# Stephen Bellamy — The Bellamy Trial character guide

> Stephen Bellamy in The Bellamy Trial by Frances Noyes Hart.

**Role:** major

**Also known as:** Mr. Stephen Bellamy, Bellamy, Steve, Dr. Gabriel Barretti

**First appearance:** 0001-the-bellamy-trial

## Snapshot

One of the two defendants, an industrious and intelligent man whose composure on the stand is as carefully managed as anything else about him.

## Who they are

Bellamy stands beside Susan Ives in the dock, bound to her by circumstance and by whatever passed between them on the night in question. Where Susan's fate draws the courtroom's sympathy, Bellamy's intelligence and self-possession make him harder to read — and harder to pity. His testimony, and the way the prosecution and defense handle him, shapes how the jury weighs the two defendants against each other.

## In the story

### [The Bellamy Trial](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_bellamy_trial_se/chapters/the-bellamy-trial)

Defendant in the trial, charged alongside Susan Ives.

### [The Bellamy Trial](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_bellamy_trial_se/chapters/the-bellamy-trial)

The co-defendant, accused alongside Susan Ives.

### [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_bellamy_trial_se/chapters/i)

Defendant; portrayed as idolizing his wife Mimi, driven to madness by her infidelity.

### [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_bellamy_trial_se/chapters/ii)

Defendant; mentioned in the phone conversation recounted by Kathleen Page.

### [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_bellamy_trial_se/chapters/iii)

Mentioned as arriving on the two o'clock train and playing golf with Susan.

### [V](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_bellamy_trial_se/chapters/v)

The defense claims the case against him collapses if Susan is found not guilty; he is portrayed as an adoring husband.

### [Chapter VI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_bellamy_trial_se/chapters/vi)

Mentioned as the man Mimi truly loved, according to Ives.

### [VII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_bellamy_trial_se/chapters/vii)

Defendant; Lambert argues for his innocence, while Farr insists on his guilt.

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