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London, England, 1830-02-03 00:00:00

COURT OF KING'S BENCH.

THE KING v. ELIZABETH BUXTON, OTHERWIsE
Mr. Baotro lIAM applied for a writ of certiorari t°
remove the proceelings in this case into the Court of
King's Bench. The grounds upon which the Learned
Counsel made this application are of a singularly distress'
ing nature and shortly as follows. In the beginning d
the year 1828 the present defendant, a young lady first
respectably connected and in expectation of a large kr'
tune, was induced by a person of the name of nonfat
Buxton to elope with him, and they were subsequently
married, but on the evening of the same day they were
discovered by the lady's friends, and she was again res.
tored to her family. Buxton then applied to the
Court of King's Bench for a writ of habeas corpus
to bring up the lady, in order that she slight
be given over to him. On the return being ,rode
to that writ, which was heard before Mr. Justice Little'
dale at chambers, such a statement of Bexton's conduct
in obtaining the marriage with Miss Hickson were deposed
to, that his Lordship discharged the writ and declined to
interfere. -Buxton then applied to the Lord Chancellor
and obtained six writs of habeas. On the return of which
the case was argued ut very greet length, when it appeared
that the stratagems which Buxton had used to persuade
the young lady (then only 17 years of age) to elope with
him were of such a nature, and his conduct throughout the
business of that d,scription, that the Lord Chancellor ex'
pressed himself in very strong terms upon discharging the
writs. After these proceedings, Buxton and four other persona
were indicted for unlawfully conspiring together for the
purpose of obtaining an illegal marriage with Miss Hick..
son. The trial of that indictment came on at the Lan"
caster Assizes, before Mr. Justice Bayley, when Buxton
and one other of the defendants were found guilty, and
sentenced to three years' imprisonment in Lancaster gaol.
At the la•t Quarter Sessions held at Salford, an indict-
in,nt had been preferred by some one of this par ty against
Miss Hickson, for a misdemeanour, in causing her'
self to be married, contrary to the provisions of the Act
of Parliament ; and a Bench warrant bad actually belie
granted, and put into the hands of a police officer, with
instructions not to take bail. The present applications
therefore, was to remove the proceedings under this is'
dictment into the Court of King's Bench. The Learned
Counsel said it was absurd to suppose the young lad/
guilty of a misdemeanour. She might have acted con-
trary to the Act, but that would only go to make the
marriage illegal ; and, as on the trial many points of law
would arise, it was most desirable it should be heard in I
superior Court.

The COURT immediately ordered the writ to issue.
Mr. BROUGHAM then said he had another applieatiso
to make, which was, that the young lady might be allowed
to put in bail in this Court, to the indictment. He made
this application upon affidavits, which stated that it W
evidently tie intention of the parties to get the young latli
apprehended in the country, where it would be very diffi-
cult to put in bail. That she was Mow in London, in 3
very delicate state of health, and prepared with securities
to any amount.

Mr. Justice BAILEY—We will grant your applicatio
upon notice being given to the prosecutor.
Mr. BKOUGHAM stated that it was the intention of the
young lady's friends immediately to apply to Parliament fur
a Bill to dissolve her marriage with Buxton. It was ah
stated that the expences already incurred in the varioi.,
proceedings amounted to several thousand pounds.

EX•PARTE LYDIA INIAWLEY.
Mr. PAYNE moved for a writ of habeas corpus to bring
up the body of Lydia Moseley, from alprison in Gloucester.
shire, to which she had been committed by the Magistrate'
for giving birth to an illegitimate child, which, it was al-
leged, was likely to become burdensome to the parish. The
present application was made on the ground
that there
were four objections in the form of the warrant of eoni•rn initent. The Learned Counsel having stated tae ustt:e
of the objections, the Court granted the writ.