made charges of violence against him.—After further evidence, Mr Hayford, Q.C., did not call witnesses for the defence, but addressed the jury in mitigation of damages.—The jury found for the petitioner, and assessed damages at £Boo.—His lordship pronounced a decree teisi with costa, and gave the petitioner the custody of the child of the marriage.  THE NEW FAMILY MATCH SAFE for Bryant and May's Patent Safety Matches supplied a want that has long been felt, and will be adopted at once by all careful housekeepers. It is very ornamental, and contains three dozen boxes of Bryant and May Patent Safety Matches, and three of the metal match cases, and can be °totaled from any grocer or oilman, filled and fitted complete, for 28 St It is strong and damp proof, and abould be found in  over:  store -