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COURT OF CHANCERY, Luccoues Irk
WOMBAT, FEBRUARY 4.
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CONTEMPT OF COt'RT.
CLANDESTINE MARRIAGE.

DRFWE V. CaoUt:H.
whhurmr.p his Lordship direfted to aUend
Irsiimes
,Iwiimer I.
ron
inCesort.t,
answer (or a tUtittitipt of Court. The principal party us.
Vuitton§ rover". who had married the Saint e
Deese ; the other parties acre, his brother John Twee.,
their mother Otis Turuer, and lice grand daughter Flirts
Tni inc. for aiding and swim ing in the marriage. It wined
be uuneceseary for him tu again state the ciresianimees, as
they must be in the recoil. ctn.., ofbia Lerel.liip. The icf:itt
um lb years of age lett March, and was entitled to a feti-
tune of 5,00b1. She eloped from the house of bee aunt Oirt.
Byegeld,of (MI Compton-street. Sabo, ow the lisorritiog
Sunday. the '2oth of January last, before the family
up; and it appeared (Fool the affidavits complained of, di it
she was married us the same day to Wm. T , at a
church near the Tower, by bane., e Inch most lure he a
poblithed et the suggestion of Wen. Terser, that the waist
was a resident of that parish, which repeesentatiosi he mot
have known to be false, as she resided is the
of Soho square. He had out attempted to swear that lit• dui
not know the infant was it ward of Court, he only 11101.4
that he had aot healed she was; he was it man in tow CV-
comotances, a plasterer by trade. Oro the 33.1 of Janus,'
Elite Turner,the elder, callid on Men. Rsefield, nod or.
formed her of the marriage of the ward, but reused to lett
• her in what church the waid was mauled In, although it
now appeared she was Dee of the attesting mimeses to the
marriage. A Mr. Wear had made an •ffidmit that be saw
Mrs. Turner on Friday lasi, and that she told hint the ward
wee married at some church rear the Tower. and that oho
met Miss Drewe, the ward, oo the Sunday mor•trig at the
marriage, and she ekelaimrd to her, " Here I am al last
This, the Learned Colonel contended, aliened concert be-
tween them, for otherwise the young Lady could nut have
made the exclamation. She also told Mr. Wear that a per.
son of the name of Jule Griffiths was also an attesting wit-
ness to the mars rage.
The LORD CIIANCCLLOR—M Where is he?"
Mr. SaaoweLL—is Wed() not know ; he is some person
is the hack ground."
The Lotto CasactLrua—.t Fiud him out, *ad let his,
attend me here." •
Mr. SWADiaILt., in coniinoation,aald, that dierreould nut
botany doubt but that both William Turner end his mutter
had been guilty oft must agaravaleal contempt ofCaurt. As
to John Turner, and Ehaa TWO. r the yeisture,• alley cer-
lainly had nut offended to so great a degree: -TMn former
admitted that he wrote the asionyenons letter taAllte. Bye •
geld informing her of the safety of be, WWWW minor-Mr elope-
ment, which "hewed be had a knowledge of lime marriage,
and it was sompetted that Miss Elias Turner used to be the
bearer, of letters from her brother %%Alien, le the infect,
which site certainly dialed in her affidavit. He bad another
anonymous letter, which was directed to Mrs. Byefield,
dated hussar, 31, which he conecired to be'his duty to read.
to hi. Lordship:—
" hope jos will excuse the liberty I take in
writinyou you, but my salt abject as 'to let you know the
elierirmer of Mr. Turner, the person shat triteiV married
Miss Derive—end in doing this I most inform flau that
he hes paid big addresses to a young woman .f Irreproach-
able character in the service of Mr. Barber, of Cullum-
street, for the list three years; and about tele *oat" Riot.
the friend" of ilia telling nomau, wirlrirrg mokarms Me deter-
mination, he told them that, being *ell ar jeer nevem or-
der his brother, it was out of his power •to maimates a wire;
in commpenee of which he was dismissed; amwithetanding
hie applications to renew his acquainteetecwillitsot die con.
mot of bee amity, who bad tumour their •armitaliatumn
before Ilse dowiessure of his iutestional Mese neftall time.
and shoot Iwo day. bilore the elommeinat of Mbar 'Mewl,.
his name was placed neer the door, as is partnerships/Ith hi.
brother, and about the same time his mother gave oat that
he was going to be married toe young Lady, whose forterm
. wouildbe the making of the abide (snagriontimic
that Ms Italy object to marrying MineDrewe was to get pot-
analog of her fortune, and my awing. the aeconnt of the
prneeedisige is the newspapers, I thought that this Account
of his behaviour and ciicsoustasees might be acceptable to
yon.—l moans, Madam, your., sincerely,
"A NEAR NEIGHBOUR."
'He (the Leotard Counsel) mould not onmsonsartsai this
letter, but he was certain if the writer of it was found
some evidence might be obtained. He bed no doubt but his
Lordship would agree with him that this was a conspiracy
enteredisto by the family of the Tenter* to get poseesmou
of the foruine of the ward. lie would sot alike-any further
observatioes, but leave ilso parties in lb* bands of his Lui J-
ship, to deal with diem as kg might think proper. •..
Mr. bflriMala said, be was Counsel fur the Steer person
whose conduct was complained .f. He would first allude to
the can, of William Terser, who had 'serried the' ard, R 4
be was the Owen must implicated. • He distinctly slated in
his affidavit that he did net.iserry the ward lot sordid viro,.
He desired him (the Learned Counsel) tommstrarbee sorrow
that Ise bed bieo instrumental is making bee violate her
duly to the Court; be denied that he knew she was &ward of
Court before the marriage took place. It was sot denird
that be was a plasterer by trade, hut Mr. Brelled, the hu..
band of the ••tit of the ward, was a gilder by trade; std be
could not see much difference .betereendse two offiapedons ;
he denied that be was iu indigent circummaaces, but state.,
that he is exercising his trade, which is pralhable. Mrs.
Spelled, the applicant, had thought limper to implicate the
ariple family of the Turners, end to charge thaw" with con-
.g to gel iota their possession the foram of Mess Dre •e,
Ibis they bad must pointively denied. Mr. John Terser,
respectability was nut even doubted by the **piteatis.
fdtlMeted la hie affidavit that be terries on the business of a
.11110ileote•its Colemenalmet ; that at Chi istmas, 1801, he be.
.sips acquainted with. Mr. and Mrs. ityeCeld and tee ward ;
tart them at,* Me.Jases'a t. be asked them to disc With
; they did so; his mother end niece were prevent ; his
Ismalittr William was put, bait be rime in the meanie to see
111111allaisther home. He admitted that in the mouth of biumm-
110,111ffilibe believed his brother had formed an •itachrosat for
she. nerd. He remonstrated with him on the impropriety of
Dacha connexion, as hews. of opinion from/hair 'devotion mid
Lobito being au different, that they wild sot live happi;:e
tagethei In a mart itil state, but his brother heing of mature
age, 111, he could not control lion, and considered he had se
fisht to stiempt it; he denied that he knew the infant was a
ward, of Court. He admitted that after the marriage Mid
,liken slats, be hod amitosis the etionyenose leiter to. Mes.
ByeSeld, a eirennirtaser that he (the Learn. d Counaeb 'said
itait attempt to justify ;he mast always disapprove of INDY r.
boo +ride' a letter, how. weir good his intention tutigUl to •
which be Was •fimid or ashamed of putting !vs name to. 11,
wr ,sat /rant at the marriage, but be •IUIrrsloo.; 11.., weir
tarried ale *today the 10th of deanery ; they were to to
medlsiely to WROOIRPrOf after the noirriarse. and on *veldt!
he'seet bit niece. Hlisa Turner the jrOUURef, to Wabds.: b,.rl
to ascertain the feel, pd to invoke whether Miss Drew
kisfurmsdlier search/in sr the circumstance; !tie nircedtd

'chits to lowo that day, lewd he therefore wrote the hells, to
Mrs. Byelield, mating that Mies Dream was well, and in
catty, to preeent that lady being uneasy al hes, elopement.
Eliza the younger, in bee affidavit, denied brine a
merrier of letters between William Terser and die ward;
that she had resided is the country until the month of No-
vember lash and had not been more thee Are times at
itlefieitt's house.
• The Load Ciukcgt44/1-..." Thee is nothing imputable
to this ',mug lady; as to John Terme, he would &see duce
better to have informed the iiitanes fatuity of tie "4"..1"1
marriage before it look place, buy for-that wou-iaterpositi,,u
I do nut think I can commit him,'
rerstedoia, coutiamstios,..cid„ that-he 'meta adroit
1115 cart• .Toot, was ousels•asu.'w ; i‘d to
lady fa; ideseeell is age; sho adroish,‘,„Se add 'torsos fl-
ood .t the Loose of /dry. Byeleld, by tavitaetsta..
adwskLtbal-ahryway to tenalant woman :b.r o trad herself
'salted by the invitations of the Byegt:tda; also saeided to
the house of he, IkIU IYilliam, the jourgrelmati plaallorer,
where the Byelelds, with the ward, coritte.esmdcd to visa,
although he was a bachelor. It was no woad. .`• then. alit

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