The Statesman. — London, England, 1819-07-26 00:00:00

tb. rhltd. Ch► had 'pnkrn to hies regweting this arse. i was Comm.• red. He told Iser her father '.tatted to ruin him, and wished her not to appear in C.•t•rt satins; him, f 44 her father could not do any thiog without her. H. wanted her in gn to mortice. and 'aid, he would pat the child oat. She wished his to en to h►r faih•l's So and bind him.eif ist a 5(101. bond to marry her. and , the would then go to smite. He Mid be would tint bind himself: she might tette hit word. 'This was the last conversation sh► envy bad wish him. :Crowkesanitnell by Mr. Janets.—ller father bed cal hI ekildtee, twos arcs and leo daughters horrible' hirroslf. Her fattior's re.irloinee was ten miles from Not 14 the Defendant. The brother of Defendant ore . s ;wooer the. him.elf. It was her cousin, Clark Misittleron„ who hi...dared her to Defendant He lived eine miles Alf of her father, mister to the De foodeott. Mr. Hitc'tman became her suitor immedi. *ltaly offer the marriage of her sister with Mr. Rost. Hi. mother never 'bawl at her father's; her father and esniber never visited at his mother's. She had called at hls mother's three times before she was pregnant, bat never since. Defendant had • brother and lour mishits, One of the sisters came once to her fathet's and spent a day, before she lass pregnant.— Mts. blidilleteu was a widow, and her sent; she had four soak and three daughters: one of them, Susannah. nein( the same see wish her.elf. Element. burred being et her Gent's borer. at Midsummer, 1817; o r va t ed one fright rats. Her cossiri• were all at house. Mr. W• Middleton was then 26 or 27. Remembered she servant, Mary Taylor ; did not recollect who. their the servant was to sleep with Mori Simonet that night. Recollected that the servant was to take g p eg of coals up .tares ; she •is gra to warm the bed fur eitness. Mr. W. Middleton came into her room while the servant was ',arming the bed. They had wee a great deal of each other. Ile loitered is the room sorest while; Untiesr than she liked. Did not recollect whether he %toyed till the 00000 nt left the /WOW She had a candle; did ant recollect who pot it on, ; her cousin did not. Did toot recollect his saying to the servant, " Don't take away the caodle." The door was not fastened. She was not on the bed ; she atnerd hr the bed-side. lie did not peek her on the bed. Ile was sitting on the bed. leaning with Meese's; he did not touch her ; it was shoot 9 o'clock. She was not undressed. lier uncle was very ill, and they were talking about biro. Her coati's Susaunsb was in the room when he came in. Did net go to the servant. Mary, in the garden no the following morning. Did not then soy to tier,-" God bless you, don't say a word about what you saw lost night, for I would not bale it known fur 1001." Defendant had beard that Middleton bad had been in bet room; be spoke to her about it, sod she told bits that her tons" had only rat on the side of the bed, end not touched her. Ste wag pregnant in June, and never mentioned il 1111 September. The Defendant had not been beer het dertng for those three mouths, and she ball not written to his to tell her situation. lie had pro. w ised her marriage before. She haul not quarrelled with hire. Her siren Rose discovered her 'hustle°. Re.esamiced.—The servant, Mary, was not Is Mrs. Middleton's service now. She did not stay her full time out : her aunt might her with a as. Cross.esamined.--Did not knew this of her own isinurlsdge; had only hyoid peppiest," so. The letter wtielen by the Defendant to the witness was then proved and reed. J u lio R os e, of Mack well, who married one of the Plaintiff's daughters, esemined.—Had seen Defendant at the Plaintiff's house : he paid some attentions to Miss Cooke. Witness was net muck there. The Defendant came to his knew, whoa Miss Cooke was with hint : tee tame tone her, and to pay his addresses to her, that he might make her his wife. Witness bad s &roil three years ago to take Defendant's fares et 25.. an sem: there were about 113 acres. Croce-esamined.—Defendant's mother, brother, end three sisters, all heed spin the farm : his mother carried on the business ; could not tell what interest they had in the farm. jetaes Sisick6old, a farmer at Hartwell, deposed, that he sent with the Plaintiff to the Defendant's boost: the Plsibtiff said he "risked to settle that af fair (moaning his daughter's marriage); Defendant said he wished it was settled; witness said, as it bad gene on so far as it bad, it would be best for him to marry the girl : he said he was not inclined to merry: be w la! ed the matter was settled : witness asked what kind of settlement he meant? He said to pro. vide for the child. Witness said, that had nothing at all to do with it. Mrs. Michelson, the mother, said the child ought to be taken tare of. Witness reminded her that the same thing might happen to one of her own daughters, and would she be **tie lied if a man offered only to provide for the child ? Her deoglaivra were then present. She said, GI If my egg b e s t ing. w tong, be must pay for it."—Plaintiff became angry and said, he would enter an action ; the Defendant said, he would defend it, and his ewor ey would go as far in a Court of Law as the Plaintiff's. Crots•esamined..—Defendant said, he was willing to make a settlement epos the child, not merely to keep it. Mr. Jams addressed the Jury on behalf of the Defendant. The Learned Counsel slid, he was ern• self the father elitist and daeghtets, and if there was one individual in Court who could feel more than another, in subjecting 'he young woman, thedssghter of the Plaintiff, to the elimination she had soder gone, that individual was himself; bit it was his duty es an advocate, to sobject leer to that esamisa. Lion, end he hoped that his Lordship and the Jury would think that he dons it without violating the laws of decency. He reminded them, that this was not an action by the daughter for a breach of remise of marriage. There were many cases in which fathers were dsiven to an action like the present, because, although there had been a seduction, there was ne proof of a promise of marriage. That was not the case Isere; in the present instance, there bad been promise after promise, sod the contract could have been esta blished by other eedence han that of thedsoghter her. self. This being an actionby the father for loss of *r ake, It.. Jury must 'sets& from their ideration all slur injury which Miss Cooke had sustained; because, 'het +Hs action bad been disposed of, she might luring sit action for a breech of promise of marriage. On tibia occasion they were to compensate the father, and not the daughter. The Plaintiff was clearly en t:t'i.! to a verdict; bat the anevat of the &wages THE !STATESMAN, most depend on the ells and Ilispassionale consider. alien of the Jury, after they had heard the witnesses nn the part of the Defendant. It would be proved, that the Defendant was not worth trot, than 6COI. ; and therefore be trusted that the verdict would be such as the Jory could reflect upon for lb. rest of their lives with satisfaction. Mary *l•sylor said, she had lived at Mrs. Middle. I ton's, at Oshill : she was now married. She re. I membered Elisabeth Cooke coming to her stint's.— i The witness slept with Miss Sosennsh Middleton; she was *grieved to warm the beds; she was to wars Miss Cooke's first. Miss Cooke slept in a room by herself. When she went into the room nobstsly was there. Men Cooke came up, and Mr. Willies Middleton followed her in. Miss Susannah Middle von called her to warm her bed ; she left Mr. ;Middleton in the room with Miss Cooke. Wimps had brought op • candle, which she left in the room. While she was warming Miss Middleton's bed, the letter said, " Whet can my brother be doing so long in my cousin's room ?" She desired her to go and fetch the candle, as the curtains might catch fire. When she went, the door was shut, hut not fastened. (The witness then proceeded to state,, in lengesge which we cannot venter, to repeat, that she found the parties in each a situation, as to leave nn doubt of what had occurred.) Witness said, she bed come for the candle, Mr. Middleton de sired her to take it. Miss Cooke said, " No, leave it." Mr. Middleton said, she was not to fasten the deer, but leave it open, which she did : she took Ike candle away with bee. Mr. Middleton had then left the room. On the followitsg morning she was its the garden hanging not clothes. Miss Cook came to her and said, " Mary, God bless snit, don't you tell what you saw, last night, for I would not have it known for IOW." Witness did not mention it to any body till • day or two after : she then told Wil liam Porker, who was • suitor in Miss Multlletoo. ; She afterwards mentioned it to lisoteah Itswnone. Cross.eassained by Mr. TAUNTON.—It wet just at she was going to warm Miss Midilletou's bed that Miss Cooke desired her In bolt the door, and Mr. Middleton desired her net. The bolt was on the ie. side. 'this was about three weeks before Whitson. tide: she left Mee. Middletoe't Stitite jest before Michaelmas. She married away ; could not tell in what month she was married : she was married oboist 10 weeks before Michselmes. Mrs. Middleton bed sot, oor had any of her family, made any complaint to her of improper coodact. Nothing was said of her being caught is a hay-loft with a taco.—(Being asked this question three or four times, she replied in the negative, at last siding, that she did sot know Ist fore what the gamma meant.)—She stayed Pet once •all night, on • journey; she hod been to • wake: I her mistress found no fault with her. Wes discovered coming out of a bay.loft et tin o'clock l in the sornieg with a man, after Mehl been there all night. 44 tip.,n your solemn oath were not you sent away from your place ?" After a lost stew, "I. .do tiot soderstand the question." " Were you di charged from your piece?" " I asked my mistress fee my money ; and she said, if I wonted to go I must go witkoot it." " Were you not dismissed, sod ter ed away from, the house?" " No; that I swear." Ite-eureined.—Was married shout 10 weeks be. fore Michaelmas. Had then left Mee. Middleton for about a fortnight. Was at the wake with her pre. seat husband. When she returned Mrs. Middleton asked her how she case le stay so long ? She re. plied, she did not know. Mrs. Middleton then said, " I think it will be beat for you and Ito part"— She asked for her weary. Mts. Middleton said, if she went she must go without her money. She went to a Justice, mod get the mosey ; and in a fortnight after she was married. It was when she went the r second time to fetch the candle away that the cos ' serration took place with Miss Cook shout the door. Joseph Mile., a Trustee under the will of the fa ther of the Defendant, and one of his executors, easerined. —Tnis estate he left was 110 acres, now with 11. an acre, Net mare. It was nor Serb more two years ago. Ile did not die possemerl of se& Sent personal property to pay hie debts by some hundreds of pounds. The creditors were all unpaid. .—The mother was about 50, a healthy women, and likely to live The almost value of the Defendant's share in the property, after paying the widow 401. j a year, and other outgoing., and discharging the debts, would not Bennet to sore then 6501. The testator's debts were charged oft his real estate. 'lle will was here read, which cou6rused this state ment. Was. Middleton called and examined by Mr. TAUNTON, at the desire of the Plaiotirs Coessel, who also desired Mary Taylor to stand by the side of him.— Witness &untied that any thing improper had passed between him end his cousin on the eight io epiestinn. Susaanah Middleton examined.—Remembered the eight in question. Did not recollect whether else or bee cootie went up first to bed. Iler cousin slims slept with her whets ANS ease. Did wet revellers her brother coming up stairs ; nor that she was in the same room with Miss Cook sod her brother. Her father was very ill at that that time, and she did not recollect giving say instructions oboist the candle. Cross.esswinsed by Mr. PUNT, for the Defendant. —Did not tell Mary Taylor to fetch the candle. — Could not recollect whether she bad ordered her bed to be warmed. Mr. insets then addressed the Jury, respecting the esidaoca of Mary Taylor, arid Mr. and Miss Middleton. He observed, that Taylor had not a sha dow of interest in this case. It had been attempted to throw discredit on her testimony, by showing, that she had been dismissed by her mistress for sleeping out ; but it appeared, that she left her mistress, and within a fortnight afterwards was married. It most be obvious to the Jury, that Miss Cooke was deeply in. terested in this action; and with respect to Wm. Middleton, let them consider what credit was dee to his evidence. Ile had gone into the room with Mkt ICooke, and remained alone with her some time, there Win no chair in the room. This was highly item. • per, and there could be nothing more base then to 1r I a transaction of that nature. Had he revealed it or not ? lie had retested it to Sommerton, and told him that no harm had taken place. As to Miss Susannah Middleton, it was most extraordinary, but worthy of the almost consideration by the Jury, 'that sbe recollected istaing of what bad matted.— Ile repeated, that the Plaintiff was entitled to a ver dict, bet not to such damages as would seriously affect the D.fendant, against whom another action might be brought by Miss Cooke : and it had been proved that he was not worth more than 6001. Mr. TACINTOX, in reply, observed, that the at. tack made by the other side on the reputation of Miss Cooke, was the most unfounded, the most enjasti. and the most villainous attempt that he had ever known,, in the course of his experience of cZU years, to blacken and Here the character of any in dividual. (Mr. Jervis here rose,and said that this was not to be endured.) Mr. Taunton declared, that be meant nothing personal to his Learned Friends on the other side, nor to the respectable attorney who had instructed them: his observations were applied only to that brazen baggage, Mary Taylor. It had been said that this woman bad not a shadow of in terest to away hers did the Jury then forget what the Defendant had said when the Plaintiff called open him to fulfil his promise, end repair the injury he had done? What did the Defendant then say ? " My money will go as far as his in a Court of Jars rice ;" and could it be disabled bow it had gone to day, when they beard the evidence of that infamous witness? Bet there were other metivea, besides pecuniary reward, to sway the human breast. There was pride, there was malice; and it must not be forgotten lb.! this woman was a dis aided I ; discarthd too. for great impropriety of conduct. The behaviour of the Defendant himself was the best an swer to the wicked story of Mary Taylor. It wee true that Mu. Middleton was with Miss Cooke for five mingles in bee bed-room, end it was from this occurrence that that artful woman bad invented, or bees prevailed upon to make, the digesting state ment which had boon beard. Mr. Middleton had himself communicated the circumstance to the De fendant ; was he saeirfied with it nr not ? That was the question. Did the Defendant believe that the parties had been surprised !n that indecent situation which had been described ? This was supposed to have taken place at Michaelmas, 1817 ;and the Defendant went on making the same assurances of borsourable attachment as formerly, without the most distant allesinn, either verbally or in writing, that the ob. jest of his affections had forfeited all claim to his attachment by the impropriety of her conduct. — Long after this, es the Jury bad heard, be bail de clared that he loved her better than any other wo man, and assured her that be would mike her his wife. Nay, long after the Plaintiff had abandoned 1111 hope that the Defendant would repair the injury he bed done, long after the present action bad heee brought, the Defendant never insinuated that he would not NMI his engagements, on account of what bed passed between Mr. Middleton end his eossin. Let the Jory remember the manner is which Mary Taylor had given lint evidence--the long pews which she made- the confusion of bee looks — l and her solemn declarations that she did not ender eland the plainest pcs:ible questiool. If the De lentlest could hring forward such a witness as this to WU her infamous story today, what must have be,. the base arts by which he triompbed over the *Wes of this poor girl ? The Jury would judge what they did not see by whet they had sees. Let thew, then, pity the Plaintiff; let them feel for him es s father, as they would feel for themselves, and give him such a verdict as the aggravated circum stances of the case required. Mr. Justice RICIIARMON summed op the ease.— Re told the Jury that this was not en action by the daughter for a breach of promise of marriage, which eke might still bring, bet en action by the father for Ike injury which he had sustained. Whatever they might think of some parts of the evidence (and it was fur thou to judge of the whole), the Plaintiff was at 101 l events entitled to their verdict. In estimating the damages, they were not merely to consider the loss of personal service ; they might take into their tem perate consideration the injery to a father's feelings by the alienation of a daughter's affections from him, and of his from her by this kind occurrence. But they were not to give way to the full influence of their feelings, as the Learned Coen'sl for the Plain tiff had asked them to do; they were to be governed by their •nderstandines, not by their hearts, dissi {tithing the damages if they believed the young we. man to base been guilty of a criminal intercourse wi h her cousin. They were also to take into consi deration the situation and prospects in life of the Defendant, sad not to give sects damages as, in the event another action by the daoghter, might prove his total ruin. The Joey deliberated few • long lime, and then gave a verdict for the Plaintiff—Damages 1501. RXCISR COURT. A person named Cheeseman, was summoned to at tend the Court ender the following circumstances : Several hop-merchants have bees lately plundered to a large amoent, and information basing been given at the Police-olfices, the premises of the Defendant were searched, it being appiehended that by some ac cident or other the stolen property might bate found its way into his warehouse. The search removed ell suspicion against Mr. C., but there were some ap pearances about the hop-bags of Mr. Cheeseusan, which made them tempting to the Officers of Excise, who, upon examining fire of them, found that each tricks had been pisyed a. would subject the owner to the forfeiture of the hope, end to tines of about 7501. The Act of Parliament for the security of sl e grower against filed, in hnps inflicts s perish) of 1001 epos the person in whose watehnose a pocket i of hops is frond with a forged name and stamp upon • it. Th. tAcers fonnd that this triad nit carried Into I effect, and that the hops of an inferior country were !transferred from ttiri, ropes hags to M u gs marked swills the ch rivers of the best county in Eneend for I that commodity, and that the names of the he.t hop growers wet. also inserted on the hags, on imposi tion by which an increased Ind unmerited 1310, would be set spats thremrent., to tl.• pr. orlire .•t the (rem hop russet. The effenre of transipising the hops from one ;locket to another is punishable it) a fine of 601. each pocket, and the loss of the hops it a neon sary consequence, Notwithstanding the duty has been paid. Mr. Mange. for the Defendant, stated that his Client was wholly free from the Imputation of haw. hag stolen goods oroo P•premilses, 0.? had been paid upon the hops which sera found no. der the circumstances complained of. It enuld, he observed, be ridicaleas to deny that the transfer had been made, bet he bodged the compassion of the Coed upon Mr. Choesemsn, whose circemstanees were by nn means adequate te the payment of a faro fine, and trusted, that the smallest possible penalty noeld be indicted. The Courtmootas olinoted th. D•fendset to escape with the psyisont of SOL awl forfeiters of do hops. PO LIG R. -.......-- MAnston-nouse —Saturday W. Launeelel and Merl his wile, were charged with obtaining money wider false pretences, from the Neigh Odieera in Qeeeo•stseel, Cheapside. The uncle of the Prison.. era had been far a considerable time a pauper, and was allowed Gt.a.week. The Prisoners, for I months past, bad been in the habit of calling upon the of. ficers separately for this aid ► end at 1.0,0 ; no Friday last s they made application, stating, that the old mall had at last died, and that they mast have at least one priond for his interment. It was fnend that the very peeper for whom they bed been paying Gt. per week, had died and was buried • about via months previous. A certificate to this elect was produced. It was further proved, that Lettuce. mad his wife were themselves in the actual receipt of lir., per week, from the Parish of St. Andrew by Ilse Wardrobe, as paupers. The Prisoners trod they were latterly ignorant of the demise of the old pau per until the period of their last application to the Parish Officers. They had invariably lent the money they received for him by a third person, and up in his responsibility and informatiun rested every thing.— The man was remanded, and the woman discharged. UNION-WALL. —On Saturday, throe becks, whe appeared compt-le dandies,and mated their Males t• be (frown, Andersen, end Dean, •ere brortieht Ice the Office by Mervld, the con.table, cod eaamined on a charge of biting, on the preceding eccoirtg e daring the performance at the Serie) Theotre,bebamid in a eery outreg•oes and disorderly maouer in the bowie there, and &imbed the audience for s cos. siderable lime. Mr. Refiner, who Wended for Mr. Dibdio, stet. ed that his only *lira We. to present good order is the theatre dorii g th. perft , rtninces ; and the Oen liaiies by this time !Laing become sensible of their im. propriety, and promising the M.g s tste t• be sots circumspect in latent, they were discharged. The Rnyal Esrhange is to undergo a thorough re pair. The dome or spire is mow taking down, and is to rebuilt. The walks where the merchants transact their busies., ate to be cleaned and beer. tilled. Row AT VAUXHALL —On Saturday morning, be. twee. tour and bye o'clork, a dispute took place be. tweet some persons deemed like Gentlemen in ths Ptinces boa is the garden', words came to blows, when Collingbern mad flail, the °Seers attend*, Interfered, sod the parties left the gardens, but con tinued their disorderly conduct, and assaulted the Officers whilst endeavouring to keep the peace • ans which four of them, together with two dashing h ellos who oecompoied thews, were locked up, and after. wards takes before Mr. At.t.zi, at thion.hall. The °Seers stated the conduct of one of the women to have been very outrageous and disgusting, and the Magistrate committed her for one month to the Hesse of Correction, to which abe was taken io her gay dress, and her head decked with Bowers; the edaher parties were discharged on paying the moms, sail pianists!' not to be guilty of lake condect I. future. lIIRTII. Ow (be Mb lot. doe lady el Jain Wreath. 14. et • datiginte. 111A111111 W. 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