The Express.
London, England, 1847-08-06 00:00:00

ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE.

HOME CIRCTIIT.—Ceowoox, Acores 6.
Beaus Mr. Junket:unman.
SEDIICTION.—MILIMS P. SIIMPHERD.—This wasLll ac-
tion brought by Harriet Miller against the defendant, to re-
cover damages for the embietion by him of her dauschter.—
The defendant pleaded " Not Guilty," and also put
open the record the extraordinary plea that the set was
committed with the leave and license of the mother.—Mr.
Edwin James and Mr. Bramwell were for the plaintiff, and
Mr. Russell Gurney and Mr. Lush for the defendant. —Mr.
James stated the beta, which were repeated by the first
witness. Harriet Hawkins Miller, the daughter of the
plaintiff. who stated that her mother is the widow of a lieu-
tenant in the navy, and the family consisted of herself,
three sisters, and two brothers. She came home from
Southampton, where she bad been engaged as a governess,
to live with her mother at Walworth in 1443, and in
January, 1844, she went into the service of a Mr. Connell,
• perfumer and dealer in stationery, at Camberwell.
The defendant became acquainted with her while
she filled this situation, and he asked to be in-
troduced to her mother, and was soon afterwards received
in the family as her suitor, and he frequently promised her
marriage. The intimacy continued until April, when her
mother broke it off, and ordered the defendant net to come
to the house again. In June she received a letter from the
defendant, in which he requested to see her, as he wanted
her evidence in an action for debt which he was bringing for
Mr. Connell ; but when she went he told her that it was only
an excuse, and his real object was to see her and get her to
renew their intimacy. The defendant still professed honour-
able intentions, and they again became on friendly terms.
The result of their connexion was the delivery of a child in
March, 1847. When she discovered that she was enceinte
she informed the defendant of the fact, and
he would speak to his father about marrying her, and
would call on the following Sunday and let her know
the result, but be did not come as be promised.—
Cross-examined Witness was 29 years old. Believed the
defendant was not much more than one and twenty. Be-
lieves that no communication was ever made to the defen-
dent's family of the intimacy between them. Their first
intercourse took place in August, 1846, when they were
walking home from the Dartmouth Arms, at Forest-hill.—
Be-examined:—The defendant never contributed anything
towards the child's support.—William Baker, the son-in-law
of the plaintiff, proved that he went to the defendant's office,
he having been recently admitted to practice se as attorney,
and asked him whether he intended to fulfil his promise of
marrying the young lady, and he made an appointment to
meet the family and come to some arrangement. He did not
do so, and witness went to him a second time, when he
said that he had neser intended to marry the plaintiff's
daughter, and, on being pressed to my if he had any meson
for changing his mind, be replied, " Oh, there is no money,
and my family would set their face against me if I was to
marry her." Witness then told him that if he did not
make some compensation for the injury be had inflicted
upon the family Mrs. Miller would be compelled to take
legal proceedings against him, and he replied that he might
give his compliments' to Mrs. Miller, and tell her, that if she
went to law, what would cost her a pound would not cost
him sixpence. This was the ease for the plaintiff.—Mr.
Gurney, in addressing the jury for the defendant, said he
thought it would have been much better if the plea of leave
and license by the mother had not been placed upon the
record, and be admitted that he could not attempt
to support such a plea. He, however, did think that
there had been a went of due caution exercised by the
mother in allowing her daughter to walk about with a
young man who it was perfectly clear she suspected was not
very regular or steady in his conduct, and that, taking into
consideration the age of the young woman and of the de-
fendant, a very moderate amount of damages would be a
sufficient compensation for the injury that bad been in-
flicted.—The jury found a verdict for the plaintiff, damages

1001.
BOCKETT O. BODZIN.—AN ATTORNEY'S BILL: This
was an action to recover a sum of 9791., the amount of an
attorney's bill.—Mr. Russell Gurney and Mr. Baddeley
were for the plaintiff, and Mr. Marsh for the defendant.—
The defendant is the late member for Galway, and it
appeared that in 1843 be made an application to the
Law Life Assurance Society for a loan of 36,0001. on the
' mortgage of his estates in Galway and Mayo, and under-
taking at the same time to pay all the necessary expenses for
the survey of the property. The society agreed to advance
the money; and all the necessary deeds were prepared • but
it appeared that when they were to be executed, Mrs. Bod-
kin, who had an interest in the property, refused to assign
that intermit, or to execute the deed ; and the transaction was
therefore completed. The present action was brought
to recover the costs that had been incurred in preparing the
deeds, surveying the property, fees to counsel, ete. ; and it
appeared that 400!. of the amount was money actually ex-
pended by thedird.tiff.—The jury returned a verdict for the
full amount c

OXFORD ClRCUlT.—Motorowro, AVGCST 4.
The amine terminated this afternoon at two o'clock. No
case tried during the morning is worthy of note. On the
preceding evening the court sat until belt--past ten, when,
inter alio, the following somewhat curious charge of bur-
glary was tried before Mr. Junks Coleridge.
ALLEGED BUROLLEY WITH VIOLIINCE.—John Williams
and Christopher Greenseay were charged with buTlary in ,
the dwelling-house of John Thomas, at Aberystwith, on the
night of the 314 of May last, with intent to kill and murder
him. There were other counts: one of them laid the intent
to be to do his wife, Maria Thomas, Nome grievous bodily
hum.—Sir T. Phillips appeared for the prosecutor. For a
lengthened period a bad custom has prevailed in this county
when a man undertakes to work for an employer at a
less cum than is usual with men is the same calling, to
punish the offender by collecting in a body and proceeding