The National Register.
London, England, 1819-04-05 00:00:00

OXMIID CIRCUIT.

HERESORD. MARCH 25.
TUYNNE 110WF. Gwxxxr, LSQ. V. SACKVILLE PRE-

DEEMS GWYNNE, PSQ.

This case has escitcd an exiraordinaryilegree of interest
thronah,,tit the county at Hereford, among persons of the
highest tank t end [rasing been fixed for trial this morning,
the Couit WAS crowded in every part at ail early hour.—
The Jmv, which consisted of ten special and two common
4tsrpnrii, having been sworn,
Mr. PubbEit opened the declarfition, which imputed
that lb, defendant had had criminal ronversatifin with the
plaintiff's wife. The defendant pleaded teat lie was Nut
Guilty. and this was the issue to be !lied. 'llse damages
were laid at Twenty Thousand Pounds.
Mr. JIIRVIS addressed die Jury in explanation of the eir-
common( es guider which the action had been brought.—
The plaintilfmarried his present wife iii the month of June,

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1809, • period of about ten year. From the ple.iit titer.
He was then this ty. His Lady NaM twenty Hire,. She
%I a., ylllllll4, bl' 4111610 , arcoutplirlied, and of a 'biotite rondo ,
She wan Its, danghter of the late Lind lieselbeil.
moil to the pi event Lot 4. ill %TA,. a 'boatel' lotiuded it
sfrectinie The plaintiff look hi r almost without a pusti„,.
Hit (intone was only 13001. in I evert to iv hull hr s, 111, .1
newt bei 500/. a year. But Int the mule of lie di feu_
dent, she would Lave been the happiest of rouse w knot.
Du euetretpirfce of the pine-base at hit DL, Toym,
Owymie hail made, he f lit necessary to niake fi roper t
hies to Loudon, in order to 4-range the cools am_ It
was vi:coed doting these absences, 0 nil pat Itiellarly at
the latter end of the year 1816, that the d, feneabit was a
little mote fiequr lit in his visits at the plaintitl's house 11m$,
he had before been; but, as on most of these 0ce,,,,10,„.1,,
wan ant pained by his wife, the suspicion of the plaintiff
was tit re' eveiled. It happened in the 11.01111, of April,
1816, on sine of the oceasitrei when Ali. Thynne G wyntie
Wan ut loan, and a hen hi. lady was upon u visit at the
house of the detrodritt, Ikit all oi concoct. look place
flinch excited tom 11 of painful feeling. 11los. Thytine
Gay bible hail be. us Ito se to company wills many oilier
Vintiols. Stir I rooliot•41 for a cousider;:ble time longer
that soy of the olive worsts, having been iolsongly stuicited
by Mt. Sacksule Ga.un to defer her delta' tore. It was
at 4410' settled that Ate should triton home on the 3,1 of
51ay. On itie tuoroing previous to he. liepal lure limn the
house of the deft Intent, the detendrzst wan olisee bed to
come 11110 the roam where the ladies were together,
and to hand Mrs .l'hysine °urine a newspaper. Mrs,
ssekville °alone vane" raw, or t;illeit•tl she saw a note
delivered with the newspaper 10 Gwynn,.
she 'madly demanded the paper, which -Nan amino-that ely
delivered 'too her hand. She then demanded the nolo
which olie anvil tell hail been delivered by hit husband;
but he (Me. Jai via) believed tint:Ansi:kiwi s as imfmoided;
however, such was its effect it toe moment. and it war
with deep trivet lir Win under the paitiful liert N•ily at
Slating the fact. Mal upon Ili*. 111)11oe (iwy one deuy tog
that she bad seen any note, Mr.. Sack silk Gwynn.• struck
her a tuba and called her an aonlieress ! ire inv esti-
getiOis which took place on that On asiOta let/inflated by
Mrs. Sack v tile Gwynne %nailing the lohiN nix arelitrittiOn:
" 1, Mary Alin nay the Mire Of Col. Sack Ville
Gwynn... ut Gialibian Park, in the comity of Carnuartht11,
du lieseby declare, that my late enteduct town' (Is Mos.
Owynae, of Langan, was mom nnworeaotable, invoniuch
as that 1 had never any just cause fin the ofreclinairtZ 111
t 1:71.1
upon her char-icier; and I Mot i
think her perft s ily innocent ado. iinpicipilety of conduct
whirl' I imputed to her, and that I lived no foundation
whatever for the charges I made against In r.
MARY ANN °WYNNE.
" Dated May 11,1817.
(Witness) " 'lunar/ SI ANSEL!, Capt. Royal Navy.
" J. R. CHESTON,"

Captain Mansell happened to be accidentally present.--
After this tip: Jury would nut wonder at th.• pl,,intorg
receiving her into his arms, and remuring her to los noire
affection.—The• Learned Counsel then proeerded to .rate
a great variety of facts. He K1111(11'11 to an awes cepted
letter of a suspicious nature, and a report made un the
subject.
'the report was communicated to the plaintiff, accom-
panied by the following solemn declaration of hi. wife :

HRS. GWYNNE'II DtCLAHATION.
" I Geot giana Gwyanie, do most rol tnnly promise before
God, never to have any cominsinication with Colonel
Gwynn', directly or indirectly. 1 do further promile
before God, if any letter should be addressed by Col.
Gwynne to me, that I will foi thwitli deliver the same to
my husband unopened. Should, however, the letter be
directed in a disguised hand, by u hich means I might be
induced, unstisprctingly, to open it, I will in that case,
upon the first discovery of the author, close the letter and
deliver the same to my husband unread,
" GEORGIA:4A GWYNNE."
Signed in the presence of Heft ►:PoKD,
Nov. 17th, 1817, Hay-Castle.

In consequence of this declaration, added to the opinion
of those to whom he h&j referred a subject involving so
much of his per,anal happiness and character, the plaititiff
received his wife into his arms, and she was once entire
restored to the confidence of all the members of her
famill. From this time until the month of January fol-
lowing they lived together with uninterrupted happinew.
The Learned Counsel, after alluding to various other cir-
cumstances to show the infidelity of the Lady, proceeded
to cell witnesses to price the adultery.
The Rev. James Cheston, of Gloucester, proved that, he
was brother in-law to the plaintiff. He married hint to
his present wife in 1809. He was in habits of frequent
intercourse with them, and always thought their union
most happy, until the circumstances which led to the
present enquiry. lie knew Ike defendant, and knew that
he was possessed of a considerable estate. He knew that
the plaintiff and defendant had been brought up together,
and that a great degree of iutitnacy subsisted between
them. The defendant had eight or nine children. In
the year 1817 witness was summoned to Glanbran in
consequence. of something which had taken place. The
good understanding between Inc plaintiff mini his wife, in
consequence of what then passed was restored.• A decla-
ration was made by Mrs. Saukville Gwynn,.
James Weller, Esq. lived in the neighbourhood of
Ghanbran. He was supernuntery adjutant to the Om.
marthen local militia. He was in the habit of visiting
at the houses of the plaintiff and defendant. The plaintiff
and his wife appeared to live on terms of great affection.
Ile met the plaintiff win n he bad an interview with il.e
defendant at the house of Mr. Harris.—[The inlet cepted
letter was put into the witnesses hand.]—Thal !utter was
the defendant's writing. The plaintiff prodneed the letter
to the defendant, and asked him if it was his hand a rilir,;:?
The defendant declined answering. The del'ilidantm
wile at that period had,sitice died. He believed she died
in May last.

Elizabeth Pritchard, t to the plaintiff, proved
the eiretimstrnces aitenclitig the detection of the wyste-
rluus messenger described by Mr. Jarvis
Mr. Jervis now culled for the production of the letter,
sent by the plaintiff to the deteudaut on the subject of the
mysterious mcs.rngr r.
They mete sot produced. The notice Jared on the

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attorney of the
their pi oduction was then proved.
Lord Hereford was then ealled In and exa ggg ill ed. lie
stated, that he was brother-in law to the plaintiff.—pie
intercepted letter was put into his Lordship's ban ...l—
ite saw that lettee,brfore. In consequence of it hr saw
Mr. T. Go ynne. He wrote the letter which was now pot
into his hand. He intended to have sent that letter to the
defendant himself, but afterwards he ahandoued that in-
tention, and its substance was %sante° by the plaintiff,
[The letters to and from Mr. Sackville Owynne were put
in and read.]
Laid Hereford was further examined as to his brining
his sister, Mrs. Thy tine Owynne, from London to the
neielitionthood of his own bottle; she was in lodgings, and
remained there till she went to Aberystwil h. The plain-
tiff and his wife lived on terms of great affection.
hl!. John Taylor, I milord of the Stafford Arms, at the
ty,.% Bridge, remembered oil the morning of the Sd of
Jape List a Lady arraring at his huti-e with a <erveat. lie
had since since learnt that that Lady was • Mrs. Thytme
Owynne. She prJeeedeil to Aberystwyth in a chaise. Ou
the teed day a tieuslem in arrived on horseback; that Gen-
tle 1111 l a had since been at his house; it was Colonel Sackville
Wynne. He arrived at three.teclin k, and ordered dinner.
gave directions on the subject of beds for the night. In
the course of the evening a Lady arrived from Aber)stw kb,
sibo.,t seven o'clock. Cannel Gaynor had said he expected
her; aud said she aes his niece. This was the holy who
It id called the previous stay. They remained in the house
together that night, and the succeeding day and night.
Ales Anne Taylor, wife of the lust witness, corroborated
his te-timony stud added, that she sent the chambermaid
hi the defentset. He went over. the house; he totes two
lied-rooms. They were no. adjoitiing ; there was one room
between. A lady arrived at seven; it was the same lady
who called the day before. She had a servant-woman with
her. The de eudant seemed very glad to see her. They
want up stairs tagether to their res;.ective bed-rooms, be-
tileen ten and eleven. The. woman-servant accompanied
her lady to bed, hut came doves again in five minutes. Wit-
new slept in a room over that in which the lady slept. After
she had been asleep she awoke, and heard people talk in the
room under her. They were the voicesof a woman aud a
man. She had no doubt of this. The next morning she
west into the lady's bed-room ; she examined the bed; the
Led had the:rope:leakier of a mm and woman having slept in
it ; she observed the prints of two heads on the pillow. The
defendant and the lady remained the vs hole of that day.
They a alked out together; the gentleman seemed very fond
of the lady. They went to bed in the same manner as on the
preceding night. After w itness went to bed, she heard the
voices of two persons. The cieling of the r. oin was so thin,
that she (amid easils distinguish a males from a woinaii's voice
In consequence of what she heard, she went into the bed-
room in the moi nine. She as-i,ted the chambermaid in ma
king the bed, and was satisfied that an intercourse had ta-
ken place b tweet, the parties. She afterwards saw the
lady at Bristol—it a:is Nits. 'fhynne Gwynn.. she was
accompanied by the plaintiff's servant. She also saw Colo-
nel Gay sue at her house subsequently. This w itness uncles.
west a long crow-etaminat ion

calling fur

Rit bud-Morris accompanied Mrs. Taylor to Brlstol ; she
pointed nut Mrs. Thyniie t iwynne as t►e lady who had been
at her house in Juisea itb Colonel Gw)nne.

This a- the case for the plaintiff.
Mr Da o ‘e. r now addrevsed the .Inry, and although 11-
bourine nader severe indisposition. made a most admirable
Apeeell on the part of the defendant. lie said that there was
nothing in the n &veis above, in the earth beneath, ur in the
waters under the earth, which his learned friend bad not
Timor(' into thin Catl*e ; and yet there was scarcely a pay-nge
of hi, speech who h had been supported by evidence. There
was no prim that the defendant was under any very parti-
cular obligations to the plaintiff's f titer In the end ne
contended that than.h aduitei Y had becu contemplated by
the debut 'ant, yet tom the crime had never been committed ;
and therefor, the defendant was entitled o a verdict,
Sta W snow summed up thi facts of the ("We with
perspii uity and impart altty.
'1 he Jur. retired, and after an absence of twenty minutes,
returned with a verdict fun the Planniff—Dansages, 01:1E
THOUiA I) POUND •.

This Cab(' occueird the :mention of the COUTi frism eleven
in the morning till near five o'clock in the evening, undi *he
Court remained oppreutivel) ClONded In the last.

The Assizes for the Cotinry of I)evou closed on
Tuesday noon last. The case of Mary Woo.briati, aged
10, indicted for the wi 1;11 murder of her hostittiol, at-
larded most melancholy lam,: of tile derasity of holm n
I,alute. Sne hail mei) marl. iglu) her husband, Char..►
Woodman, Pt tears, whets she left hint, and weiit to
Lvr with a man who attended the Nitta of the neigh-
itt.mrlioitil of Okelitattimoti, as a holuler, callt d
Sciallacontlie, but better knows by 'be traitor oI Smihr.
S.ir went Akita with him as his wife. Tile I riscnier was
a handsome woman ; Smiler (who was tiled at the slllle
Assizes for littering hase coin) is an ugly squalitl-looklllg
teliOW. Ile( 11110611 d hail shows, uticittamoti attach-
ment to her. lit October last, she being ►hen its the
neighbourhood of Oketitsinpunt, hr stilt to her, sasing
he wished to speak to her, when be desired she would
st it: at Mune and hie with him. Sae rethsed at first,
....,fans site was Loittg tip the cottony. Po-otter
her husband. " you manna:iv ow r he replii d, " It
I st.irve myself, I sylli iiiJimain you.•' Site then agreed
to st.ll• 110111 C, $1!)a said to a wittiest+, the sootier 1
come home the ittitier, as then I shall toe haply; lie
ill lh• gime, and 1 Shall have Smiler I She SOl/111 after
this deterininaion went 10:5 wedding-feast, %vitt' tier
hand at South Zesl,apparently on the best termsol.friend.
irli bun, when •he administered a dearly. poison
to him. it did not, however, take the Mgt site intend-
td : she applied to a surgeon, who told her her nos?
!mud war gettinz !letter ; she then. when he wasaulier?
"1$ tin.ler agonies that would soften the heart of a usage,
Conyived means to obtain a quantity of arsenic. with
which, adusini-riercd it to hint twits., she com-
pleted her mull.' tootle Iratinz Iw cALer unitise or
object in the INl,thi than 16 indulge in ts criptwal con.
aeatoo with the wretched object alter attentions.. When
she purposed has husband's death, she ;m him into,