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A Report of the Judgment Delivered... [With Two Other Titles]

Paget, John; Paget, Thomas Tertius

A Controversial Irish Divorce Case Paget, John. Ecclesiastical Courts. A Report of the Judgment Delivered by Dr. Radcliffe, In the Case of Talbot v. Talbot, In the Consistorial Court of Dublin, On the 2nd of May, 1854; With Observations on the Practice of the Ecclesiastical Courts. London: Thomas Blenkarn, 1854. [iv], 151, [1] pp. [Bound with] Paget, John. Talbot v. Talbot. A Letter to the Hon. Justice Torrens, With a Report of the Judgment of the High Court of Delegates, Delivered on June 14, 1856. London: Thomas Blenkarn, 1855. [ii], 56 pp. [And] Paget, Thomas Tertius. A Letter to His Excellency the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, On the Judgment of the High Court of Delegates in the Case of Talbot v. Talbot. London: Ridgway and Blenkarn, 1856. [ii], 107, [1] pp. Publisher advertisements to last page. Octavo (9-1/4" x 5-3/4"). Near-contemporary pebbled cloth, gilt library name and seal to boards, gilt title and library name to spine. Light rubbing to boards, moderate rubbing to extremities, front joint cracked, rear joint starting, small horizontal tear to spine near head, chipping to head of spine, spine ends and corners bumped and lightly worn, library bookplate and small circular shelf label to front pastedown. Moderate toning to interior, light soiling to first and final leaves in each work and a few other places, very light foxing in a few places, ink library stamps to title pages and a few other leaves in each work, early annotations to first title page. $350. * Only editions. The Talbot divorce case centered around whether Mary Ann Talbot had committed adultery with a coachman employed by her husband, John Talbot, or whether, as her supporters claimed, her husband had arranged for her to be assaulted by the coachman so that he could divorce her for adultery. John Talbot won a criminal conversation suit against the coachman, while Mary Ann was committed to an insane asylum after the attack. Talbot was ultimately granted a parliamentary divorce after a high-profile case in the ecclesiastical courts, which became a flashpoint for debates around the impact of the divorce laws on women and the incarceration of women in insane asylums. John Paget, a Middle Temple barrister, was a relative of Mary Anne who paid for her defense and wrote several pamphlets on her behalf.

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