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The case of Poimsford and Bulpin has been tried tljis week in the Divorce Court, and was as.follows :— ...William Lloyd Poitnsford prayed for a dissolution of his marriage with Elizabeth Ann Poimsford, on the ground of her adultery -with Thomas Bulpin, and claimed 1,000?. damages from the eo-respc ndent. The respondent pleaded a denial of the adpltery. The co-respondent did not appear.The marriage took place at Melbourne in jajmiary, 1S56, the respondent being the daughter of the superintendent of an ^Emigration Aid Society Jin the colony. In 1859 her father died leaving hex some property, which was settled upon her for her separate use. She and her husband then returned to England and went to live near Bridgewater in Somersetshire. Mr. Bulpin, who was a farmer living in the same neighbourhood, had been a| friend of Mr. Poimsford before he went to Australia, and their intimacy was renewed. A servant pamed Duck, who had been in Mr. and Mrs. Pounkford-s service, proved that they lived very happily, mat he treated her with, kindness, and that Mr. Bulpin visited at the house, and some familiarities’ had passedbetween him and Mrs. Pdunsford. On the ! 4th ofA * * ♦ #« ' • •August Mrs. Pounsford went to Weston-super Mare, under the pretence of visiting a friend or In r; hus-
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London St Pancras News Illustrated and Advertiser
London, Middlesex, GB
Sat, Jun 15, 1861
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