The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-02-28 00:00:00

ROMANCE IN REAL LIFE

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NERARtiII BREACH OF PRO 311833 OF MARRTAGI •
of
lherore the rising of Messrs Evans and Bolton, from one
the Police courts yesterda
came before y, the following case of rom.;nce
their worships. A singularly beautiful and artless
f llting girl, about 22 years of age, of commanding figure, and
ele"hantly attired in black satin, appeared to complain of a
elegantly
John Power, now a resident of Park-lese, for having
committed an assault on her on Monday eight week last, in
l'ark-line. The
young lady', s
name appeared on the summons
118 Jane Slater, and Mr. Campbell appeared as her legal
4d'iller' Mr. Bluck was for the defendant, who is a young
„,
'"ath and whose a
NPectaappearance came under the class " highly
ble." Before Mr. Campbell opened his case, Mr.
he his le
131'14 addressed the bench, and trusted tbat they would con-
arned friend strictly to the charge of assault, as that
Itaa the cage before the court.
hi tr. Came he
said be would conduct his own can
d V,5 °twit 'waY. The case was ono of math., no
roe-1 r.at it
betas
mixed up in such a singular
roa,l',"' W4:1,11 ether toatters that a reference to them
,L'lteast be avoided. The case, he said, was one full of
-"irttir"ce, but he would avoid as cinch as possible that portion
2,_,i.and go bite the facts which led to the assault. The young
"''Y iti the witness box had resided in the city of Quebec from
the year 18 '
Sh 52 up to January last, when she came to Liverpcoelf.
taae !as induced to come hero in consequence of a promise
TbrNage die o her by the defendant, Captain Sohn Power.h
Zea-eat Preuii,o had been made several tittles to her by
ilt
ee
atiertidant, who represented himself asln unmarried man.
ti,i eft Quebec With his ship some time last winter, and pi o-
tb:edy before leaving, and at several times;previously,!to marry
e
rear••°°ng lady, and it was agreed between them that
tometoriageevaehrould take place in this country, and shewas_.eiftot
cute,, accordingly. A.bout a month before she
~.1 t
she heard, to her si.r rise and horror, that defetcati
,22-" a Married man.
She load claims on him for large sums of
t.tatelio
veyeAw,hich she lent ham in Quebec, via r therefore she
and also"tL:Zlite over iund ascertain if he Was and
`helmet
the stork for her money. On 14/ ) weeaeky, mid-day,
`NUN ~_ efend•Ant, and, after a. conversation, he said he
fir jratt7!t her at ten o'clock that night at a lonely
. place near
did eot kesnoireet4ll4:te,,ry,t
,S, he refused to meet him there, a.s she
t
sillel' as hoer
eta el y well and was afraid to meet him .
-a!i-lane,
Ind place. He' then agreed to meet her in
etiilino
over t
and said they
make
e an
talk the money
arrangement about it.
rid `'cot' 'accordin ml
at ten o'clock that night,
4def,,,,n> nire. There was a female, the supposed wife of the
k
aiclut, with him, when he came out of a house i.n. Par
fain'''. Where (in the ea' me Street). Miss Slator was waitin for
l
illw ler xne defendant went aside with the complainantforwhen,
a ends, and they began speaking about the money,
tn
*ielen°,7,e, the gallant Captain John Power struck her w
tin in the in the face, and knocked her down. S.he, was
Wo 1,-4`"e mouth very severely. She got up, and said if
.he
4„„_4." lay her wh t he owed her, she would say nothing
-",ea to I,
Zl, k "in), `hereon moneygaveh her another violent blow, and
3.1- "flocked her down. The blood, from the effects of this
she i;!°'Ned over her person, and spoiled a valuable dress that
*Cre a'; "' We was the simple case of assault; but there
very t.teuttistances connected with it (said Mr. Campbell) that
,Ile (ljlitleh aravated the conduct of Captain Johu Power.
"Y ta • r.
CamPhell) could not dwell on the case further, than
la y• cYo'De that he could call a policeman who saw the young
Used I, "red With blood, just after she bad been so brutally
fenciaY the defendant ; and unless Mr. Bluck, for the de.
aliud:t, elicited other facts, he (Mr. Campbell) would not
io ,
oar ore particularly to them at present. The complainant,
tisvei_rut and lady.like manner. told her Story, and with such
he.a.r,,',,, artlessness, and apparent truth, that every one A
(14:11)14 felt much sympattg towards her. In reply to Mr.
Pneelilt the said :--11,1 name is Jane Slator. I am
4Thet'ltili-'e "teae• I Yarrived in Liverprei in the
f44ebee. of , '4'1'1.417, in the ship IFlalakoff, from
e'd found him . r4ode
enquiry about the defendant,
him he 'a a I went to look for a considerable sum of
Lite oo 34„"'dcl toe, which I had lent him in Quebec. I met
P4Yree ,-... '''etlaY week at mid-day, and asked him if he would
'',l4no •tiat he owed me, or what he intended to e. ? Ile said,
led 1 I will rneet you this night near St. James's Cemetery,
Tr eau then talk about it." I said I would not go there,
1,, 41 not knew the city, nor what sort of place it was he
''oded
114 b to Meet me at. I said I would meet him in Park-
tiet;l.!eattse I knew that place, and that there were plenty of
4,,,__c, al it at night, so that nothing wrong could happen. Hed
gfew`tnti tot hat, and I went at nine o'clock and walked up ai.i
49, %till ten; I then saw him coming out of a house, N. o.
liti hilane, with an extremely plain-looking
. female leaning
eaid, 4 ar.m. I went asp to them, and addressing the foomuama,yl,
iltobat:i'tr you are the wife of . Captain. Power,
ueyec
and 1 asp t' he you
heard all I have done for him at . b
'clerenda,,Silt him to pay me the money I lent him."h, The
e
.‘"sri ~-* then, said, " I know nothing about you,
.egon theYwfl°4l zee.' I said, " Captain John Power, that is not
tees.vi,e aY to tiea.t me you were hungry, and I fed you ; you
stuoaked, and I clothed you : you were cold and desolate on.
Yen werewi When I took and sheltered you in my own house ,
s--di.re Put in prison, and I found money and released you
ta:i.": sahe burst into tearo_and is this the return
lyeodu
4,,,ti':. Inver all I have done for you ?" " Yes' he rep
li n
otrisi is
,the retuin," at the same time striking me a vio
and
tilt rut' tne mouth, and repeating it, knocked me down,
I
wag _ '; I got up, when he knocked me down again, and
leo. r.F.y
NIA
_traatopbell : That is the case we complain of ; and I
!I,l,:iliore heartless case was never heard.
ell w. 4'l, proceeded to cross _examine the complainant as
hit;el:•`3,•,Whn You said a pia-in-looking female leaned on
AN to 4 tueant of course that she plain when cow-
-4° r- •Y`'" io personal appearance and attire ? Witness.:
vle
liet:,‘ainly, for she was a very plain person indeed. I ha 111;11 g'ilinebtec since 1852.
:Y°ll* -'!-leK , You say he was under a promise to marry
l!tir
iliVitness : I do indeed, sir.
did . luck , Did you live with him before that ? Witness :
Mr:Ti' 'di!.
4 his aerue'' : At any time in Quebec did you live with him
te ms l'e ? Witness : Yes, after he made a solemn promise
.. I arry too.
'," told in n Ifie lived as man and. wife for some time.
.I
"nlit , Quebec he was a married man, but not until
tktle mouth before I came away ;he had left at that.
' Le', Ise , • • 'd to him in this
eonort , as to follow him to get married
th.l4 >it',
e;fo.r:lTek ' Were YOU ever in New Ross, in the county of
•ttore t-'''n' Witness:.Yes. I sailed in his ship from New
t
it
he 4te dr,".e be c• Ile was captain of the ship that I went o
es rultil.
'red tllhatc •.. bid you not see his wife and two children on
4einto • ehtP? Witness : I did not—that is I saw a,
kid h ' with two children who went to bid him "good bye.
Who teeotir°ld toe the woman' was his sister, and that the pilot
kr, ii the
k thiP out of the harbour was her husband.
)'°ltlerr, Isr Did you not visit his wife and childrenbefaonrye
.'"e th,,,,, " Rose ? Witness : Never. I never visited
141,.. lii,;,
.41,v th., Ybergh : Did the woman and the children whomyou
No
'ney e) gO into the ship with him ? Witness . sir,
kr 13Yi come down to wish him "good bye,,,. .kb . lick : Did yo live with him as his wife after you
aeitsWirhoe Wu a married' roan ? Witness No foe he was
Erst kul Quebec, and I was preparing to follow him, when
liefore "all he was married, and that was about a month
ttr, I left Quebec.
fo lent.iltlek : RCM did you lend him the money ? Witness:
<nit hisi! to beardsm in twenty and fifty pounds at a time; I paid
of and lodging also ; I clothed him, and took him
for hitilial-, where he was for debt, and I paid the money
ie
NPit;'lllTek : Did you not go to annoy him in Park-lane ?
tippeilit": 4. certainly did not sir; I went to meet him by
Was o„litt'ut, to get a settlement for my money. When he
dfend- tog the second blow at me, I put up my band to
ooeitedte.l head, and in raising my arm it hit his hat,
b it 011, but I did not strike him, nor strike at him,
7,a4y Cans
1,411 r: Muck.: Where did you get the money you say you
a mu ? Witness : I had a good deal of money going out,
ad ~
1/ earned more, respectably. ,L. Campbell :' I believe there was a sort of kidnapping
' You at New Rose. You had some friends in New York,
believe • ar,d it was there you were going, or intended to go ?
Now
: Yes, I booked at the agents in New Ross for
Aew York, and they told me it was there the ship was going,
‘ti I believed it, because Captain Power, on that occasion,
t'34t me he was going to New York.
1 Mr. Campbell : But he never welt there with the ship at
,a,'lo Witness : No, lie landed Tn. in Quebec, to which place
"ue ship bound, and not to New York, as they told me.
~corkr• Campbell : When did he promise to marry you first ?
(I itness. :
On board the ship, and several times after in
Ntebec.
.„M r• Campbell : When did you first live together as man
..- Wife ? Witness : In Quebec, some time before he left,
'74 I was to fll him to be married iu England. I came
I 'gland to oloookw after the money I had lent
.him.
were
there? Evans : Was he in Quebec all the time you
Le,,-;°? Witness : No sir, he was away three times and came
tt" again.
•ittess : aln'sys a.' in the
'OP''''• Er • And where were you in the interim ?
employment of lady —, at a large
salary,,.. and saved it.
lower town ?
w!.'lr. Evans : Was that in the upper or
i fown
4fteltrO2lll In the upper town, sir. I took, a
the es style.
the 1,°11,0 constable 96 was next examined. Ho said he saw
~l heeding and covered with blood on the night in ques-
t th':o_tahe did not see
. the assault. She Complained to him
ad,„: uo nner in which the defendant had used her, and he
•.itted it
kr ~ , but said she had annoyed him. and ' .u'llek made a long address on behalf of the
hduesfiennedsasnitu,
t,itist.tiated that he had left the sea and entered into
kr.a------
(Llsir ampbell.—Yes, with my poor client's oney !
nAld'il/luelt.— Sit down, sir ;if you don't, I'll make you
Mr. I.iiht.)
ll_ Campbell : You make me!
1,,,j'i4
i'tre followed a legal squabble, that might, in another
ber,ci Y, have ended in a pugilistic encounter, had not the
.
adl put an end to it, and Mr. Bluek proceeded in his
dress' admitting that it was cowardly and brutal for any man

o strike a woman. - 14-0 said his client only pinshed the lad!,
out of his way, v.:den she fell.
The Magi.:crates said the asSault wtt 'proi-111 'beyond all doubt.,
and they would therefore find th'e defendant £5, or in default
'4.fncyment twe menthe' iii.prisonnuent. He was removed in
custody,

iThe complainant in this case said she had advanced about
P.W6 to the defendant, and that she would now proceed
against him for its recovery. She is a native of Clonmore,
County Carlow, and it was said her connection's are high°y
respectable people residing in that locality, and that her friends
and relatives in America are also remits of repute.]