The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1870-04-09 00:00:00

THE CASE OF LOVE AND CREWE AT
SHEFFIELD.

At the toolz-oi held e Leeds, Edward Stanfleld has been
(villein i for stealing n the 24th of September, and the
further sum of .CS on the 14th of November, 1059, and he was
further Bullet. d with feloniously recelvtug the same autos,
the property of William Shaper, at Shyllield. Mr. Blackburn
appeared for the prosecution ; Mr. Foater defended.
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Me. Shaper, the prosecutor, has two shops in
Sin ifield. His daughter, when she was about fifteen
years of age, made the acquaintance of the priloner.
Mr. Shaper objected to this attachment, and sent the
girl out of Stash-Id's way, to a school in Germany.
While there, however, she continucil to co, esponif
with the prisoner, and on her return t Shi ftield two
years afterwards she renewed her acquaintance with
Stanfield, and became so much atached to him that
she gave him the mins named, which belonged to her
tither, Sae also handed to the prisoner a gold watch.
Eventually the prisoner transferred his affections to
another lady. The prisoner, it will be recollected, was
the defendant in nn inter' leader i,sue heard at the
assizes last week, the full particulars of which were
pubtieheil at the time.
Miss Shaper, having deposed to the facta of the case,
was cross-examined.

M. Foster : Unl you not know that you were steal-
ing this money from your father ?—Witness : Wed, I
did not. When you are in love you do a great many
things (smiling).
Mr. Foster : And in hate you also do a great many
things, do you not ?—Witness: I did not. Diff rent
things were said to me by the prisoner which made me
think I was entlt'ed to a share in the business.
Mr. Foster: Did you, week by week, from May to
Novemher, attal this mon. y from your fa' her and hand
it to the pri,oner ? Do you mean to tell the jury that?
—Witness: I do.

Mr. luster : Hair anybody taken steps against you
for robbing your father 7—Witness: Not that I am
aware of.
In re-examination, Miss Shaper, who was now
crying, thus continued Ou the I:9rh of November I
met the prisoner early in the morning, and as it was
his birthday I presented him with a gold watch.
Later on in the carve day I learned that he was paying
his addresses to a Miss Darling. On Christmas day
I wrote to Miss Daring and her father, and I t, ild
my father about the money when he asked me if I
had not been taking it. I had a conversation with
the pris mer when I got to know about his paying his
addresses to another girL I told Stanfield that
of course our friendship had now ceased, and I
asked him about the money I had given to
him. He said, " How could I prove it, as
I had no receipt for it?" I replied, " Na,
hail not, but that J. ho Smith had tetcheil it." He
said, "What did )0u send it by him for?" and made
. no further reply. I said I should like to give soy
father the money back, and that he could give Inc
what ready money he had, and that he could speak to
' my father and arrange to pay the other money by in-
stalments. Stanfield said that I coudd toll my f Aber
as soon as I liked, for that he would only halt kill me
and send me to prison.
The jury returned a verdict of guilty.
The nrloner, in arrest of judgment, said that Miss
Shaper's character had nit come out in its irue
and he charged her with intunpirrance.
The judge regretted trat the prisoner CO far forgot
him-elt as to cast aspersions on the young lady's cha-
racter. and sentenced him to eighteen months' hard
I -bour.,