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OPEN COUNCIL. 69
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Madam To the Editor of the JSnglish Woma...
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Open Council. 69
OPEN COUNCIL . 69
Madam To The Editor Of The Jsnglish Woma...
Madam To the Editor of the _JSnglish Woman ' s Journal ,
The origina , tors of this Journal are iustly proud of haying- "been also the ori tributed ginators so of greatl the " t " Women ' s Petition the inser ' tion to p arliament f that clause in i 1856 n th - 7 , which Divorce
conwive Bill _> s commonl have been y calle secure y d the procure d in " the tec possession tion clause of , " b their y -which earnings hundreds and of proper deserted ty .
followin Much goo g d extract has been from done the , " bu Evening t that Herald much " still of February remains the to be 5 th effected will show the . Worship _Street—Sevejst Yearof Misert—Jaa thick-set
mo " rose-featured man . , twenty-seven s years of age . , was Henry charge y , d before Mr . , , Hammill with assaulting his wifeMary Ann JayThe lainant whose
general appearance clearly denote , d anxiety and privation . comp , was aeconrpanied by a pretty little irl and an elderltable womanwho evinced t
gy respec , grea prisoner solicitude is for a her chair . car She ver gave and the we following live in Chatham evidence Gardens : —My husband Hoxton , . the I
bring twelve him o , ' clock here upo the n a warrant he , came for home assaulting intoxicated me on the and 2 nd said instant I , had . taken About a y
shilling shilling for out a of long his time pocket . . He I insisted denied it that , and I obser had ved got , it that , and I had swore not that seen he a would have it out of meHe then struck me on the back of the head with
. his inc fist hed , and me in repeatedl the back y on several the face times . . He After also that forced he broke me on to a the drawer bed and and p hit me with a portion of it on the shoulderI am still suffering up great pain
. from oldwas the present attack , at par the ticularl time y in B the the shoulder istrate . M : y I have child , been who married is six seven years
years , ; he had £ 1200 with me . . y A month mag after our wedding lie commenced ill-usinme . I have been a victim to his indiscretions . At one time he
k can ept earn nine g from men thirt at w y shillings , but is to now thirty obli -five ged to shillings work as a we a ek journ , yet eyman has pled . ged He
lamp every awa - thing post and . . ret On He urning the says evening in that the he ni of will ht the aske starve 1 st d me instant me " out Are , , he an t d calls cold my dear me onl a y ? " walking blanke Wit t -
ness y produced , seventy duplica g tes , relating to , proper you ty of ever , y description , from jewellerto bed and bodlinenall ledged bMmThe mother of
the ill-used woman y was questioned y by , the worth p y mag y istrat . , and stated that the prisoner had often beaten her daughter , who , although she had twice
re furnished vated served fused to , , that believing do their as althoug I house did that h for , she was " I time had reall each woul been tim had d advised e improve lost deprived a to him puni of . it sh " ; her but Prison and husband I the 'll er _tell : wife I , was she here al aggra what ways ob- - shilling ; you
I'll allow her eight shillings , a week y —well say ten _shillings—Tmt then it must , be Mr when Hammill I am w at work . ted Wife lmanifested : I cannot his tak indignation e his word , at sir the , — scoundrel impossible 's .
conduct . as detailed , repea by the miserable y wife and mother , took not the slightest notice of , the profferred terms , but sent the offender to the House of Correction
for directing the full that term £ 2 of shoul six d months be given with to the hard victim labor of , his at the brutality same . " time kindly his wife £ 1200
laid out When of b prison this , ruffian every shilling , penny who iven has that her alread the b unhappy her y squandered friends woman or charitable may have ' s earne , during d come and s
to hi on be her absen deserted y , earnings every ce , will , there and be at is di his g nothing sposing disposal to of x y her _^ ; revent for unless her erty husband a in woman dissipation from is fortu living persons n In ate in France idleness , enough a
woman can obtain , an order from the mag prop istrate which protects . her property and earnings even while living under the same roof with her husband . The
husband mag should istrate not is allowed has be granted it in to appear his , but power if in he court to is protect pr and oved show effectuall to be his idle y reasons or the a _mdnstrioii wh drunkard y the order , s the or
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), March 1, 1859, page 69, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01031859/page/69/
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