The National Register.
London, England, 1818-08-10 00:00:00

nit NATIONAL REGISTI:II

Mrs. Shipmart went to chapel, and Mr. tihipman mite to ma
sv!,ile I was bring on the bed, and ir”risted on my going dawn.
I toll him I No."iutiltl cry mut der if he, persisted in removing me,
for I was racarlfully ill. lie ttrtd all the persuasive argu-
ments he ccidd to induce nieio• ro down: said he had uht
gone to chapel on my ncectint, and all the rest were nut. I
said he wax a bad ican, and suppliested him to leave me.—
Finding tliPt I was hert :lion not going down, he brought tip
a large goblet Nil of brinily thd water. I said it was nut
brandy, and refused ro :eke arty. He threatened to drench
me with it, and stood over me till I drank it every di op. I
was then in loystelirs, had dresatill tits of crying, and lust all
recollection of what °min ed. On the following morning I
was awoke by Mr. Shipman's kisses. He told me how numb
lily wife and children hosed' me, and that he loved me more

tell times. complained of the insult lie bad offered me, and
said ighishld infbrin Mrs. Shipman of his vile eutithiet. I in—
formed Mrs. Shipman of it. My illness continued with on.
abated violence : and though I expressed a wish to sec Mr.
Power, the surgeon. and another medical man. I Was denied
by Mr. and Mrs. Shipman. At length I saw Mr. Power on
Tuesday; tuld him they had given me different kinds of
medicine ; that I had requested to see him, but had' been re-
fused ; that I was st ry unhappy; had beers used very ill, but
had neither time nor power to tell him inure. I eontinned de-
lirious fora fortnight : the last thing I remember %VAS 'lr.
Power's coming. Front%lr. Shipman's ; was removed to the
vicarage in a sedan, until I got better. In oily bed.rouin there
v!ss no bell. There was, I believe, a key in the door, tint
Mfs. Shipman begged I would never lock- the (Ivor, through
fear of the or the illness of the children. I stayed a week at
the vicarage, from salience I went to my aunt's lodgings at
Birmingham. Before the Ft iday she bad taken salts and
Cillnlnei anal other drugs fur a. ca.ial, by desiie of the prisoner.
Its her crossu.satahmtion by Mr. Denman, she merely repeated
her loonier statement. The object of she learned Counsel
was to obtsin stunt• admissions wish' h might leave an imps rs-
sion that the prisoner's conduct was dictated by a feeling of
compassion, which was suisialsen for love. The witness again
stated, that all resistance was ; her breath as well
as strength having been ntieeted, and au sionista:ld seetwation
having, ill cons.pleitre of Ili. airogsylle(Vattud her.
Chro Jolatelon deposed. tie.ft site lased as Sc rvant to alr.
Shipman, and gave an account of the eowinet other master
perfectly ronfirmatory, as far as at went, of that ;Eisen by
Aliss Dalton. She described the state of health of the young
holy Its must deplorable, and remembered that when she told
her master how ill slot was, he said that was jest what lap
wanted, She added, that when her mistress went to ehapel
am Smithy, her master came to Ler and sent her riot with the
child berme she had time to clean herself; and that when Mr.
Power came •to see Miss Dalton, 3lr. Shipman flung down his
hat in a great rage, and said he was mission e.
Lt 'aer cross-a sal ii iii alioh she butt increased the eviller re
aguisist the prisoner. Site heard Mss Dalton say in her deli.
dam, that her master had bloke,' her tooth : and while she WWI
deprived of her *costs, Mr. Shipman put his hand npon her
person.. _

Martha Hey, the stare, who attendee? Miss Dalton nn Weil.
' isesday night, deposed, that die wnS quite delirious, and that
Shipman had acted %vitae site %%as so in the manlier Jebel ihed.
.I.taia he came, and urhrd uheilier ?disc Milton hail asked
for him t to which %shoos% replied. " that she had in her den-
tinal." " Alt, poor girl," said he, " she asks ays asks fur me."
Air. Power, surgeon, of Hinckley, saltl he visited Miss
Dalton on Tuesday the 231 of Drel•llibl r, ben he retied her
Soy thint. She haul a small owl freptent pulse, bud com-
plained of a pain in the head, and colds:es% in the feet, nod
looked excessively- ill% :flee made the voininunieution In hint
whirl/ she had stated to the Court. On Wednesday morning
she .:as much worse ; she hail spent a delirious 0n...1it, leer
pains hail increased in action, amt the witness reruuuuendr4
another opinion to be She was very delii ions, but
her complaint In as Hitt nded With Neill intervals. Wll/11.04
as nut prepared to say that laudanum would p. educe libidi-
nousness—a small dose would pr educe excittlitetit- a large
_ . .

I)i•siman, for the defence, attempted to slew that Nliew
Dalton 11114,4 tea vs: coast' nett the wish, to tender medical assist •
4nre inn* nuthin:: eleie them love, and the :smell Col ;ion of the
neeereelary sueelicenes for the eons ere inn of a nator.el elivoreler
into the atleteiniaterinc of philter% and the force of isei.elei.%
'week, He show -d how dangerous it teas to allots the child
Isi 60 separated at so peiilott% till 11:14: 1.111111 live MitIII al pro-
teetserie, and at tritiested the 11.01111:sb my all: gill to the inure'
Nona current of her shoWeelis,
The judge %unlined op the evidence, and gelidity leitel•he.
fore the jury the sev4.eai illiquit;e4 of w hieh there'll of lire°
such proof. lit piutinitlaily dwelt upon the ek-
aelepte to at Wife and children in the complicated las.essess of
5110114,021 eonduet to un laelielr%% and unprotected female.
The jail). returned p verdict oh—tilithy.
.1.141. itelge immediately raised sentence to the detit.ht of the
Court. 31r. Silit4MAll W 4, 011jtitlav11 it; pet). a thee o'lool., 4111 i
to be hniirisolied fun I/ ealeuitor muliths. 'lli* was the only
into eating clic: daring this itN•oIZI

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Thit ten% on action ac.unst the dor...a:hoot for ;Pm:tuning the
plaiaoiff, n clon i•ler of Clii,.:ltester C.soLvoloal. The olefrooloolo
Waded, Lot, The grin h4l is, ate, not guilty ; and :tot. A.ost•it•
licotion, that he beiso4 the etc ino.ler of till t . on
the cathedral, 'hart es,hleti urerns to Ilw plaissi.ll•l4 114 W of
pupik, soot to attend acale it awl glee clots ;.alool lo•a:ool,ff
harlot,: o!•oolleyell °roles had corrected nut fog his
oli.oheoliro.ce, as he might lawful;y
Mr. a.l4rryat and Mr. Lowe% cunducted the phtinijiVe case,
anti Xe.4.411111/y land Ms. l'etitty the drferooluon'eass 1:r•
The tit coonvolaace‘ of the caw wt re thew : The plaintiff,'
tit about 14ixteeso, ,v.t one of the olooristeas of Cinch' utter
cathedral. nod Vots livfvoidant WilS the mule oolooder or the
choir. it core:vet! that the defendant etas in the habit of
hiking the est soiloging boys occasi .... ally to lasbeerip.
non etoncerts. tS.POUtii, Arundel, atoll other ',terra, for
%Well he vald them a c phoorroot of II few lie pay-
ing their alsenst... but pnitinu jilt° iris whatever
ennui 'et aro‘e 'thew (aleootto. Ile load ivotucti an order
vs the ton)1, forbiolthoic their osttesooldinec at auy catch club Ms
other p' ce anott,eoneot n iiltuot Isis leave. .Ott the itls tot
Alarch Ind the plaintili the dulenolant leave treat/end
II retch and glee club. in the tow oof Cloichtlter, whicletise
Loiter rrtoorovol, The plaintid; lureceer, notwithstanding (bin
oefloaal, am% to thee Clint; lout next INarning the defesstiont, fur
olCoobe:toecce and colotenspl of tgea alithelity, gave him a
tp,ot du. flUgUille nail a Vaile. tvµich prOtilleed Sevvial
oolork nod blue eitrvis lipou tilt ,•Itotilders and other vart• of
his booty. koe tide injury it. present, tiell9ll WAS 1110l14111,;
being Culatviiiied, that Ibis U.11(141111elal VIC) riot. collll 01
aver this pillintire)/ CU:Wei/3 the clr S4liool 1111111.,, or except
during tho•time !auras u elittritlauce upon the Cathedral.