| Show THE COUNTESS LOSES 1 I I 1 I 1 and ind eal Rus friends rejoice in I 1 I 1 bis his vindication calien 11 I 1 A 4 klirs OUT I 1 boily DES RES i URD I 1 J A 19 i in 11 itata letta C sir edward 1 clark client Is beaten khoe sir 1 I harln russells cna allt win WW I 1 LON DON dec 4 the theiarn j ary returned reta raed a verdict in layer favor of earl russell Roee ell I 1 the announcement was greeted with loud cheers by the friends of the earl I 1 I 1 the in the russel i caRe wednesday whetted the eppe appe aites of 0 the scandal lovers of london and the courtroom was crowded again today to day the proceedings were enlivened by a tilt between counsel in regard to the roberta roberts incident during daring 19 the argument the presiding jaa jus tice eaid said be he intended to ret get at the toot of this matter lie ile declared it ought to have been pat into definite I 1 shape as a criminal charge or a charge 2 of gross indecency ibe the earls redirect re direct examination wae was resumed this morning lie eaid said until the williams girl incident was wile brought into coart the story of his connection with her was not known at teddington where ebo she lived except ce p t by members of her family she is 13 baill 11 living at teddington and no public ablia reproach bad to her this his closed the earls testimony sheppard the earls footman testified that be he never saw the countess crying the earl always her bar as a butleman out leman should treat hie his wife sir at sir hatles russell then summed up I 1 for the defense delenge lie ile bald said the case should never bare have been brought to court supported as it was by many cabes cares 0 of grossly untrue evidence e I 1 sir edward Cl Clar arkes kea address was I 1 characterized by the great emphasis he laid upon the telling points in the evidence tor for the petitioner he ile declared however that the evidence submitted would have no effect upon the reputation of professor roberta roberts the of countess Goan tess russell in raising the action was not to obtain money her chief reason was that she wished wished to relieve herself of the obligation of living with a man whose treatment bid had led ti 0 their separation referring to the entries en tries in the earls diary disty I 1 sir edward eald said they were in favor favo r of 0 the countess coon teES the earl admitted himself to be in the wrong sir edward eaid said be he was glad earl russel had an opportunity to deny the imputation connecting him in a disgraceful way with prof roberts it bad had been made quite claar by the I 1 evidence of 0 herself and prof roberts that there was no ground for the suggestion 0 of improper relations between them sir ed edward ward maintained that sir charlee russell was responsible lor for bringing the story out the tha countess coun teas had desired it not to bo M mentioned it was oaly only when ehe she was pressed by questions put to her by sir sq charles in her cross examination that she connected certain cartain uta with stories she bad had beard from members of the earle earls family and wrongly them justice rutt then summed up the evidence occupy occupying lay an hour and a qa quarter a tier he its state stat edhe he did not agree with th sir charles chatles russel that the suit was only instituted with the object of obtaining an allowance the case was then given iven to the jury who returned a v verdict er act in favor of erl Earl Rossell when the result was announced the earls friends in the courtroom sprang to their feet and cheered beat heartily tily |
