Case of divorce of Andrew Ure, M.D. v. Catharine Ure.

  • Ure, Andrew, 1778-1857.
Date:
[1821]
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Credit: Case of divorce of Andrew Ure, M.D. v. Catharine Ure. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    to him myself, and told him his handkerchief h^d been give* to my mistress. He then went into the dining room to my mistress to get it. Interrogated. Depones and answers, to the best of my knowledge she was then a'one. Intrrr<>gated. Depones and answers, Dr. Paulson's rails for Mrs. Ure -were frequent, and very often made at the hours when Dr. Ure was lecturing at the Jnstituton. and were also made on the days when he was absent at Greenock. Interrogated. Depones, upon coming down stairs from the children one night, my fellow servant Agnes Svdeserf told me Dr. Patti- son and my mistress had been alone together in the book room, she Agnes Sydeserf said, she had not heard them either speaking or moving in that room. Interrogated. Depones and answers, when Mr. Pattison and my mistress were alone together, it was generally in the dining room. Inter- rogated. Depones and answers, there was a small bfdroom or closet with a bed in it off the dining room, and which entered fromthe dining room. Interrogated. Depones and answers,Dr. Pattison left Glasgow to go to Paris in Anril last—he was at our house the night before—Dr. Ure was then at Greenock. Interrogated. If after Pattison wentawav on that or anv other occasion, she has seen her mistress confused and in tears 9 Depones and answers, I have seen her confused and in tears after he had left her, but I cannot say for what cause, or that it was because he had left her. Interrogated. Depone6 and answers, Dr. and Mrs. Ure lived as husband and wife, and were held to be married persons, and their children to be lawful children. Causa scientia patet,—all which is truth, as the deponent shall answer to God. Mrs. Mary Park, wife of Robert Park, deceased, lodging keeper, in Glasgow, aged forty, and upwards, who being solemnly sworn, kneeling, &c. purged, &c. ut supra—and in- terrogated. Depones and answers,—I have known long the parties and their families. Mv husband and I were neigh- bours of Mrs. Ure's family before her marriage, and I have ontinued to be intimate with them since they were married. Interrogated. Depones and answers,—I received a letter from the defender by post in October last, which I now produce.