The Express.
London, England, 1862-03-31 00:00:00

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Mr. Kennedy then read wend letters he had received
from defendant when Ms. Swint's. In one of these she
said the clap she had give to him had no ordinary charm.
it &pother she said, " What was required I have done
cheerfully, sad I would been done a thousand those more if
required. I am not of that flimsy character you think I
am. . . There is one I value more then all the
universe." Mrs. Brown aokaowledged UP to refer to
the plastid. A third Wier wee subscribed, " Your
affeetMete Patience Swaim." In mother, "You know
what I should be to you if eheumstancee permitted it." In
reference to this letter, Mr. Kennedy asked if she ad
sat mean she would have been his wife if enameling%
had been favourable. The reply was " No, only
La June, 1860, after he had reeled to give
she called him " • deer friend," and Co bre
upon him the blaming of
alvatlso, in other letters, called him her lane
Then she wrote about • house being token lie them,
mentioning the number of bedrooms that would be re
quired. Letters written subsequently spoke In terms of
peat approval, and were interspersed with poetical qua-
fatless.
Mr. Kennedy—l ask you before God did you refuse every
offer to give up the deed'
Mrs. Brown—Yes.
Mr. Kennedy—Do you still adhere to the paragraph in
the affidavit which says, " Mr. Kennedy became my
weasel. He obtained great influence over me. I was in.
duced at his suggestion to enter an action against Lord
Chelmsford, who had on my behalf, without authority,
compromised the aver
whims-I do. You were the original adviser of that
action.
Mr. Kennedy—Did you not consult me at Leamington
*beet going abroad, avoiding service, Am., in the Ration
Mrs. Brows—Yes ; and I did not consent lee Mr. Simp-
son should meagre, to it. I remember dimming the value
of the Swinton estates with you. You said If I sat the estate
my life would not be cafe. You said so repeatelly at
Swisher. I mid nay enemies were so hitter I believed is. 1
did say if I got the estate I might he panned.
Reemsained-112. Howdy wrote to me for a power
of attorney to manage his property, and to take care of
his chile's. It was after the last trial at Safford when I
had seen the reports in the papers that I went up to Mr.
Kennend embraced him. He was In the habit of
putting hands in hers. He said it warmed him.
Mr. Keened) addressed the jury in reply at consider-
able length.
The Lord Chief Justice, in summing up, remarked that at
first sight the case appeared to beedvg..timple, being neither
more nor less than • question as tow er defendant, Mrs.
Brown, had or had not aoknowl an existing debt of •
specific amount; but this question, apparently so simple,
haduntoetunately led them into ous of the most painful and
distressing disclosures which had ever been heard in •
court of justice. The plaintiff mid he undertook the came
at the instenos of the defendant ; that from the 00121M0110 1M
moot they were both aware of the extreme bawd of the
die upon which their common fortune wan at stake ; that
he knew she bad not the moms of remuneration Plan be
succeeded in establishing her right ; that she, however, was
willing, if prosperous, to make him • liberal and handsome
remuneration when the victory was aebieved; that when
victory was gained the amount at which she thought his
services would be properly remunerated cease to be
discussed ; and that the then admitted that the
specified amount was Awing, voluntarily embracing
bins, and saying, "You have won per 20,0001." Every
part of his statement was denied by Mrs. Brows. trepremnted that Mr. Kennedy bed almost intruded himself
into her confidence ; that he had sought the position of ed.
Tepee, not with a view to remuoeration, unless it should
be gained from the defeated foe, but for the sake of profes-
sional honour and credit which such a victory would bring.
In her examination in chief last night, and again on her
cross-examination this day, she said she never promised
Mr. Kennedy remuneration, except as • mere act of friend-
ship on her ppaarrt. Her letters, however, did not alwE
oorrespond with Pr staleeneote. As far back as October, I
she wrote s—" Mr. Kennedy, —You are going to do a
for me Yon know hey lam 'situated. Tam not able to re-
munerate you now. I will amply remunerate you hereafter."
He subsequently took ehamoers in London by her con-
sent, and having taken lodgings for her, she went to live
near him. Up to that time he had been making 9001. a
year in the Insolvency Court and magisterial law courts et
Birmingham, and he would, he believed, have made 9,0001.
in the time he had been engaged upon defendant's suit. On
leaving the Birmingham practice, therefore, he told her be
should like to recurs himself against any risk and menace,
and she said she would make over to him all she had. In
October, 1857, he was on • visit to her at Swinton, when,
according to him, she repeated her former statements as to
future remuneration. She gave him some rings which she
said would act as a charm, and named an island on the lake
near bee house the Isle of Hope, saying, "Remember, I
will be hope for both of as." In 1858 they were in Londe*
seeing each other every day, making excursions, goiog to
theatres together, and he paying for cabs, wipe, dm.
She then took his advice, end went to Loudon altogether
until the trial came on. Soon after the trial she said be
had won hie money. In December. 1859, when the estate
had become the absolute property of Mrs. Swinfen, he wrote
to her to do eometfor him in the way of security.
Then, shortly after he ailled upon her, and
to go to the Zool Gardens with her the seat
y
l,a,
to settle the matter. He celled, and they west.
The learned judge promeded to remark that there could sot
be a more striking instance than this case afforded of the
justice of the law of the land, as it applied to the recovery
of fete by weasel, for they could not fail to sea in the
painful exhibition they hied witnessed. that the law was
just. There was a gentleman of the highest attainments,
of transcendent a • 'Mk—a scholar, • poet, an on.tor, a man
of genius—a man endowed with every faculty in • forcible
degree, and with every attainment belonging to his sphere,
humbling himself before a client for whom he eucaeeded,
and seeking—and seeking in vain —to obtain from her
sense of justice, her friendship, her compassion, and almost
her love, that remuneration which his professional services
ought to have secured to him without any recurrence to
means such as these to obtain. His lordship then directed
the attention of the jury to the mart important
parts of the cam which had been presented to them. He
went on to remark upon Mr. Kennedy's violent
letter, written to Mrs. Brown when she out off communica-
tion with him, saying that it almost warranted Mr.
Macaulay's strictures upon it, strong as those strictures were;
and the letter to Mr. Chawner, in which be referred to
the adulterous intercourse of himself and the lady who
had been his client, could sot be too much coodemned ;
and base must be the nature of such • man. On the other
Lend, the services Mr. Kennedy bad rendered Mrs. Swinfen
were of a most signal character. He had embarked upon •
course of litigation involving the most serious risk and
danger to himself. Those who knew anything of
the ogee were aware that the compromise which that
distinguished and eminent counsel, Per F. Thesipr, offered
was the very wisest course which could be adopted at the
time. If she had beep defeated in the second trial at Staf-
ford, she would have lost everything. Mr. Kennedy's per-
severance, indoroitabie energy, unflinehiee °await. eddied to
his great ability end power, gained her the day. The pro-
duction of letters by Mr. Kennedy to show how his
services were appreciated was perfectly legitimate ; and
here one of the many collateral issues of the case—which
unfortunately abounded in this ease—begin ; for here and
there in these letters were passages which implied the
existence of something more than the relation between
counsel and client, and perhaps of friend and friend.
In conclusion, his lordship said a question was involved not
merely of pecuniary liability, but • most important and sin-
ful one of persona character. It was impossible that there
could be no falsehoods either on one side or the other in the
stetelanta made in that court. He trusted they would be
righilo deciding on which side lay the falsehood and which
the truth.
After a short absence the jury returned with • verdict for
the plaintiff, a point of law being reserved.

NORTEIXELN OIRCUIT.—LmarooL, Matra 29.
CaowN Ooturr.—(Before Mr. Judice Willa.)
TH ZOCBDALS WITZ MOW= CAM

Joseph hat was isdkited for the wilful murder of his
wife Alice Lott, atdpotlead, on the let Febrosry last.
He pleaded not guilty to the latest to murder.
Kaye prosecuted, sod Yr. Maio deluded.
Yr. Bays, ia oyes* the ease, odd that the deceased
wee C peen of age, and the prisoner sod die bad been
married for 17 years. latterly, however, he bad become
}Wools of her, as soomt of • young ems 'lodger, sod arise
repeatedly davits& threatened to take away her life, he at
last shot her in the seek with a pistol, the uijuriee rewired
hose which she survived • fortnight oily.
The jury knurl • lora* of Araasksughter, and the
prisoner was senteneed to penal servitude for life.
The prisoner reosived the elleillnoll with great composure.

WESTERN CIRCUIT.—Mmica 29.
(Beier* Yr. Julies BAN.)
fp 111110LIKIN MUM.
John Stocker vas plied irik the bar, Ghana with tlis
wilful muddied Aas Everleigb, on the 18th ei
A•gostbrat.