Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. List of Illustrations vii
4. Foreword ix
5. Acknowledgments xi
6. Abbreviations and Short Forms xiii
7. Principal Members of the Campbell and Byrne Families xv
8. Timeline of the Three Court Cases, 1873–1875 xvii
9. 1 Introduction 1
10. 2 The Town of Whitby, the Campbell and Byrne Families, and the Campbell Marriage to August 1873 15
11. 3 Robert Campbell’s Separation from Eliza, August 1873 34
12. 4 Eliza Campbell’s Ejection from the Family Home, September 1873 54
13. 5 The Campbells Go to Court I: Robert Campbell v. George Gordon for Criminal Conversation, 1873 68
14. 6 The Campbells Go to Court II: Eliza Campbell (Robert Campbell et ux) v. James Campbell for Defamation, 1874 100
15. 7 The Campbells Go to Court III: Eliza Campbell v. Robert Campbell for Alimony, 1874–1875 139
16. 8 Robert Campbell Petitions Parliament for a Divorce, 1876 170
17. 9 The Senate Divorce Committee I: The Case for Robert Campbell 184
18. 10 The Senate Divorce Committee II: The Case for Eliza Campbell and Rebuttal Witnesses 211
19. 11 The Senate Divorce Committee III: Counsels’ Speeches and the Committee’s Report 231
20. 12 Eliza Campbell’s Separation Bill in Parliament, 1877 249
21. 13 An Interlude, 1878 276
22. 14 Eliza Campbell’s Separation Bill in Parliament – Again – 1879 289
23. 15 The Principals after 1880 – Winners and Losers 316
24. 16 Conclusion 329
25. Appendix 1 Eliza Campbell’s Petition to the Senate, 29 March 1876 333
26. Appendix 2 Eliza Campbell’s Separation Bill, 1877 335
27. Appendix 3 Eliza Campbell’s Separation Act, 1879 339
28. Notes 343
29. Index 399