The Sun.
London, England, 1855-01-19 00:00:00

whole matter might be thoroughly investigated. An in- '
vestigation had accordingly taken place, and one of the
surgeons who had given the certificate had superintended
the proceedings upon the part of the person by whom
Mr. Greenwood had been confined. Several, however, of
the witnesses who had attended upon the part of Mr.
Greenwood had not been examined ; the witnesses upon
either side had not been examined on oath ; nor was the
alleged lunatic himself, or his attorney, permitted
to be present, notwithstanding that an application
asking for such permission had been made. The investi-
gation had terminated in a resolution of the justices de-
claring that they saw no reason why Mr. Greenwood
should be set at liberty. That gentleman possessed pro-
perty to the amount of 1,5001. a year, and out of that
sum his cousin and heir-at-law was generous enough to
allow Mr. Pinder, the keeper of the Retreat, for the
board and maintenance of his unhappy relative, only
1001. per annum. Mr. Greenwood was a bachelor, and
shortly previous to the date of his confinement he had
had two or three violent attacks of spasms, and had in
consequence deemed it prudent to settle his affairs as
soon as possible. In speaking upon the subject to his
cousin, Mr. Eastwood, he had mentioned it to be his in-
tention to make a will, and had expressed himself as
wishing to deal kindly with his illegitimate daughter,
Mrs. Ormerod. Only two days after that conversation he
had been permitted torgo alone to Blackpool, a distance
of fifty or sixty miles, and had returned upon the
29th of September to his own house. Upon the 2d
of October, to the inexpressible astonishment of his en-
tire neighbourhood, he had been lodged in an asylum
under the circumstances which had been detailed. Not
a word bad been said about his being insane up to the
moment when he had spoken with respect to the in-
tended disposition of his property. Two or three months
previous to that time his relatives had been with him at
a public meeting, at which he hadibeen treated as a per-
son of local importance, and as one fully competent to
deal with matters of business. There was the evidence
of farmers to show that in his capacity as a corn-dealer
Mr. Greenwood had always exhibited considerable
shrewdness, and that he acted as president of the market
table at Wakefield. In addition to all that testimony
it appeared that a very short time before he had been
confined he had renewed a lease of a very extensive
farm upon his estate ; that his broker, having been per-
fectly convinced of his competency to deal with the
matter, had refused to interfere between him and the
lessee, though urged to do so by the latter ; and that
the lessee had complained of the terms of his lease, as
being very hard as against himself, who had so many
years been Mr. Greenwood's tenant.

Mr. Justice Coleridge said the learned sergeant might
take a rule nisi, but that it was desirable the writ should
be made returnable in chambers.
Mr. Sergeant Wilkins—Withia a week ?
Mr. Justice Coleridge—A week would, in my opinion,
be too short a time, considering the voluminous charac-
ter of the evidence.
Rule granted.