The Express.
London, England, 1858-08-10 00:00:00

ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE.

HOME CIRCUIT.—OUILDPOILD, AtlouT 9.
(Beacre Mr. Audios Willem sad a Special Jury.)
GORDON O. WOOLAIDOI.

This was aa action to mower damages for a broach of pro-
diejtamr=tbis sad Mr. Walley were for the piebald;
James, Q.C., sad Mr. Hamm, appeared doe the &-
Sagami. _ _

learjeese BaiaGm, m opening the wee, and that the
t= Mrs. Annie Gerdes, was a widow, and the do-
Mr. Joba Wo •!e wee • chemist, and carried
on his Wainer at two lithments, one ia the New-toad
and the other in Holborn. The intimacy between
the parties e=at ominaned is the year 1856, sad
at Ibis time the plaintiff had been a widow mix or seven_ yaws,
and she had owe child, a girl about sera yam old. Hewes
not aware exactly of the nature of the plaiatife nevus, but
be did not believe that the slightest imputation would be met
epos her chaster. She was about thirty-four or eve pars
old, sad the defendant was about My, so that .o hr ea Sp
the jury would see that the ponies wwe quint euitabis '
to mach ahe ,r• and when the jury had heard the evidence he
should lay before them,he believed they weal astestaele lay
doubt that the defendant had made a Freaks occo:stelife
Matt, and that he had deliberately W Gen beak's _ He
wee we able to make out clearly how the la took
pleat between' the plaintiff and the darks; hat be believed
that the plientlthed gene te the ship of the disdent to
have acrepreserlption meth up, aid the dellmdent was !
mitten with her, rad an intimacy at mos sprieg ap
beaus thwa which rimed into affection, ea ease in the
delhaleat dram to make the plaintiff hie wife. He and
beedly nimbi the jury that promises of marriage were
net always wade la positive and distinct terms,
lad the deindaat, or the letters he had written,
ba undoubtedly been very guarded in his emanates:op,
bat when they looked at the correspondence they would gay
es remonable men whether any other nuclueion could be
areas to than that the defendant intended that the plaintiff
should become his wife, and that his letters contained matter
that amounted toe promise to that effect.
The learned counsel than read portions of some letters
written by the defendant to the plaintiff. They all com-
mented " Dear Annie," but were worded in very =
webignous arms, referring to the excitement he had s
dame some of their Warbler, and one of them referred to a
regain he lad nude to her to w hich ha and she had re-
lama the matayllehle " No," and asked her whether she
pwerwred to that answer. It also appeared that upon as
masks the plaintiff had gone down to Gosport, and the de-
haat led her to the railway station • sad upon
the sea eoessia when the defendant wrote to hat he az-
preened Ids regret that he was not with her during the jaw-
nabeLetwdealerly the latter part of it, when he ad they
petal, have been alone in the carriage, and the
" shad= of main" approaching, and this letter concluded
by Mali that the *Miff had, given him a parting gilt
in the ism of a " bloat= ' on his under-lip. The
learned oedema preceded to state that there could be no
doubt thet kw a very considerable time the parties were on
the 116114 intimate and aifcctionate terms, but be said, towasde
the LINN ea of 1857, the defendant's lettere booms shorter
and cooler every time be wrote, and at length on the 27th of
it'athe present year! the defendant wrote a very
document on a slip of paper, in which he stead
tiTZI77.I put "this and that' together and that
he could not me the advantage of affecting that
which we. a men form, end asking the plaintiff
whether this wee not her own opinion upon
the same subject. The intimacy, be said,
was thus broilin a Mimes them, and the plaintiff had no
alternative bat to Win the present anion to obtain redrew
be the shape of damages from the defendant for the breech
of his pecan to make her his wife.
The following 'Mean wee then Wooed :
Mary Aar Gough said her husband ma a tailor, and
they Heed In Gerard-street, 8010. She formerly hied in
Church-street, Soho, end the plaintiff lodged in the house
upon two occasions, once for Mae menthe, and the second
tine for twelve months. The first period was in 1866. The
plaintiff had a little girl, and she undernoed that she waa a
widow. The defendant used to mime sad visit her geeerelly
twice a week, ea Wednesdays and Seas sad sometimes
he used to take tea with her, and till tin or ale ea
edit& at night. He seemed as though he was going to
make her his wife. (a laugh.) What she meant by that
was, that whoa he went away from her he used to appear
very acclimate aid need to kin her. Sloe thought the old
gentleman wee Mrs. Gordon's sweetheart. (Laughter)
Cress -exassined—The phtff lodged with whims and
her hothead tee eight west. Did ass know where she went
to Um &hesitant. flies bed sea her in Guildford dining
the amble.

Deggem eff Albeit, • Frenchwoman, laid she lind la
Wordage-street, and the plaintiff lodged with her fifteen
menthe ago. fibs was In her hawse six or sweat months, bat
she did act know where she are Ikea. The defendant need
le visit her terns • week, on Sunday end Thursday. She
was not visited by say other paths's.
By Bit. Jeg.g.—Tgne weft SO other lady...tiers in her
hears A
Leek., who
gentleman occupied the nogg,
mann who had formerly been ea ardeleat le the
delsthat, roved that the lames that bed Sea lehreed be
new he his handwriting.
Cre•weaeunined—Witness had en bawds with the
piebald en one omission about this the. lest per. the
wrote. note to hint, requesting him to call sad see ler, end
he want to her lodgings in Fag-piss She Salted to
know whether he thought there wee any improper told
besets the defendant sad his heaniosepar, sod he told her
he did apt think that any thing af tie ant sawed, She
theta told him that tine had beta an haprirpor eareaths
between boned and the defendant, sad she nal that she bad
permitted It beam* she coold asks sake et the dethwisal
without, and she thought that by esseratiag she timid
has the " pull" on him. She then kid lin
that she intended to go to his hones mud beak
at the door, and then bolt late the pries,
sad say sr the defandaat, *, Here ere your two --, tont
eat witidessr yen the." (A laugh.) Be raped ea the_ Pei,
tit a swami time at the seas pleat, and she that tell him
Mat the defendant was still visiting her, and that abs had
get la ewe et him , and she also said that she had been in
the habit et bestowing a sovereign of him whenever she
wasted ems

SW ewe the ewe for the plaintiff.
lir. Jame wahatitted that there was not the heat evidence
le
bath
me lewd the sesamption of any promslee of marriage bevies
th.

Mr. iodic* Willis add he would rather that thweclakm
ad %slaty *bald bs taken.
Mr. liar *ea muds a very able sad humorous speech