RUSSELL DIVORCE CASE.

Auckland Star, Volume LIV, Issue 174, 24 July 1923, Page 5

RUSSELL DIVORCE CASE.

APPEAL AGAINST DECISION. PARENTAGE OF BOY. (Received 10 a.m.) LONDON, July 23. Mr. Hastings, counsel for Mrs. Hugo Russell, in opening the divorce appeal case, complained, oi misdirection of the jury on the most vital and essential parts of the case. Secondly, counsel declared that the verdict was against the weight of evidence—if, indeed, there was any evidence against Airs.. Russell at all. Thirdly, on a point of law, that when the husband was occupying his wile's room at the time in question, he could not give evidence that he was not the father of the child. If that evidence was inadmissible, then there was no case against Mrs. Russell.— (A. and N.Z. Cable.) The Hon. Hugo Russell, son of Lord Ampthill, was granted a. divorce on the second hearing of his suit after a sensational case, which aroused great interest in society circles in England. Russell alleged misconduct, which hia wife denied, and claimed that the son she bore was his, while the petitioner asserted that this was impossible, aa conjugal relations had not existed for some considerable time. The baby was produced in Court in an endeavour to prove, by its resemblance to Russell, that he wag its parent, but the jury refused to see the likeness and granted a decree.