A shocking divorce – 1923

Illustrated Police News – Thursday 04 January 1923 DIVORCE COURT. A WIFE’S MATERNAL WAIL. Rather unusual features were presented by a case in the Divorce Division in which Mr. Leo Alexander Lancaster-Gaye, of Brighton, and late of Ventnor, Isle of Wight, petitioned for a divorce from his wife Aida because of her misconduct with Jack Ewens, otherwise […]

Old Bailey, When Is Bigamy Not Bigamy? – 1943

Holloway Press – Friday 29 January 1943 When Is Bigamy Not Bigamy? When is bigamy not bigamy? This question was discussed at the Old Bailey when George Livingstone, a soldier in the R.A.S.C., pleaded guilty to bigamously marrying Phyllis Dorothy May Sandy, of Luard-street, Caledonian-road, N.1, last year. Before any evidence was given, the Recorder, […]

Births, Marriages, & Deaths – 1895

Sussex Express – Friday 13 September 1895 BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, & DEATHS. BIRTHS. CHARLTON.—On the 10th Sept., at Barclay-road, Croydon, the wife of H. E. Charlton, of a son. EUAN-SMITH.—On the 7th Sept., at Ightham, Knoll, near Sevenoaks, the wife of Maclaurin Euan-Smith, of a daughter. JOHNSTONE.—On the 6th Sept., at The Cottage, Warrington-road, Croydon, the […]