When was it published?

June 4, 1865 in New York Dispatch

Foreign News June 4, 1865

New York Dispatch

Q: What entities or persons were involved?

Eliza Callivan, Mr. Daly, The Recorder

Q: What keywords are associated?

Bigamy, London Court, Eliza Callivan, Domestic Violence, Penal Servitude

New York, New York County, New York

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What is this article about?

In London, Eliza Callivan pleaded guilty to bigamy after marrying a second husband while her abusive first, imprisoned for six years after stabbing her, was alive. Due to her misfortunes, she received only two days in prison before discharge.

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A Wife with Two Husbands, and How They Used Her.—In London, recently, Eliza Callivan pleaded guilty to a charge of bigamy. Mr. Daly, who was counsel for the prisoner, said she had been somewhat unfortunate, having married her first husband in 1854, and he on their first day ill-treated her. He was sentenced to six months from this court for knocking her eye out, and in 1860 he was again brought before the court for stabbing her. His lordship, there remarking upon the lightness of the former sentence, sentenced him to six years' penal servitude, and he was at present undergoing that punishment. Unfortunately, she fell in with the second husband, who had also ill-treated her, and who, he was informed, was aware of her husband being alive. The Recorder said she might possibly have thought the sentence of penal servitude upon her husband released her from her marriage bonds, and sentenced her to be kept in prison for two days and then discharged.

What sub-type of article is it?

Bigamy Trial Domestic Abuse

What keywords are associated?

Bigamy London Court Eliza Callivan Domestic Violence Penal Servitude

What entities or persons were involved?

Eliza Callivan Mr. Daly The Recorder

Where did it happen?

London

Foreign News Details

Primary Location

London

Event Date

Recently

Key Persons

Eliza Callivan Mr. Daly The Recorder

Outcome

eliza callivan sentenced to two days in prison and discharged; first husband sentenced to six years' penal servitude

Event Details

Eliza Callivan pleaded guilty to bigamy. She married her first husband in 1854, who ill-treated her immediately, was sentenced to six months for knocking out her eye, and in 1860 to six years' penal servitude for stabbing her. The second husband also ill-treated her and knew the first was alive. The Recorder considered she might have thought penal servitude released her from marriage and gave a lenient sentence.