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London, England, 1801-09-10 00:00:00

LAW REPORT.

COURT OF KING's-BENCH;

ITT 'NOS BEFORE LORD KENYON Ailf) A Sttel

JURY IN WESTMINSTEIt-HALL.

MAY V. eIROVX. •
(Concluded from our Paper of YettrrAt..)
Lord Kt: INT y0w...-" If a man who keeps a Schtiol
- is to be answerable in damages for all the blunders
of his scholars in their writing, he had need of a
pretty ltrge capital to set op School-master.- Here
are witnesses on both sides, and what might bt said
by.those who have not been examined, is more' im
portant than any thing that has been said. Here
the parent knew of the proceeding of the School,.
and its circumstances, and for months together.they.
make no' complaint.' This - delay in the complaint
strikes me as an argument which is never to be got
rid of-41 the parents were io the East Indies,' or
so'situated as that they had no opportunity of mak-
ing their complaint, it would he another matterl;
but here the parents had an opportunity of seeing
their child every day."
Pv;ttkard said; " that she had a daughter
at the-same time as Miss Wood at this School, and
that she visited it frtquently, and was perfcetly
tiZed with the usage she met with there---Mrs:
Giroux was very tender. Miss Wood was at nay
-house last Midsummer ; she made no complaint to

me of ill.treatment at the School, hut- quite- the con.
trary ; for she said to roo.r.hat Mrs. Giroux was
always kind to her."
Mr. Taber said, that he had two children at this
School, whom he saw frequently, and the School
was concluded to his perfeCt satisfaCtion. The
children he saw were fed in a very comfortable
way. His children were well educated, arid proper.
ly improved for•the time they were at this School.
In short, he was perfettly satisfies' in regard to the
"School. _ _

Lord KENTON.—" I think all that you wanted
to prove has been proved, Mr. ERSKINFt"
• jaw Taber—..“ t•was at the School of Mrs.
Giroux, and I was very well treated indeed, and
Miss Wood was treated as I was.4-As to our food,
we were fed as at home, With the best of every
thing:—l. never heardsMiss Wood complain of the
meat .being bad, so that she could not eat. it, and I
was a great deal with her at School--I never heard
her complain that she had not enough-4e had all
enough, and' Mrs. Giroux was particularly atren.
tive to us, and her behaviour, was the behaviour of
a mother to'us-4"never say Mrs. Giroux treat any
bode with unkindness." . .
Charlotte Reeves---", I was a Day-Scholar at this
School—l was there ever sine; -Mrs..Gironi kipt
it—l left it at Christmas last.,- When it ,rained I
dined there. lam acquainted with Miss Wood—...
I never heard' her .make any tomplaint-4 never
-saw her iil.treated.. As to the food, while.-/ saw at,
-there was no complaint againSt either the qUalitY or
-tile quantity of it. Mrs. Gfroues, con t. was
marked by the greatest kindness." •
On her cross-examination, she said, " Mr.lkeeves,
my father:, taught music, at this School. I never
saw Miss Wood ill-treated, nor did I ever hear her
complain of any thing ; nar did I ever heather ex.
press any disapprobation '•;:af any thing that was
done at the School ; and ram very much-astonished
to hear the question put to me."
Q. " Do you me2rito say, that you never, on
any occasion, heard Miss Wood make any corn.
plaint of her situation at Mr. Giroux's, or say that
her treatment was otherwise than 'she wished
" Never."
Q. " Are you positive of that "r Quite
positive."
Lord KISTON.---41 I have, interfered, perhaps,
too-much in this Cause. -but I cannot help,. saying
that :when the girl herself has sworn that she had
the care of the child
.in the way she had, and that
the father knew it all the while ; and then to say
that the father, under suclacirCumstances,- can bring
his Adion for Damages, is strange to me—it is
' strange to me if such. an Action can be supported.
•I never heard of such an,ACtion." ,
Mr. •Glass-2" If-your Lordship' sayt that the
Mlion ,Cannot be maintained, we must be non.
suited."
Lord KErzrov—" Ido not say that---I had ra-
ther you would go on—lhave no wish, nor can I
have any wish, but 'that justice. should be done in
every case that comes before me. Ido riot know
how this School was shut up; but I do know that
sometimes any man may -be run down by cla-

mourn'.
Mr. ERSKI NE--t• What I want to know is, whe
ther the Jury. believe this Witness ?-4 hope they
do. Q. Was yon not surprized to hear the clues-
dor put to you by iny,friena GIB as ?"—A.
" Yes, I wa!,,Srr."
Mr. I My -Lord, I will not trouble
your Lordship nor the • Jury any further in this