The Warwickshire Herald. — 1890-06-12 (Birmingham, West Midlands, England)

MAINTENANCE OF WIVES IN ASYLUMS. At the Runcorn Petty Sessions. before Xmas. J. Bruudrit and H. Reynold". Johnson Faiskumb peseta in answer to a 'mutinous for kim 'show cause why he should Rolm 410. lbs. owing M the RWICOIII Guardians. Mr., A. 1411.11. T. prosecuted on behalf of the guardiaus. eled MAWS that the defendant's wife Mad 40 issl ed the Chester Lunatic Asyltua, and im the of -.1141 last defendant was ordered tup pay 7s. a weekiairMstsher support. He now owed. £3.1) and the guardians asked for an order for a to,Mwith, and the balance, .C 5 its, in one month'a tiona—The magistrates made the order with costs apiast the defendant.  ACTION TO BEDDITILW A WAfilfaAt the Liverpool County Cunt, before Judge Collier, an action wu brought to recover 10a., the amount of money deponted env • bet, The plaintiff, named Simpson, had made a bet in Sep. tamber, 1888, laying £5 to ft Nut a etsawbenry not a fruit, and hwidepoeited the 1:2 10.. with the defendant as stakeholder. Mr. Dowling appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. Fretean for the defendant It appeared that the parties to the bet bad agreed to leave the settlement of the point in dispute to the Field and Lout aiiel Water, and one in same, to, the question put replied simply "-a ban ; " Nab the other, "We have always. regarded it et • tont, and all the leading authorities regard it as such.." The plaintiff, on the other hand, models& is the defendant a boik in Latin in support of his view that the strawberry is not a fruit, and warned him that if he paid over the mosey otherwise than to • himself he would held him reepossiblw The case for the plaintiff was thathis was equivalent to demand to have hie deposit retnrnad to him, and that defendant was bound is comply, in accordance with the decision in the cue of Hampden v. Wain,. (L R. 1, Q. 8., 189). The effect of that decision was that under the Bth and fith Vie., cap. 109, all contracte by way of wagering weee nail and void. and no action could be brought to recover any sum alleged to have been wan on a wager, or delimited in the hands of any pews to abide the rest of a.. wager On the authority of decided caws, Issurever,. the Act did not apply to the recovery of the sun, deposited, and the plaintiff was entitled to judgment, inasmuch as he had demanded hack his deposit before it had been paid over by the defendant. —His Honour said the real question in the casewas whether or not the plaintiff demanded his money before it was paid over, and he did not find, as • fact, that he had done so. There must, he thought, be a distinct and specific request, which. had not been shown in this case, and he must,. therefore, give judgment for the defendant, with. costs.  HE WANTED A DlV—Oli&-E. In We London Divorce Court (before Sir Janes Mennen), the cue of Brett v. Brett was heard. The petition was that of the wife for &divorce by reason of the cruelty and adultery of her husband, Mr. Reginald Brett, a barrister. He denied the charge, and pleaded condonation and connivance ; but did not appear, consequently the snit was undefended.  Mr. Searle appeared for the petitioner, who married the respondent on Nov. 12, 1877, at St. Mary's I Church, klarylebene. There were two children of the marriage. After some time they went to Australia, but in 1884 they returned to this country. when she found a great change in the conduct of thy respondent. lie stayed sways great dad teem home and was frequently oat late at night. In theautumn of 1885 he went to live in the country, and she stayed in the south of England. lii April 1889, he went to Monte Carlo, mad upon his return he admitted that while there he had been living with a woman. When spoken to on the subject, he sank that she could gets divorce, and that he woald not , defend it. lie expressed great regret for what he ' had done.  The learned judge granted a decree uisi, with costs, and custody of the children.  A Dublin telegram statue that the Guinnebs Testimonial Fund now exceeds kikio._  Two violent earthquake shocks have been experienced at Sofia, but no damage is reported. Oxford City Council have resolved to present an address to Mr. H. M. Stanley on the occasion of Ins visit to the city at the approaching Commetuoratiou en the 25th inst.  A Pane correspondent says the law concerning foreign reeidents in France is now being applied with great severity. The young man found shot at Coventry has beeu identified u Robert John Scott of Britannia•street, King'incross. He belonged to the Calthorpe cycling Club, and was a machine painter. lie committed suicide.  We hare noticed that when a good man marries a good woman, there is a good result. It takes two good ones to make matrimonial goodness. This is not clear in all CMOs, because people de not for what they are. In a poem on Spring, thirty verses long, a poet repeatedly asks, What do the trees say?" If he mould go out and read his poem under the trees e .lo not believe they would say anything. They would nod and leave.  Diner : "Walter, how came this sleeve button In my soup?" Waiter: "Sleeve buttou ? Is that so, sir? Beg pardon. We never give sleeve buttons in tomato soup; only collar buttons. Let me sutchimge it for you." Agent (to woman at the door).--Bave you one of Went double back-adtlou oe,tobAna.quink .'tar alorme in your house, madam? Woman— No sir. We had one awhile ago but • burglar brae In one night and stole It.  pptent l'imarglar  prer