The Express.
London, England, 1857-07-23 00:00:00

WFIM C. FlPltta.

Mr. Skinner, Q.C., and Mr. Claydon were counsel for the
plaintiff, and Mr. Serjeant Pigott and Mr. lienudy for the
defendant in this ;melon, by which Joseph Webb, of Wolver-
hampton, dockmaker, sought to recover from Jooiah Fisher,
the owner of a .mall house property, sad residing in the
some town, 11,000 t &nage' fur having debauched his wife.
The defendant pleaded nut guilty, and that the woman was
not plaintiff's wife.
In his opening, fife. Skinner said that the wife of the
plaintiff was the daughter of a respectable taidesman at Bir-
mingham. She had the misfortune to be seduced when about
20 by a young man who she expected would have married bar,
and the consequence of the liaison was the birth of a girl now
nearly 14 years of age, and upon whose evidence the result of
the present action would mainly depend. The lady's parents
did not, however, cast her off, and by the year 1842, when
=tiff first cultivated her acquaintance, she had so far
hie position and character that she was able to earn
• ealmistente by keeping a school for the education of young
glsla. In May, 1844 they were married, sad in lAA re-
newed to Wolverhanipten, where, in December, 1N52, they
leek from thedefendant a house in Church-lane. Defendant
used to call for his rent on the Monday morning. Plaintiff
eigellarly left home for his place of business about 7 in the
seeentag, sad remained there until 9orlo at night; and in
the
I.estigly pert .11862, taking advantage of his knowledge of
s Yolks, and perhaps encouraged by the pre-
vious laps. of his wife, the defendant increased
the flegeseey at his visits, and from this date a
esiminel kikasiey appeared to have been carried on
between dm pp to the month of April last, when
&emotions which came under the notice of the plaintiff
sewed bhp to institute an inquiry the result of which was
Ist IYe ittormery in her box of two letters from the de-
lenimst to her, then the confirmation of his suspicions and
the **Ong of this action. The learned counsel read the
letters, which were very silly. About the same time su the
plaintiff diecovered the guilt of his wife, the defendant, who
waa a married man, would seem either to have become
satiated, or to have had his affections cooled by the fading
charms of his paramour, who had become Mile led with an
abscess in her face; for in April last, just before the com-
mencement of the present action, he gave them notice to quit
a house of his in Ablow-street, to which they had removed
from Church-lane. At the dose of his speech the learned
counsel called a witness. to prove the evermore. and then
Cecilia Webb, the illegitimate daughter of the plaintiff's
wife, who gave her evidence in a very collected and intelli-
gent manner, I to frequent visits to her molest by the
defendant- oneltya, Tuesdays, and Fridays., tensely at
the eve of dusk—in the years 1832,1863, 15.14. and 1555. Ile
several times had tea with her, end brought with ben on
them °masks' biscuits, plum-cake and other things. At
one of these visite it was a plum-cake and four lobsters. lie
always used to kiss her mamma when he caries in and went
out, and daring his visite. She was generally sent away
for awhile. She frequently heard the door locked after her,
and found it locked on her return; and also observed
• light in the bedroom when Le was web mamma. "On
ono occasion on cooling back," mid the witness.
" I knocked at deo door, and after waiting a few
minutes mamma asked, ' Who is there ' Sho opened the
door, and on going into the hone. I saw Mr. Fisher crowing
down stabs. Ile mid momma had lore allowing Lim the
bedrooms., which she wanted papered. I 'recent Muse asw
my mother sitting on the knee of the defendant, who was on
the sofa in the parlour. When we went to Abhors street he
Mill visited mamma on Mondays, Tuesday. and Fridays, up
to a few otostlot ago, when Ito had an alececo: on the face.
lie also elotbar at Mrs. Lloyd's, neat door. I carved both
of these Mien to mama. I mow Mr. Fisher write one,
and the odor I bane is in handwriting."

Several other witnesses evoke to .mint undue familiarities
pass between the plaintiff's wife and defendant, such ss hie
kissing her, and her sitting on his knee.
Mr. Surjeant Pigott characterised the actica as one
brought to deprive the defendant of Ms little property. The
woman was quits capable of concocting ouch a e.•heme, macho
appeared to have been successful in tutoring her daughter for
that tnal.
. _ . .

Serena witnesses spoke to the loose and improper conduct
of the plaintiff's wife, both before and efter her aoquaintanco
with the defendant. One female swore that the women in
her hearing invited a Scotchman, to whom she owed a bill, to
Fo up stairs with her, and so settle the account, which he de-
clined to do. Two men deposed to haring witnessed s eoetie,
showing au improper ronuezion between her end Bridge-
water, a married man, end the junior clerk of plaintiff's

atbeney.
His Lordahip in Ramming up the one mid that it would
be a very serious queetion for the jury to consider whether
this was not a proceeding on the port of the plaintiff and his
wife to obtain mosey (ruin the defendant. On this point he
directed attention to the fact of two witnesses coming direct
from the wife ; and seen supposing that inter puree had
taken place between the defendant and the wife of the
plaintiff, it would be for the jury to my what damages the
plaintiff had sustained by the lose of the moiety of such •
woman ma his wife hod been proved to be.
The jury, after a long conankation, returned • verdict for
the defendant.
CROWN COURT.--It'LT 22.
(Before Baron Bramwell.)
PT.II2CIIT AT PCNICRIDOE.

Eliza Startle% a young woman, was indicted for having
committed wilful germ), as the 11th of June bud, at the
Court of Petty Sessions, Penkridge, where she appeared to
affiliate a female child on a young men natned Henry Walters.
Mr. Boughley and Mr. Hill were counsel for the prosecution.
The primmer was undefended.
The principal allegation against the primmer woe, that the
swore before the magistrate that on the Ist of May, 11456, rho
SAW Walters at the door of the Rodney publir-home, Bre-
wood, between 11 and 12 o'clock at night, when ha
took her down the street, and from what troispired she had '
become pregnant and ultimately gave birth to a child. To
support her cane, she called Eliza Adey and Jane Rutter,
who deposed that they witasesod the tomato ion which had
resulted in the birth of her dad. To prove the untruth
of these staterneata, Walters depend that ho was never at
Brewood on the let of May, but that ha wee at the Gifford's
Awns, at Codade, until eleven o'clock that evening. when
he left la the company of • yang Ewa named Jew* with
whom he shpt. Jewis's anther sad the.. Ewa sabeasattated
this eta meat. It woo oho that the won Ratter
had thmatooad to "do soesM for %Wm harm he
hod bun dr moms of boobs bar sea, a alearlowa poacher,
paahleaL d • and Adey was mood to love had an Ulositinato
cloild iter.
Thsalgamer was found Gat,.
imp wore thia palmed spinet Efiza Airy
and Ass imant, awl lbw wan also caaviolod by the ury.
The boosull Inigo onati vile hod an blast
in her am., to ono pees imploonnont; and Rutter sea
Adey to two ye
Imprisonment.

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