The Sun.
London, England, 1855-02-14 00:00:00

LAW INTELLIGENCE.—Feb. 13.

COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH.
(Sittings at Guildhall.—Before Lord Campbell and a
Special Jury.)
CON.-20PB V. AGUADO.
(Continued front our tmpression of yesterday.)
Tkfirst witness called for the defendant was
nredard, examined by Mr. Serjeant
English Wilkins
(throgri an interpreter)--I d. not
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Aguado family came to my ne .6t hof
August, 1846. The family consisted of the marchioness,
her son, the count, and the younger son, the Viscount
Onisime. They were accompanied by their doctor, M.
Douvin, and their servts. The marchioness occupied
apartments an
33 and 35, the doctor and the sons 37, 39,
and 40. but from the
To iiir F. Thesiger—l knovrnothing
books.
By Mr. Serjeant Wilkins—The books are kept by the
clerk. The books contain the entries of 1846, and are
now is the same state as in 1846. I saw those honks at
the time these entries were made. The clerks received
the moneys and made their report to him every evening.
No traveller ever quitted the hotel without my exa-
mining the accounts with this book. [The hotel book
was placed in his hands.] This book remained in the
office of the clerk. Whenever the clerk informed me of
the departure of any one, I went and inspected this
book personally. It sometimes happens that lam in
the country, and on my return the next day I examine
the' accounts. This account (of the Aguado's) has not
been initialed by me, but by nay clerk. It was exa-
mined by me at the moment of departure.
By Sir F. Thesiger.—The family of the Aguados re-
mained at the hotel a month. Their accounts were
settled every week or fortnight. I examined the books
each time they paid. There is not any part of the ac-
counts of the Aguados with my initials. The Aguado
family occupied 33 and 35 ; the doctor and the young
people occupied 37, 39, and 40.
Sir F. Thesiger then objected that the book could not
be put in evidence, and
Lord Campbell held that the witness could not
refer to it.
Examination continued.—l can remember that the
Aguado family occupied the rooms I have mentioned ;
the doctor and the young people occupied 37, 39, and 40.
The count occupied the one in the middle. Mrs. Hope
occupied 106. She occupied three rooms, a sitting-room
and two bed-rooms. She had with her a little boy, who
was a cripple. No. 122 is in tie little Frascati. When
the Aguado family arrived, Prince Paul of Wurtemburg
occupied No. 122. The Aguado family did not occupy
122 at all in. 1846 ; Prince Paul left on the 6th or 7th of
August. I cannot say who occupied it afterwards. It ap-
peared by the book, as far as I sin recollect, it was the
*family Averno. The Aguado family occupied the same
apartment after the prince left that they did before. I am
certain no member of the Aped() family occupied 122.
i There s a Foom for balls, assemblies, and a theatre.
That recur is opened every evening for the people in the
house to dance in. It is closed at midnight. I remem-
ber the witnessTesmaisons being concierge in 1846. It
was her duty to collect the boots and shoes from the
doors. It was no part of her duty to put out the lights.
It was the duty of the floor-cleaner to do that. The
concierge only enters the room to take away the lug-
gage of any one leaving. The concierge would not go
into the apartment to take away clothes to he
brushed, but only to take them if put outside the
door. My room is ten paces from the bridge. It is
rare that any one is in the passage after midnight.
I never obstrved any improper familiarity between the
Count Aguado and Mrs. Hope. I remember the
Aguado family coming in 1350, at the end of July or
beginning of August. The marchiones occupied 32
and 35. The hotel was full. It always is at that time.
The count and viscount occupied 102 and 104. Tno
two rooms communicated. Tne apartment I occupy
joins these. They did not have the rooms they had
occupied in 1846, because they were already occu-
pied. I remember the count fitting up a room foe
photography. It was the ante-chamber to 102. Part
of the apparatus still remains there. Mrs. Hope arrived
there sometime at the end of July, and remained
there a short time. She engaged her apartments. (A
letter was shown him.) This is a letter I wrote to Mrs.
Hope in replyto one from her engaging the apartments.
The bathing establishment forms part of the hotel. It
was under my direction. There are very strict regula-
tions with regard to the bathing. Thera is a sentinel,
and the inspectors of police. I never heard a complaint
of Mrs. Hope bathing at the same time as the count.
In 1852 the Marchioness Aguade occupied the same
apartment. The count occupied apartments on the se-
cond floor, 117, 119, and 121. His bed-room was a
double-bedded room. I believe the two brothers slept
in the same room. Mrs. Hope occupied a room on the
second floor also, No. 109. That was not the apart-
ment she occupied when she first came. A person had
. died in the apartment she first occupied, and she asked
to have it changed.
Cross-examined by Sir F. Thesiger—My hotel is much
occupied in the season. My attention was first called to
this matter about three or four months since. I recall
these matters by my memory and my book. I saw those
things in 1848 in the first place. I let the apartments
and I made visits to the room. My visits were in the
sitting-room. When an apartment is engaged by letter
I know the number. If not by correspondence, 1 get
an account verbally from the person in the .hotel who
has the management of the hotel. The family arrived
the day after Prince Paul left. I cannot tell who occu-
pied his rooms before he came. I have examined the
register with the count. I had no reason to examine
it before. Madame Hope arrived a day or_ twa hs
Iu" air - We have a person on purpose to take letters
and parcels to the apartments. The concierge would
Dee, take them. Midaree Hope remained nearly a month
after the Aguado family left. No. 122 was occupied
by the family Averno after the Aguado's left. lam cer-
tain they took it after the Prince left. The other cham-
bers they occupied were 124, 126, and 128. There are
even numbers on one side, and odd on the other. My
apartment was on the same floor as the bridge. The
entry to 102 was in one line, and 104 in another. You
turn a corner. Desmaisons is living at Havre.
Examined by Mr. Serjeant Wilkins—l last saw her
last season. For the season apartments aro usually en-
gaged by letter. Mr. Hart came to me at Havre about
a week ago. I had an interview with Mr. Hart. I
also saw the defendant's attorney three weeks or a month

ago.
The Viscount Aguado, examined by the Attorney-
General.—l am the brother of the defendant. I remem-
ber going to Havre with my mother and brother in 1846.
I do not remember the number of the rooms we occu-
-pied, but Ido the position. My brother had a room
by the side of my mother. I remember the rooms
occupied by Mrs. Hope. My brother did not occupy
a room in the same part of the hotel as Mrs. Hope.
He occupied one near to me, and near to my mother,
and no other. I was at Havre again in 1850,
with my mother and brother. I occupied 104, and my
brother 102 ; the apartments we had occupied ix 1846
were occupied. I remember the rooms occupied by Mrs.
Hope ; they were the same she occupied in 1846. Mrs.
Hope never came into the room 104 is 1850 in the night.
There was a door between No. 102 and No. 104 ; it was
always open. Mrs. Hope never passed through my
room into my brother's room. In 1352 we occupied
rooms on the second floor. My brother and I occupied
one room with two beds. From 1846 to 1852 I was
constantly with my brother. I never knew of my bro-
ther occupying a room in the Rue Monceau. I hired an
apartment in the Rue la Borcthre. I wan in the habit
of receiving a lady there. My brother never received
Mrs. Hope there. No one knew I had the apartment.
I never told my brother. Ido not understand how it
became known now. My brother lives in the Place
Vendome, Paris. I and my brother lived there with
my eldest brother the marquis. He is married, and
has a family. He did not live in the Place Vendome ;
his children came there. Mrs. Hope, Mr. Hope, and his
children came to play with the children of the marquis.
Cross-examined by Sir F. Thesiger.—ln 184 my bro-
ther was often at Mrs. Hope's, and Mrs. Hope came to
us when we were at Havre. I cannot remember whether
she came before us or not. I cannot remember the
number of any of the rooms my brother occupied.
Mine. Andrin did not come to Frascati's with me in
1850. Ido not remember seeing her there in 1850. We
often went to Mrs. Hope's, and she came to us. Cer-
tainly, he was there often without me, and I without
him. I went often to the house in the Rue la Borders.
I was often accompanied by a person—a female—that is
my affair. I went in a carriage. I sent the coachman
away. Ido not remember his name. It was my own
carriage—a brougham. The person who accompanied
me went in the carriage with me. I remember the
brougham of my brother driven by Tallandia. He never
drove me to the Rue la BonThre. My brother never was
there. I do not know the Rne de Monceau. M. Bredard
came to see my brother in Paris last week, in the Place
Vendome. He did not sleep there.
Re-examined by the Attorney-General—The house in
the Rue la Bordre was No. 20. I had one key ; the
c°"1"1115 had the other.
Malta. Desire Antoine—l. live at Havre. I was en-
gaged at Havre ain 1850. lam a bathing guide for the
ladies.
years. She
always
Hope has bathed there for many
guide. There aalest went Into the water with a bathing
timid, and seldom remained of them. Mrs. Hope was very
e.,tmed in the water more than two
or three minutes. She could not swim. I was there
the whole of 1850.
Count Aguado. I
never saw him bathing knowl et:
not be. I never heard of them loat.billn °P6 ;
itogether.
that could
Cross-examined by Sir F. Thesiger_g
camerh here on
Saturday. M. Bredard applied to me.
The Count
Aguado and two other persons came about e. ~,„,k ago
and took my declaration. I am employed by k.
Bredard, but the persons who employ me pay in,. Mrs.
Hope was very timid. She did not tremble when I was
by her side. Sho never went aloac. She was afraid of
the water.
the Attorney General--There were
Re-examined by
many ladies who never bathed alone. The bathing men
are now at sea. They go in the winter.
Dr. Douvin—l am a physician. I live in Paris. I
have been family physician to the Aguados since 1838. I
have been in the habit of travelling with them up to 1348.
In 1846 I was with the family Aguado. In August I went
with the family to Havre, and left with them. The
count's chamber adjoined mine. The viscount's joined
on he left. Ido not remember the number, but Ido
#t art of the house. [The Witness here pointed out
3 30, and 41, on a plan.] Mrs. Hope's apartment was
at the opposite corner. I never saw any improper con-
duct between the count and Mrs. Hope. I went with
the count to Italy in 1848. The marquis and mar-
chioness were also there. This is the pa4sport of the
jou (produced). The family left Paris on the 31st
J Ist August. We went to an estate of the
c remained there a little time, and than to Mar-
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