The Express.
London, England, 1850-07-05 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, FRIDAY EVENING, JULY 5, 1850.

noised bolt-pay. The derendast employed 40 poisons. Wh-
ams was first in the defendant's serene for nine ninths, and
then lett. She left at Chrismos, 1847, because her mother
was ill. The of the eefeadant towards witness was
different to the Manner he exhibited to the other women in
his employ. Ile used to send witness eat on emends., and
have her into the enuntiog-house andsive her fruit and took
her to Greenwich and Sadler's Wells Theatre. The defend set
was about3o can of age, and was married. After witness
left the delissinat's made* in 1847, she uPPlied to be taken
' both pia. shim meeting the defendant in Flee ntrest he
said he wield esdaaverar to employ her again. is Sept..
1848, she manned into the delsadast's lonia and staid
until N0v.1848. The business of witness was to keep to the
book folding. Her hour. were hone nine is the morning
until debt in the evening. Witness went home to
dinner at 1 o'clock in the day and returned at two.
At that time witness lived with her father, at St. Andrew's
Hill, Doctor's Commons. Witness used to saint in the
heessehold affairs, Her mother took in washing. After
witness returned a send time into the defendant's service
hie o.aner was sprain particular to her ; he need to send for
her foto his courant-house and gin her fruit. Witness re-
membered the 16th of October, 1848. On that day as witness
was returning to the warehouse from her dinner, the defen-
dant beckoned to her, and told her to to and light a fire at
the muting bows, at the top of the warehouse. „Witness
west tato the top sountion hones for that purpose, and the
debsdaat told her to stay there while he went down stain.
The defendant said he would fetch the wood and the coals
for the fire himself, which he did. Witness lighted the fire
The defendant then went down stairs • second time, and
brought up some walnuts and some stuff in a bottle. He
then gave witness ease:hint in a slam oat of the bottle.
The defendant said it was wine. What witness drank made
her stupid. The defendant drank something out of another
battle, which he said wee gin. Witness had some walnuts.
Ike afterwards tried to get oat of the room, but the defen-
dant said he would not let her out. He said he would pay
witness for the time she lost. The defendant then threw
the witness down and began taking liberties, and aherwsrds
AWN her rain. Witness resisted, and cried out. See
then asked the defendant to let her out of the room, and he
said a% she mast stop until fire o'clock The defendant
afterwards want out of the roans and locked the doer. He
regrind about Eve o'clock. Witham then asked him to let
bet out to go home to tea. The defendant did net do so,
but sent a boy to get some tea and toast. The defendant
took the tea and toast from the boy, and while he was doing
so witness was in a cupboard where the defendant had put
ker. After tea the defendant let witness oat. At tea the
within. asked the defendant what she should do about not
being at work T The defendant said he would pay her leer
her loss of time, and then gave her five shillings.
When witness was let oat she went home. The next
day witness went to her work as usual. She was
delivered of a child on the 13th or the 14th of July, 1819, at
her father's house. The father of that child was the defen-
dant. Witness woe discharged from the defendant's service
is November, 1849. Toe reason why she was discharged
was because she had struck one of her fellow-workwomen.
Witness, before she was discharged, told the defendant that
she thought she was in the family-us',. The defendant
said it was only • cold, but if it was anything more he would
give her something to take. Witness, after she was dis-
charged, went with her mother and her brother to see the
defendant. Wits, n's mother asked the defendant if be
would allow anything for the child ? The defendant said
no, he should not allow anything ior it until he was made.
This convenatian took place in February, 1819.
Croes-examined by Mr. Chambers--Witners was eighteen
yeses of age on the 6th of January last. Witness was Lever
taken away by any old man. The workwomen of the
defendant minimised of witness's father prosecuting
an old men for taking her away. An old moo
named Webb, who lived in Shoemaker-row, tried
to get her into his home. This was when witners
was nine years' old. Webb was prosecuted, fout.el
guilty, and seateneed to six months' imprisonment.
Before witness was discharged the first time from the defen-
dant's warehouse, his foreman, Mr. Ponder, caught her
playing at leap-frog. There were :cur other girls playing
with her. Two of them were discharged by Mr. Ponder on
that occasion.. Was never very tipsy. Witness had been
with a young man. named Tobbutt, to the Surrey Theatre,
and also to the Eagle Salons, in the City-road.
Re-examined by Mr. Serjeant Sine —Mr. Ponder, the
defendant's foreman, aaaaa saw witness playing at lea:-
frog but once. She did not know whether the defendant
was in court.
Mr. SerientShoe—ln your opinion, is the child like the
defendants' (Laughter.)
Mr. Chambets objected to this question, and the Chief
Justice ruled that it could not be put.
William Cuffley—Witness was the brother of the last wit-
ness, and was a grocer's assistant. Witness went once in
February with his sister to see /dr. Bone before she us'
essibud. Witness's mother went with him. They saw the
dellandaat. his father, Mr. Ponder, the foreman, and another
party. Witicies mother Mid his sister was in the family
way by Mr. Bone, and she had come to know what he would
do. The defendant said witness's sister was not in the
family-way by him, and be should do nothing for her. The
defendant denied taking the sister ct witness to Greenwich
sad Sadler's Wells Theatre, and said he had not
been familiar math her. The mother of the wham then
seined the defendant ir he had not had her daughter in
the eountine-house. The defendant said he had not, and
he denied that he had ever given Eliza Conley spirits and
fruit. He denied that be had ever off-red her money to go to
a house with hint. The defendant was told that proceedings
would be taken against him if he did not come to some. ar-
rangement. The defendant said they might do as they
pleased. The defendant appeared guilty of all that he was
charged with. (Laughter.) His manner was agitated aid
flurried.
Cross ermined by Mr. Chambers—The plaintiff was in
the habit of letting part of his bones at St. Andreae...lull,
and let some of the rooms to single young men. Witte ss
now lived at Kineeland.
Monett Pouncehy, examined by Mr. Browne—Witness
was unmarried. and lived at 27. Whinehapel-road, with her
parents. In 1847 she worked at the defendant's, when
Eliza Conley worked there. One day whines walked nut
with E iza Cuillry and met the defendant, who raked Eliza
Cottle., to take some refreshment. !bey all went into a
public-house called the " Bine Lest," where they had MOM
refreshment, which the defendant paid for.
Cross examined by Mr. Chambers :—it was shout two
o'clock in the day when witness went into the Blue Last with
Eliza Cntiley and the defendant.
Marie Peacock examined by Mr. Serjeant Shee :—Witness
wee the wife of Anthony Peacock, a mariner. Witneas lived
in Little Hew street, Paddington. About 4or 5 year. ago
witness went into the defendant's employ. Witness remem-
bered Kies Cufilev coming to work at the defendant's ware-
house. Eliza Coffey used to be in the defendant's counting-
house very often and made his tea. The defendant told his
foreman to put her forward as he knew she was a very
respectable young woman. The defendant used to give Eliza
Cuftley fruit. Eliza Cufiley used to be in the defendant's count.
lag-house for an hour at a time. This was when she wee first
Is the defendant's service. Witness remembered Eliza
Coffey leaving and then coming back to the defendant's
warehouse. Witness remembered Eliza Cuftley being absent
from her work one afterternoon. Mr. Ponder, the de-
Issdant'e foreman, asked Eliza Cuilley why she was absent
cm that afternoon. She said the door of the women's work-
room was locked at five minutes past two o'clock, and she
wee, therefore, locked efht. He said he did not belie,: her
and would ask Mr. Bane, and she said he might if he
Liked.
Cross-ermined by Mr. Chambers—Witneu was not one
of the party who played at leap-frog
Elizabeth Harris, examined by Mr. Browne—Witness
was a nurse, and attended Eliza Coilley in her confine-
ment. She was paid 10e. a week by Mr.. Coffey for
tour weeks. Mrs. Cathy gave her 11. Ih. rid. to pay the
doctor with.
John Smith, examined by Mr. Browne—Witness Waa a
porter in the service of Messrs. Simpson and Enapeon,
lead factors. Two years ago witness was in the defend-
ant's employ as a porter. Witness had seen the defendant
send out Eliza Cuilley to buy apples. Witness had seen
Elise Caney sitting in the defendant's counting-hours.
Emma Sylvester, examined by Mr Serjeant Shee --Wit-
nese was the wife of a plumber in Webber row, Mahn:ars-
road. Witness knew Eliza Cathy. The sister of witness
and her husband lodged for five years in the plaintiff's
hone.. Mrs. Coffey used to wash for witness, and Elise
Cuitley.brought home the clothes, and in 1847 and 1848 she
discontinued doing so.
Mr. Chambers then proceeded to address the jury on be-
half of the defendant. He said that, whatever might be the
result of the trial, the defendant would have to pay his
own cats, because the plaintiff had sued is
forma pauperie, having sworn that he was not worth
51. in the world. He (Mr. Chambers) apterofzd
the consideration of this case with some anxiety,i
not only were the interests and happiness of Mr. Boni
esinusitted to his core, bat the happiness of the partner to
whom he was united was also placed in his hands. It nes
easy eneugh for a young woman when she was delivered '
el an illegitimate child to swear that a rich Man was the '
father of it, in order to shield the party to whom the pater-
nity actually belonged. This was particularly the eau if
the man charged happened to be a married man, because
was known that a married man would be less likely
to resist a claim of this sort because of the
flat of exposure. It appeared that in the year
1847, Eliza Coffey, who was then between 15 seed
16 years of age, went into the service of the defendant,
and at that very time, according to her own showing, she
was acquainted with a gentleman whose christlea name was
James, and whose surname she would have the jury to be-
lieve she did not know, and with two other young men of
the name of Tebbet and Lambe. With these parties she ad-
mitted going into public-houses, theatres, and beer-shops.
and partaking of drink with them. With regard to the
young man Tebbet, she had agreed to go with him for a
drive to Kew, and had actually accompanied him to the
Eagle Tavern and the Surrey Theatre, all of which he (Mr
Chembas) begged leave to say was most improper conduct
on her part There was a remarkable circumstance in this
Mee—Lamely, that the child was swim to leave been
born exactly nine months, with the exception of three days,
alter the connexion was alleged to have token place. It
appeared that the defendant had taken Eliza Conley to
Greenwich, and also to Saddlers- wells Theatre, and had he
had any intention of seducing her he (Mr. Chambers) sub-
mitted that thee, were opportunities he would not leave
neglected. The description given by the girl of the seduc-
tion was certainly the oddest account of a seductim that he
had fever heard or read of, because after having the audacity
teae the defendant with giving her drink that was
dragged, she would have the jury believe that he seduced
her, say half violated her, in a room the next dour to which
Were several women at work ; sad that although she rand
eat sebody ems to her assistance—nobody heard her. She
would also have the jury believe that the defendant kept
bee leaked up is his wanting-house from 2 till 6 o'elock,
he whisk it was most likely his father, his foremen, and
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pow world hays oecooloa to some. Ho (Mr.