The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1869-01-23 00:00:00

VERDICT FOR TEE PI, EiINTIFF.

The case of "Gadsby r. Lewis" has been tried in .
London before Mr Baron Bramwell. It was an action
to recover £lOO and interest, for money lent. The de-
fendant pleaded never indebted.
In opening the case, Mr. James said that the plain-
tiff, Miss Gadaby, was a young lady who, a few years
ago, was left an orphan by the death of her father and
mother in Australia; and who came to this country
with two younger children, and ultimately took a
situation as assistant in the shop ~f a milliner in New
Burlington-street. She became possessed of a sum of
about £lOO, which had been left her by legacy. In 1806
she knew a person named Harris, a cousinof Mr. Lewis,
and defendant was introduced to her by him. Lewis
was engaged in business. Miss Gadsby did not allege
anything like an engagement on his part to marry her,
but she had a feeling of friendship for him, and was dis-
posed to assist him if she had an opportunity of doing
so. In August she he int from Harris that he was very
much pressed for money, and she sent for him, and
asked him whether the information she had received was
correct. He told her that it was, and she offered to
lend him £5O. Afterwards, it occurred to her that
that sum would scarcely be of any use to him, and she
determined to increase the amount to MO. She went
to her brother's, ind employed him to sell some Con•
sols, and on toe fith August she surprised defendant
by handing him 4:100, which he gratefully accepted.
A short time afterwards the defendant married some
other person. The plaintiff made no complaint on
that ground ' • but having taken no receipt for the
money, and obtained no security, she thought she had,
done a very weak thing, and she consulted her friends.
111 January, IS6B, she called at the defendant's place of
business, and said she wanted her £lOO. He denied hav-
ing received it, and said she had told him that she '
would lend him 1:50, but that she had broken her ,
malaise. Fortunately there was evidence which j
would place the matter beyond doubt, and the.
defendant would therefore be wise to consult with his
counsel before he ventured to appear in the box to '
deny that he got the loan. There was first of all the
sale of The consols, and next the cheque of the brokers
on Smith, Payne, and Smith, for £lOO. The plaintiff
received £2O in gold, and the rest in notes, the num-
bers of which the bankers had kept. The notes re-
turned to the Bank of England, and it was found that
: they had been paid in by the Union Bank, in the
City, where the defendant, who then lived in Bun-

hill-row, kept an account. It would be proved that
they were paid into his account on the 7th of August.
The learned counsel added that he would call Miss
Gadsby, and he suggested that, while she was being
examined, defendant had better reconsider the defence
he had set up.
The plaintiff, a very young lady, was then sworn;
but immediately afterwards Mr. Waddy rose and
said his client would consent to a verdict.
Mr. Baron Bramwell : Ile is wise. If the evi-
dence mentioned by the learned counsel had been
given, if the defendant had sworn he had not got the
money, and if the jury had found a verdict for the
plaintiff, I should have committed him for trial for

perjury.
A verdict was then entered for £lOO, with one year's
Interest.