THE RUSSELL SCANDAL.
VERDICT FOR RESPONDENT.
London, December 5. Ik the Russell divorce case, Sir Charles Russell, in addressing tho Court on behalf of the respondent, declared that the Countess was a spoilb child. Sir Edward Clarke, Solicibor-General, in reply, absolved Earl Russell from the charges brought against him, bub said bhe cross-examination by Sir Chas. Russell had wrung a confession from bhe Countess. Sir Charles Butt, President of the Probate, Divorce, and Admiralty Division, in summing up, said the main charges were nob corroborated, and some of them appeared to be false and malignant. A vordicb was given for the respondent, and tho result was rocoived with cheers.
The press are unanimous in their approval of the verdict. Tho announcement was'enthusiastically received at bho National Liberal Club.
London, December 6.
Miss Williams, tho servant whom Earl Russell admitted seducing:, denies the statement and threatens an action against the Earl.
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Auckland Star, Volume XXII, Issue 290, 7 December 1891, Page 3
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