The Sun. — 1837-08-30 (London, England)

UNION-HALL.  Yesterday Ellen Ifri!liana, a smartly-dressed young woman, was brought before Mr. TRAIL, charged with robbing her husband, to whom she had only been married six months, of 3.51. One of the inspectors of the M division, addressing the Magistrate, said that in the course of that morning the complainant brought his wife by force to the stationhouse, and insisted upon her being taken into custody for robbing him of 35/. The charge, of course, was refused, on the ground that a wife was not answerable tefore any tribunal for plundering a husband ; but, upon this intelligence being communicated to the complainant, he not only expressed the utmost surprise, but exclaimed strongly against the law of the land, and expressed his determination to take the law into his own hands, and convey his wife forthwith before a Magistrate to answer for her conduct. The inspector added that the complainant then took the trembling culprit round the waist, and marched her off to this office, and he (the inspector) followed, to prevent any unpleasant consequences on the way, as well as to witness the result of the affair. Mr. TRAILL said that the inspector was perfectly right in rejecting the charge. The Magistrate then asked the complainant what he wanted. Williams—l hope and trust your Worship will hear the. charge I have against this woman. I have only been married to her six months, and she has robbed me under very distressing circumstances of tbirty•five pounds, all the money I had in the world, and which I have been scraping tooether for the last ten years out of my hard earnings. °Mr. TRAILL told him that he could not charge his wife with robbing him, for what was his was his wife's also ; and that, therefore, however wrong her conduct was in a moral 6 point of view, he must put up with the inconvenience. • • Williams claimed the attention of the Magistrate while he proceeded to narrate the circumstances under which he got married to his wife, who, he said, completely wheedled him into it, and with a view to plunder him of the money which he had saved and kept in a box at home. SLe prevailed upon him to go out and purchase a mangle for her, to assist in their maintenance, and when he left home for that purpose she took advantage of his absence to break open the box containing his cash, and then decamped, taking it with her. Mr. TRAILL again told him that he could not assist him, and that his wife had a right to his property. Williams here bemoaned his hard fate, and said that he was undone, and inquired whether be was bound to support her after what had happened?  Mr. TRAILL said, that the parish must not be burthened with her maintenance, and that if she made application for relief and received it he was liable to reimburse it, and if he refttsed,• of being committed to gaol. Williams—Oh, Lord ! What a pretty mess I have made oP my matrimonial speculation. The wife, who stood giggling the whole Cm:: that her husband wcs describing his misfortunes, now began to give i.iro a taste of her tongue, and, looking towards him with a m licious smile, exclaimed, " You hay,. forgotten to mention a word about the lady' that you arc keeping. Sho is outside, let her be brought into the office, and then the murder will out.' I should like to see her here amazingly. This is all done to get rid of me, your lawful married wife ; and here—(holding out her marriage certificate)—bore are my marriage lines, and I'll stick to you like wax. You think, you base man, to get rid of me now, but I'll lot you know I have some spirit about me yet." The Magistrate, finding that both parties were disposed to remain tormenting each other, desired them to be gently removed outside, where they could give utterance to their complaints without impeding the business of the office.