The Express.
London, England, 1851-03-17 00:00:00

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ARCHES COURT-SnuRD IV.
Kmate Sta 11..1. From

THE OFFICE OF THE Jeooa emoNtornla or MaIIAN e.
KAILE.-.—THE CASE OP TILE VICAII Or liracta.cv.
This wax a snit brought by letters of request fnan the
Diahop of Gloucester, at the promotion et the It. e. O.
Medan, against the 11ev. John Becton Karr, steer of lt•
within the diocese of Glam.-ester, for lewd anti inshaent
conversation, profane swearing, for having al tweed
indecent conduct in his household, and for a iul-
tery, fornication, and drunkenness. Thu all 4atian
given in on behalf of the promoter of the suit, counisung of
twent7.sis articles, charged the Rev. Mr. Karr su 'oh
haring fanned an attune-rats int, reourse util a Mrs.
Elizaheth Gaishord, wife of a solicitor 1:.-rkeloy, who
had been employed by Mr. Karr as his tuesta t OS, ill°
tithes. That upon being remonstrated wife by Mr. tutis-
ford on the 30th of June 1846, for exhibiting an umluo
familiarity towards Mrs. Gaiaford, Mr. Karr prannsed to
but iota ithet Jidda;
.c,atasech
pfiNrom,mih,
tions with that lade. That on the 2210 of .a-ril IS 1,. Mr.
Ci'COanittinuut continued aZidtlinvlii*idtsi;ol,l freq.. at toe, r-a-
Karr met Mrs. (basforul by appeintment at I,d- gate ot tho
close belonging to his vicaragedemse, and tot n arritact ul to
meet her in London, and that, iu eons:ewe . of • wit as-
signation, Mrs. Galahad, basing previously "il bur bass
bind she wished to %kit acme friends in lenelda, u. tied
flatter, and atter nea ting with Mr. Karr Souls'
Church, where he haul been assisting at a woluling, ohs. on
the :Nth April, lett her friend's house and at to la-
lleit.4, where tin• reverend gentleman was staying;
Lyon which °erasion adultery was pleaded hats en
committed in it private sitting-room, Mr. Ka'T afterwards
attending her to Inc cabriolet, and, it win u'leged, stetann-
panying her to a latest, of ill-fame, when, eat, cennexion
was renewed. It abet charged that for two veer: betere,
and up ta the 14th of November, 11N9, Mr. hair carried
um an adulterous intercourse with Sarah Ilan-ow, his
honsehea:ptar conatantly resorting to her but:, OM at night,
where the other eervants fuquiently heard him talking mid
i laughing; and that he smintones drunk wine with her and
quarrelled and swore at her is his dining-Iwo-at, and that
' induct-at fainiliaritit a were coustautly preaing betwu en
tin no. It charged luita a ith drinking deeply, and also en-
couraging the said Sauth Barrow in habits of intoxic.tion,
and that after her marriage with a person of the name of
Knight he committed adultery with her, anti was in the
constant habit of ',wearing at all hie sereaei•u; and, in
cotteltudon, it. Mt forth that Mr. Karr, fy such acts
and eICRSACS, had rendered himself liable to be duly
and canunhally punished for the same. An additional
article had since be at given in, pleading the house in which
the adultery w itlt Mrs. tatisford in laundon Ra, suited to
have leen committed. The ulleotion, in sewer, broiught
in oa behulfol the Ilea. Mr. Karr, eounterffieutled the seri-
ous charge• brought twaitutt that gentleman, setting forth
that he had at all times since hi. presentation to the vicarage
of Ikakeley faithfully and diligently discharge,' his duty as
siela of the parish, and at all times conducted luiunsulf as a
man of sober awl correct life, habits, and cons, rsation, to
the entire eatiefaction, and only of the great ma-
jority of the pal ishioners, but or the Remy, magistrates,
gentry, and inhaltitatite of the neighbauritu: parishes, and
had then lay the it good will, evtecito re. sect, and
regard. That AA a magistrate Ili' the county he haul leen in
the habit of attending occasionally at Mr. liai•ford's
ruaidence, in connattonce of that gentleman thlliag the
appointment tif maai,trates' clerk, and the magistrate'
"Mee being held in hie house, but that he (Mr. Karr) never
paid any silts to Mr..Ciaialbrul, tur remained iu her company
or eonrcrsation for more than 2or 3 minutes at a time. It
denied the meeting with Mrs. Guiv(ord in London, or the
areompanying her to a hou•e of ill fame, and iu vault raulitt ion
pleaded the evidence of the keeper of such how:, and the
servant, each of whom denied they haul ever seen Mr.
Karr. That, at the time iu questi 111 l , ha was
at the boos, of a friend in Itegentoutreet ; . r tho
abecuice of lull' anhour, Monied there, where he remained
until half-past two o'clutck in the aftlintoun. It 'deeded
that Mr. Karr never resorted to the bedroom of `scab Bar-
row or committed adultery with her, and that the ',lily oc-
euiiom on whirl, he ever 141/O'4C M her, after she hail retired
to her room for the uight, were when he had on-1 rs to give
which he had previeuely forgotten. and that maw such
oceseinna he always utmost outside the room door. It de-
nied that be veer took indecent liberties with, or swore at,
or in ant- way il:treattal her, or that he drank deeply or
used laid language before his domestics or any cow the ;
and, in conciudon, pleaded that no faith or credit ought
tau be given to the evitleuee of our of the wino on the
opposite othli., who war it person of bad fame and reputa-
tion. A reaponsiva allegation had been given iu oar behalf
of the promoter of the suit.
De. Phillimore, on behalf of the Rev. Mr. Madan, coa-
t aided the evidence was perfeet in the rate ; that the proof
of Mru. Gaisford being in All Souls' church on the occa-
sion in question, her conversations with, and visits upon,
Mr. Karr at his hotel, awl her going with him in a cab,
COlielllfire. Ile maiutainual the alibi act up by Mr.
Karr was emiuently utuatecceafal, un- there was
quite sufficient time unaceounted for to have enabled
the militias to commit the adultery pleaded in the aelescution.
The evil once as to the assignation and eultsequent Mel ling
would hare justitiett the court, in a common diteree cane,
in pronouncing ast ntence. It was indisputable that Mr.
Gaisford remonstrated with Mr. Karr about the alts Wiens
paid his wite, anti although, a hen the transaction WU, in-
v. stigated prior to the present preceedinp, Mr. Karr
denied peeing Mrs. (=aileron' in London, yet he had ad-
mitted to a witness in the rause having Well her Our a few
minutes. That part of the case which referred to Mr.
Karr's improper familiarities with Sarah Hamm- was fully
aulsstantiated by the evidence of several witnesses, servants
in the house at the time, alio depteued to teasing the parties
intoxicated, and to their quarrelling and swearing at one
unather. Other servant. had certainly deposal that they
never knew of such occurrences, but such testimony could
not set aside the positise eeitlenee on the subject. 'Cho
evidence of the housekeeper, Sarah Darmw, who haul been
examined by Mr. herr, and who was u very fere-ant wit-
nese, was contradicted by almost every other witness, and
WU, even at variance witlt her own deposition. rib, denied
the truth of all the charges in which she wit., invoke ii. She
ulated that Mr. Karr, on the AeVa•iUll of her gUvitig birth to
a child wane years bark, while in hie scr,tee, knew
nothing of her being roe, ;ate, and that she left his
house, and was comitted at au inn. It uppeareal,
however, while residing then, she was visited clan-
destinely by a person whumt she repriatinted to bo
her uncle, hut afterwards n-luctantly admitted to bo
Mr. Karr. This fact trust sufficient to it. stray her teed-
motiy. It win also a key to the quarrels letwuen the
parties which subsequently took place. The It:treed :id-
vocate contended the critic-we tea to the general character
which had been pi educed by Mr. Karr would Ise insufficient
to resist the positive testimony in eontrtulietion, and re-
ferred to the case of Kitam against letftw," where the
evidence as to general character was unavailing. In answer
to a question from the court, the learned advocate said ho
meant to contend that all the charges made against Mr.
Karr were preyed.
Dr. It. latillimore appeared on the RUM side.
Dr. Harding, with whom was Dr. Butyford, appeared for
the Iles,. J. C. Karr, and contended it was a CAW., of
credibility of witnesses ; that the omit rested entirely on
the promoter of the suit, who had failed in his prof, and
that the evidence was entirely against the proltabilities of
the case. lucre was a clergyman keeping up the fairest
reputation generally, and yet he was to seduce the wife of
one of hie principal parishioners by carrying on an inter-
course with her in a large country village--clueedng for the
fatal assignation about the most public plan: in the whole
village—he was afterwards to meet her en Landsat i.e full
new of a wedding party ; allow her to call at his hotel,
where he was to make nu preparation to receive her, and
was to have connexion with the party in a sitting
room, occupied by himself and his aunt who hap-
pened to be accidently absent at the time, and about
ten minutes afterwards WWI to go with Mrs. liaishiril to a
house of ill fame, the keeper of which house and her ger-
vent both denieti ever having seen him. There was every
circumetance of suspicion connected with the way in which
the care had been brought forward and conducted. There
was the sworn teatimony of two Is-amasses that Mr. Karr
posers:wet the general esteem and regard of his parialtioncis
still, who would be happy to use him back ; awl even Mr.
Gaisford, who surely would out leave any stone unturned,
did not dare to hint at Mr. Karr's drinking in the til-
lage or swearing at his wavauta. It was impos-
sible to trust one atom of the evidence given in suplaurt of
the charge of familiarity with Sarah Barrow, while no just
or proper exception could be taken to the evidence in
favour of Mr. Kure.' character. It had been put that Mr.
Karr had not produced witnesses he might have pollute-id,
but he (the learned advocate) contended the onus lay en-
tirely on the promoter, and therefore he objected to remark,
of the kind being made again,t the Luse Mr. Karr had been
advised to set ttp. lie had, however, produced hustuof
witnesses of the highest character, who spoke to matters
which WCult to the root of the case; had even gone further
and taken up the very witnesses it was incumbent on the
promoter to have produced. It was impossible for 'any
party charged with offences of the kind alleged in
this 'unit to discharge that which he owed to hituself
and to meet the general accusation in a more aatislactory
manner than Mr. Karr bud done. With regard to tho
costs, it was impossible not to see they would be very exten-
sive indeed. 'I here were no lots than three differeut attor-
nice concerned in the matter ; there had beieu expeditions
to Bath, to Boulogne, and to Berkeley; nub-agents had
been employed, and other parties retained, all claiming a
variety of different sums of money. Under these circum-
stance, no court of justice could place credence in the tea-
timony of the witnesses, and us the evidence must either
stand or fall together, it being impossible to draw a lino
and say in this case the witnesees might be credited in some
little, although not in the whole, they (the learned advo-
cates) trusted the court would, when it gave its decision,
bear these circumstances in remembrance.
Dr. Phillimore and Dr. At. Phillizaore were heard in
reNy.
The learned judge postponed his derision.

LISOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT.—SATUBDAT.
lirroai Ma. CAWMVAnooris Law.
IN THE MATTER OF JOHN HENRY DOYLE.—" TUB
WEEKLY CHKONCLE."
This in.olvent, late part proprietor and editor of The
Weckli Chronkk, apphed from the Queen's l'ri,on to be
discharged on sureties till his hearing. Mr. Sargood held
• watching brief for a creditor, but made no opposition to
the application.
After a few formal questions respecting the schedule, the
proposed bail were accepted, and the discharge ord,red
untrl tile hearing on the '2nd April.
Mr. Commissioner Law named the bail in the WM of 64301.
Granted accordingly.