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as regarded the conduct of the wife before marriage,
nron which at present no impeachment rested.
On the motion cf the LORD CHANCELLOR, the second
reading of the Bill was then poi.tponed sine die.

SHERIFFS' COURT.—(THIS DAY.)
(Befor, Mr. W. BURCHELL,)
RAISING AN OBJECTION—B,NNY V. ANDREWS.
This was an action brought by the plaintiff, a trades-
man in'Rabere-street, St. Luke's, to recover the Emu of
16/. 9e. Bi. for services rendered to plaintiff's wife as
housekeeper and servant to defendant, who is a licensed
victualler in Upper Holloway.
D9ferdant pleaded that ho was not indebted.
Mr. LUCAS appeared for the plaintiff, and called the
plaintiff's wife.
Mr. PARRY, for the defendant, objected to her being
heard as a wituegs7.

The UNDER-SHERIFF Said if the objection was-pressed
he thought he must reject the evidence.
Mr. PARRY complained that it should be put upon
him to take the objection, and said that the decision of
the Judges that a wife could be heard as a witness was
contrary to the law of the land, but he woula not epposo
the evidence being, received, subject to the objection on
which ho should raise the question.
Mrs. Bonny was then examined, and deposed that she
was in defendant's employ for nine months previously to
October last, es housekeeper. She left in consequence of
the illness or her husband. There was no agreement as
to the rate of wages, but she had received 21. on account,
and when she left defendant said that ho could not con-
veniently settle at that time.
In cross-examination she said defendant always ex-
pressed his saisfaction at her conduct in every
respect, and he spoke very highly of her. Defendant
never asked her why she did not leave. She could not
make any mistake on that. She knew Mr. Frederick
Small, a baker, did not tell him that she was only stay-
log a few days as a friend. She did not ask to go for a
time, as her husband was out of business. Defendant
asked her to recommend a young woman, as house-
keeper and barmaid, and she said she would go. She
never told Inspector:i Barker that she was only in the
house as a friend. He was called in in consequence of
a robbery of 451. in gold, which was stolen out of de-
fendant's bed-room. She also lost a silver snuff-box
.- sitting at tea with defendant when
the robbery took place.
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Martha Rigby stated that she eras enp,agray urs.
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Bonny, as servt, and beard her ask for wages, hit
defendant said it was not convenient for him to pay
them.

The father of plaintiff's wife was called, and swore
that ho coned ur.n defendent to ask for the wigs due,
and defendant then said that he could not pay at that
time.

Mr. PAP.nv, for the defendant, contended that Mrs.
Bonny was only at defendant's for her own convenience,
and called

The defendant, who swore most positively that the
plaintiff% wife only went to his house for her own ac-
commodation; there was no agreement as to wages, but
he had given her a few shillings at different times,
when she was going out, and he had bought her shoes,
and given her some clothes of his deceased wife.
Stirah Butterfield, a servant to defendant, said, that
Mrs. Bonny had told her that she was only there
as a friend, while her husband was in the country. She
would swear that Mrs. Bonny did riot ask for wages
when she went for her boxes, and when she wanted any
money defendant told her to take it out of the till. at-
tendant and Mrs. Bonny quarrelled about something
when they parted. _ .

Mr. Small was called, and distinctly swore that plain-
tiff's wifo told. hire that she went to defendant's as a
friend for a few weeks, as her husband was ill. Ho had
heard them quarrel before she left, and he told her to
leave, for he (Del not want her. She attended to the busi-
ness generally.
Inspector Barker was called, and on being examined
stated that, daring a conversation at the time of the
robbery, Mrs. Bonny said that she was not there as a
servant but as a frkrid.

13,,1ice constable Clarke, S 132, gave similar evidence.
Mr. LUCAS replied, and _ _

The UNDER.:',IIERIFF left it to the jury to say whe-
ther the plaint.ff's wifd only went as a friend or visitor,
or as a servant; for if she went, as a friend she could
not recover for services, however great they might have
been.

The jury retired for some time, and then gave a ver-
dict fur the defendant.

NE.EIRLBRO'-STREEr-(THIS DAY.)
AN UNINVITED GUEST.- Theodore Bignold Protheroe,
a young man of r,,spectable appearance, was brought
before Mr. Bingham, charged with having been found
in the house of Captain Arthur Pack, No. 39, Lower
Grosvenor-street.

Captain Pack stated that, having received information
that some ill-conditioned man had frequent!), been seen
to enter his house, he procured the assistance of an
officer in private clothes with a view to detect the
party. Oa the previous night, about nine o'clock, wit-
ness returned home, and, from what he was told by the
constable he (witness) proceeded at once to the kitchen,
where he saw the defendant, who appeared to have re-
cently enjoyed a good supper, and who was taking his
ease in an arm-chair in front of the fire, reading a paper
for the edification of the three female servants. Com-
plainant asked him who and what he was, when he re-
plied, " Oh, lam Protheroe." Not having the honour
to know Mr. Protheroe, witness called the officer, and
handed defendant over to his care.

King, a detective officmr belonging to the C division,
said, wten he took the defendant into custody the latter
said ho was courting Miss Cooper, the lady's maid, and
had been in the habit of going to the house twice a week
for the last two months.

Defendant admitted that he was paying his addresses
to the "young lady" in question, and bad been for
some time in the habit of visiting her at the Captain's
residence.

Mr. BINGHADI said he thought the offence, for offence
it was, ought to be visited on Miss Cooper: he should
therefore leave Captain Pack to deal with her before his
domestic tribunal. The defendant bad been locked up
in a cold cell all night, that lie thought was a sufficient
punishment, and ha now discharged him with a caution
not to go courting ladies' maids without the permission
of their masters or mistresses.

The defendant—Thank you, your Worship, I shall re-
member the day of the month; gocd morning.

CLERKENWELL.—(f HIS DAY.)
Ann White. a person of good address, was placed at
the bar before Mr. Tyrwhitt, charged with stealing a
gold watch, the property of Mr. William Ford Burke,
of the value of 81.

The complainant stated that on the evening of the
19th instant ho was drinking in the company of some
Jewesses at a house inyield-lane, Saffron-hill, when the
prisoner came in at the back door and spoke to the mis•
tress of the house about a bonnet which she was then
making for her. After staying there in conversation
fur a short time ha left, stating that he was going to
the public-house at the corner, and invited them there
to drink. In a short time afterwards the Jewess at whose
house be had been in company with the female came to
him, and whoa they had had some brandy-and water
together, the Jewess went away. He and the prisoner
remained in conversation for a short time, in the course
of which she stated that she was " going to sleep that
night with her sister in Fleet-street," and they then
left the house. The prisoner, on seeing him going up
Holborn- hill, followed and took hold of his arm, and took
him into Ely-piece, where Fhe began to pull him about,
but not liking this he began to swear, when she said,
" Here is a man coming," and ran away. Immediately
after he missed his gold watch, which he had safe a
few moments before, and then gave information to
the police.
Police-constable Champion, of the F division, said he
took the prisoner last night in the Strand, and upon tell-
ing her what it was for, she said "I know nothing about
it." The watch had not been found.

The prisoner in defence admitted that she was in the
public-house with prosecutor, but said she left him in the
company of two or three Jew girls, of whom he was the
constant companion.
Mr. TYRWEITT, having refused to admit her to bail,
remanded her for a week.

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