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proved having demanded, by letter, the penalty of
5,000/. ; also the sum of nearly 600/. expended for
Plaintiff's use. This demsnd wu made previously
to the action being brought.
Mr. Gould having asked Mr. Menzies where the
witness, Caroline Exton, resided since she came to
Dublin, that Gentleman answered, " at his house ;"
and the reason of this he explained by stating, that
it was intimated to him that attempts would be
made to tamper with her, and thst he found it ne-
cessary to go down to Howth to meet her when she
landed.
Counsel for the Plaintiff here closed their case.
A discussion then took place as to the propriety
of adjour )) i)) g to the following day (Thursday), it
being then four o'clock. Counsel for the Plaintiff"
strongly arged the necessity of going orv, 'stating
that the beneficial effects of excluding the witnesses
would be done away by the delay, as the Defend-
ant's witnesses would come prepared the next day:;
they would be made acquainted with The statement
of Counsel, and theevidence already adduced, and
thins the ends of ju#ice in some measure defeated.
The Jury having been consulted, eight, includ-
ing the foreman, were for going on with the trial,
the otherTliq wetti for an adjournment.
i The GoiN. ukinsatiely adjourned to Thursday
mornings .
Counsel for *Plaintiff wished it to be under-
stood that this aijournmentiwas againt their consent.
SECOPiD DAY—(raokstrxv.)
• Mr. Serjeunt Joe stated the Defendant's caeo,
and witnesses were called fur the defence.
John Bryant, a medical gentleman, said he lived
at No. 15, Edgeware-road, London; he knew the
house of Mrs. M`Nauturs, as she then called her-
self ; she sent for witness to attend her niece, Caro-
line Exton, professionally, and that he delivered
her of a female child in Mrs. Coda's house, on the
30th October, 1817; !hit Mrs. Calls paid him fur
his attendance, and maid that Caroline Exton was
her niece.
Mr. CRAMPTON cross-examined il-is witness,
who said his practice was very extensive ; lie at.
rends at least three hundred patients in the course
Il• tear ; be could not forget fife untie and eircuns-
e *twice, os, Caroline'. was a peculiar case. He was
«ionized of this trial when in London, as Conn-
s• llor Phillips had spoken to him on the subject.
Mr. Phillips asked *isnot' if ever he attended a
womb's,' at Mr.. Ciola's homes lie said that hr biro
tiered be had, and on resorting to his ledger,
sslirre lie boil made the entry of his attendance, lie
found ii was sit down in his duy book, in the name
of M•Namara, and in his ledger as Cads ; lie could
not he mistaken in the person, as die peculiar eis-
sitimstisoces of Caroline's labour should never Ise
eiased from his memory. Mr. Phillips asked him
it' he had any ultp•ction to go into a Court of
;-3 usher and gave evidence ?—he said not, but at
• that time thought the trial was to take place in
' London. He had seen Caroline pram him in Dublin,
' for the first time since he attended her iu her lying
In. ‘Vitness is allowed ten gainers per day, while
• he shall be-out of iondotrnit this !fusions.
The next witness was Anne MeDonnell—Knows
Mrs. Calla; lived with her iii• London ; remembers
' the tirue thacCsouline Exton was delivered of a
,knuile child;. She (witness) and Mrs. Calla went
for Doctor Bryant, who attended -Caroline iu bee
lying-in.
• Croat-ezemissed by Mr. M.. WALsissi—Witoess
•is a county of Limerick woman; don't know the
comity of Limerick well, =as she was very young
• when she left it; don't know -17sw•near the county
•of Clare Limerick ir ; kneeireCaptrin M'Namara;
she lived with • Mrs. 'PMrfield, in Gloucester-
place, in 1817 ; witness is to get 10/. for 4ter at-
L.:finance here. •
• "Dr. Bryant re-examined.—Saw the last witness,
Anne M'Donnell, at the coach-office in London;
they travelled in the sotifecoath to'Holyhead ; wit-
• • -nese remarked to her he thought he had seen her
before, and she said, “ Yes, you are Dr. Bryant;"
..- fe had no conversation about the trial with'her, be-
cause he understood if he had it would vitiate his
evidence.
The next witness, Dr. John Moore, was en as-
sistant Surgeon in the Tower Hamlets militia:: stem
ilito that regiment in 1808, and resigned in 1813.
Captain M'Nainura and he were very intimate;•they
were both in the ,regiment at the saute time; Cap-
-4.,,,, rain Al•Namara generally dined at the mess ; Mrs.
Calla had lodgings opposite the Barrack Hospital.;
1 e saw Captain M.Namara at Mrs. Cailii's lodgings
and always thought she was • kept woman; witness
keew Mrs. Jackson -to be a ltept woman; never saw
Mrs. Coda in her company.
Some other witnesses were examined, who de-
vised to the same effect.
Mr. HOLLWEIN. WALsag delivered It moat pow-
erfuf and eloquent speech to evidence on behalf of
the Plaintiff. The Noble Judge then charged the
Jury, oho retired for about half an hour, and than
returned with • verdict for the Plaintiff fur 2,0061.
damages, and .6d. costs'.
There was a bill of exceptions taken by the De-
fendant's Counsel on three distinct grounds.

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