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'Otigidifeadanr. At that-time the wiiu nit five years okl. She
never knew a fathey's care, and she had no friend on earth to con-
sole or to shield her but the male delitidant ; of his conduct at that
nerind, we entuplaint could be made; he acted at first. not ohly
kindly, but liberally and fairly toward* the plaintiff; he seat her
to a very reepertabli establishment, kept by a Mel. Whiting, to
whom he paid fifty guineas per year for her education : when she
had been there far a little time, he thought it proper to give her
the benefit of a foreign education. and acitordingly he vent her to
France, where she was plated in a night'', respectable establishment,
and no expense was spared upon her education, which wan such as •
to be suitable to ltereeal condition in life; in fact, she was brought
lip an a eaten of independent property, for such she was. and such
the defendant knew I.er to be. In the year 1821 she returned from
France to this country : she was then fifteen years of age, and she •
elsk ell her residence with the chit-Malan% at his home., No. 2,
Park-place, Pimlico. It happened most unfortunately for the
allitlntilr, that w ite she was In France, the male defendant's first I
wife died, and lie had entered into marriage with the female drfen. I
tint —a woman, if woman she might be called, who had nothing
drew her of woman Ina the 'thine —who pores/led no one kind or
hillariane sentiment—whore term wait a libel neon herself, and wl o
;tags an incarnation of every devilish quality. Let not the Jury
• Mettle at the derierintion; he heantight them to hear the facts of the
!Mee, rind then, if they did not lied the character he had
of the female defendant to he true, they might visit
51:"Iibel on him iMr. Phillips) and on his unfortunate
client. Ile should, however, forbear going into a detail of the
circumstances which had taken place up to the day of the assault.
Yet the Jury would be surnriaed, they would be shocked to hear,
that on the day of the assault. she, who had been the* educated and
brought up, hail been treated as a menial servant. Accustomed as
she was ter different !Ishii, and educated as she had been, she was
put to sleep with one of the menial servants of the family. Now
that was important, for much, in ems of this nature, depended on
the situation of the parties. She had always before been treated as
a lady ; why she was thneruddenly degraded, the defendants knew
arid could explain. • No doubt the male defetdant would say to-
day that the plaintiff had no fortune : if he did, he would perhaps,
at the same time. explain why he had expended fifty guineas per
annum on her education in this country, and why he had after-
wards sent her, at a considerable expense, to France ? Why, for
twelve years, he had betel in midnight darkness as to the plaintiff's
situation ? end why it was that this new ligi.t had only burst upon
him since his second marriage? lie would pethaps also show
what was the reason that he had paid, out of his own pocket, such
minis for the benefit of a person who had not the slightest claims
upon him ? The plaintiff one day complained, that if she was
really without fortune, it wan wrong in Mr. Holland to have given
her such an education. This was repeated to the defendants, sad
this was the only provocation she had given fur the brutal treatment
she afterwards received from the female defendant—treatment
whit.t was truly brutal in itself. and he might nay murderous in
its Intention. The plaintiff recollected the bright promises of
her youth, and she mourned over the darkness of bee future
Pre*Pects; but her complaints were not uttered Insultingly
to the defendants ; they were expressed to those with whom
she had been obliged to associate. They were repeated to the
defendants, and immediately afterward!, the plaintiff entered
' the room, and sat down to the tea-table with them, for the
forms of a ward were still in some measure kept up towards her.
She wan allowed to sit down, but scarcely had she done so. when
I MPS. Holland threw a cup of scalding tea in her face. That was
• base and brutal conduct, but it was enility compared to what after-
wards occurred. The servant, hearitig a noise, came in, and being
possessed of the feelings of her sex, which Mrs. Holland had not,
she advised the plaintiff to go down stairs. Thither the female
defendant followed her, and In spite of Mr. Holland, who certainly
did what he could to prevent it, she struck the plaintiff violently.
The plaintiff got into the back kitchen, and locked the door ; but
Mrs. H. succeeded in getting it open, *zed her be the hair, and
threw her down with such violence. as to break the comb in her
head. Would the Jury believe him—would the, hardly believe
the witnesses, when they were told, that on the plamtiff's escaping
to the second Boor, Mrs. H. pursued her thither with a red-hot
poker. with which she struck twice or thrice at the plaintiff• but
wan fortunately prevented, by the interference of the servants, from
doing her any material mischief ? H.. on being told by ;he
servant that 'be fright have killed the plaintiff, only answered," I
den% are: I should be glad to be hanged for exterminating such
a wretch ;" and afterwards, taking up the prayer-book, she swore
by the sanctity of it, that she would put the plaintiff to death if she
remained in the house another night. On the following morning
the plaintiff was taken to Whitechapel, and was obliged by het
feebleness to rest so frequently, that she was occupied from seven
in the morning to one in the day, in going thither. If he made out
fiese statements, should he not satisfy them, that nothing could be
more brutal or abominable; and would they think that even 5001.
the sum laid in the declaration, was too much to be given as de%
Mrin such a cane ?
. Whiting proved that the plaintiff was put to his mother's
school, at fifty guineas per annum, and was ordered to be treated
with every indulgence.
Francis De Vaugh, the clerk to Heerlen and Co. the defendants'
bankers, proved the orders for payment of money for Miss °OW
bell's education in France.
Mary Anne Lawrence wan then called into the box. Before she
Imre bee evidence she 'ftid she wished to claim the protection of
the Court. as she had been threatened with violence by (as we on •
flentoodi Mr. Holland.
•The Cuter Jrrsvrcl said the Court was quite strong enough
to protect her, and desired her to proceed.
The witness then deposed as follows:—In February, 181'.3, I
was a servant of the defendants. I had then lived with them about
Mt months and a week. On the 12th of February 1823, Miss •
Oseebell was in the house. I have heard Mr. Holland say he
rpe,t won upon her education; and she afterwards said it was
a pity all that wan expended on her education, and nothing
saved to put her oat to some genteel business, as she had no'
fortune of her own. I told this to Mr. and Mrs. Holland ;
about ten iniruten afterwards I saw the plaintiff sitting at tea with
them, 39e. Holland said it was very sensible of Miss Campbell
to have said what she had. Miss Campbell came in then, and
was asked if she had made use of such expressions ; and she said
she had. I left the room immediately, and as I got to the bottom
of the SMITS the bell rang in a violent manner; when I got to the
parlour door, Miss Campbell wan coming out, with her bosom all
wet, the cup was broken en the floor, and the sideboard was wetted 1
with hot tea. Miss Campbell went down into the kitchen, where
she was followed by Mr. and elm. H.. the latter of whom took her
by the hand and owing her round the kitchen. Mrs. 11. then took
a ,ightee candle from my candlestick, and threw at her. Mr. H.
received her arms to prevent her from falling. Men. H. ran to..
wards her; but Mr. 11. gave her ;blow, which threw her aside and
knocked her down. Miss C. ran away into the back kitchen, and
better: the door. Alin. H. said she was not tile. H.'s daughter. I
called to Miss C. to come out of the kitchen to help me to save Mrs.
H. from her husband. Miss C. did so. and Mrs. H. then took hold
of the red-hot poker from the kitchen-fire, and run at tills' C. who
fled to the nursery. Mee. H. pursued her, lifted the poker with both
her Ninth', and struck at her; the blow struck Al ix* C. on the collar,
and fell down to the ground. She made another blow at Miss C.,
but 3largaret Mason, another servant, stopped her. I opened the
door to let Miss C. run down stain ; she did so, and fastened her.
self in the kitchen. Mrs. H. wns by the parinar-door, and fell
in s note of fainting fit. Mrs. H. called out, " Mies C., open the
door, you wretch, and let me have Rome water." I asked her to
open the tinter, she did no. and Mrs. H. then seized her by the hair,
threw her down on the Odor, and broke her comb in her head ;
she then seized the poker end the carving-knife, and pile-
:ivied MUM C. up stain. Whin I had an opportunity, I put
bilis C. into the front area, to get her into the coal-cellar ; after.
wards I got Ales. H. to bed, and she was very much exhausted, I
brought Miss C. in again, and kept her in the kitchen, and locked
Mrs. H.'s door. Alias C. enmplained yery much of her side, back,
and head. On the next day I took he 7 to my brother's house, in
the Commercial ii ; she was six hours in walking that distance.
her - ' Mts. H. took her oath she would mur.

I took .._ away, because Mn. H.
der Miss C. ; she said, " So help me God, if she Pays another
night in the house, I'll murder ltev," and then she kissed the
book. I never sew Miss C. give an► provocation to Mrs. H. for
the treatment she received. I have heard Dlrs. H. say her bus.
band was worth 1,500/. per annum ; the plaintiff had very good
clothes,
Mr. Sergeant Nratranow objected to evidence of the value of the
clothes.
Mr. PHIL t.H.s said, it was to show that she had been formerly
treated as a gentlewoman.

The Cuter JUSTICE—The mental accomplishments conferred
on her by her education, are better evidence of that, than any dress,
however expensive, can be.
The witness was then cross-examined;—Plaintiff was fed,
clothed, and supported by Mr. Holland ; he (the plaintiff;
attempted in every respect to restrain Mrs. Holland's violence ;
he always treated the plaintiff' very kindly ; he endea-
voured to protect her, and struck Mrs. H. in doing so ; Miss C.
oposevally took her meals with the family, bet she was sometimes
sent down to the kitchen ; Mr. H. had four children living when I
was in his house ; I have never heard Mks C. give the lie to Mrs.
A.: I remember hearing Mr. H. say he had advertised for a situs-
tion for the plaintiff; I never heard her refuse to go to a situation;
I never threatened to be revenged of Mrs. H. ; I never but once
denied that I had said she used the carving-knife, but I denied it
because I was afraid of her coming to my situation to hurt my cha-
racter ; Mist, C. went before a Magistrate once, but that war on
another attempt on ber life ; Mrs. H. was committed on Mies C.**
own evidence ; bail was offered, but not taken at the time ; I never
kn-w anything of the mother of Mist, Campbell ; Mrs. H.'w mai-
den name wait Mary Delahan ; I do not know Miss C.'s hand-
writing; I have never heard her say she amused herself with writ.
ing reroute on Mrs. H.
Mr. Sergeant VAUGHAN—What, none of the verses we have
heard from Mr. Phillips in his speech ?
Mr. Prime re —I never aced any verses in my speech.
Mr. Sergeant V•I:OHAV-0 yes, you used a great deal of poetry.
Margaret Mason confirmed the former wi•nes4 in every particular;
she added, that the plaintiff was always called Miss Holland in the
family; witness understood her to be Mr. lio,!and's daughter;
plaintiff had been put in the nursery to assist witness in the care of
the children.
Sarah Waistcoat was a servant in tine house when Miss C. came
from France; there was preparation made for her as for a daugh :et.
Creas.exaniined—Never heard lilies C. use irritating language.
The first witness was recalled, and asked by the CHIVY Jos-
TICIC, why she did not get a coach for the plair tiff? She answered,
that neither of them had any money. This clewed the plaintiff's ease.
Mr. Sergeant VAttlfitat, for the defendant, observed, that he
had not often, in the course of his professional experience, been in
a more painful situation than at this moment. Ile appeared here
as the advocate for these defendants, that is, he appeared substan.
Bally tot the husband, who was responsible in law for the conduct