Coalville Times | 1897-04-30 | Page 3 | Widows Not Available

WIDOWS NOT AVAILABLE Jlrrjln floe Plead rnoUhmrnl la lila lll Times lie had lo be n bold 10tOj0 1II11r fled a widow for A few rule JJjes nod a clattering serenade were noUjJii only i punlshtnenls awarded Mm < IHiicolls lie was deprived f I of clergy Ilenefll of cHrgr 1 4 prvllege claimed by priests loV yiel before the ecclelaitl rouit n hlih offender were nearly nlwaytuure ot arqulllal laymen also nhUt1 the I prltllege If lucy pon red iheellrene ly small nmounl of knowliHlgUf alto for ordination Hearting and wtlt log were nl n premma 4Uid ngTinun der sentence of deith who f > JBTS nona t n psalm might plead his rlttgy and crcflpe the penalty of having his height slioitencd oy n head In the I dll algol when tho custom original learning learn-ing wns loo rare ami preilmis to bo destro > e > l onA man mlaht be a murderer I mur-derer butt If he were the only man In town who could read u 1 was not cope dlenl to kill him lly time sbuie oC hIs privilege howeter U rarne In bo thai n man In Kngland rould commit murder rapine or theft nnd be absolved ab-solved from punlihmrnl by glibly rending a few words This precious privilege I which Was a license to crime I mao taken nwny from a man ahul com muted bigamy A lOin who hail taken tak-en a widow to wife could no banger kill or steal with Impunity he had no longer long-er benefit of clergy The unfortunilo fad thai his wife had had another spouse rendered Iho living husband amenable to the civil law