- Saturday 20 December 1884, Manchester Courier and Lancashire General Advertiser, page 6.
In the Divorce Court, yesterday morning, Mr. Justice Butt and a common jury had before them the case of Gyte v. Gyte and Mullineaux, a petition by the husband, Bartholomew Gyte, manager of some cotton mills at Langcliffe, near Settle, in Yorkshire, for a dissolution of his marriage with his wife, Sarah Ann Gyte on the grounds of adultery with the co-respondent, Mullineaux, in business as a general dealer at Whittlebrook, near Manchester; and against him there was a claim for damages. There was no defence. The parties were married on the 15th July, 1854, and afterwards cohabitated together at Langcliffe. Their married life was happy until the end of last year, It appeared the respondent went to Southport in August, 1883, to improve her health, and there made the acquaintance of the co-respondent, to whom she stated that she was unmarried. By the wifes invitation, the co-respondent with two of his children visited petitioners house last January, Mr. Gyte having at that time no suspicion of anything wrong. On the 20th of April last she was absent a night from home, and the next day informed her husband that she had misconducted herself with a man, and recommended her husband to take proceedings for a divorce. The petitioner accordingly caused inquiries to be instituted, and then learnt that on the night of the 20th April she and the co-respondent slept as man and wife at the Joiners Arms, at Austwick, a place adjacent to the petitioners house. Petitioner was examined, and in cross-examination said that during the 30 years of his married life he had never quarreled with the respondent. Further evidence establishing the adultery having been given, counsel for the respondent addressed the jury in mitigation of damages. The judge, in summing up, said it was for the jury to show by their verdict, if they found for the petitioner, what estimate they formed of the value of a wife whose relations with her husband up to the end of last year had been unbroken by strife. The case was certainly one of exceptional matrimonial felicity. The jury, after a short consultation, gave a verdict for the petitioner with £500 damages, which amount was certified for and a decree nisi pronounced.
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| | 1. George Gyte, b. 13 Mar 1855, Edale, DBY  , d. 18 Feb 1931, Settle, YKS, ENG (Age 75 years) |
| | 2. Harriet Gyte, b. 24 Jul 1856, Edale, DBY , d. 1 Jul 1925, Blackpool, Fylde, LAN, ENG (Age 68 years) |
| | 3. William Gyte, b. 12 Aug 1861, Edale, DBY , d. Q4 1942, Chesterfield, DBY (Age 80 years) |
| | 4. Joseph Gyte, b. 1862, Edale, DBY , d. 21 Sep 1921, Settle, YKS, ENG (Age 59 years) |
| | 5. Elizabeth Gyte, b. 1864, Edale, DBY , d. 17 Dec 1900, Wisbech, Cambridge, ENG (Age 36 years) |
| | 6. David Gyte, b. 1868, Edale, DBY , d. 12 Oct 1946, Auburn, NSW, AUS (Age 78 years) |
| | 7. Sarah Ann Gyte, b. 1870, Giggleswick, Settle, YKS , d. 18 Jul 1911, London, MDX, ENG (Age 41 years) |
| | 8. Bartholomew Gyte, b. 19 Oct 1873, Langcliffe, YKS , d. Q4 1933, Westminster, London, England (Age 59 years) |
| | 9. Grace Gyte, b. 2 Jul 1875, Langcliffe, YKS , d. 27 Sep 1932, Barton, Manchester, LAN (Age 57 years) |
| | 10. Ellen Gyte, b. 24 Dec 1876, Langcliffe, YKS , d. 16 Sep 1903, Langcliffe, YKS (Age 26 years) |
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1834 - 1905 (71 years)