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had almost intruded himself into her confidence;
that he had sought the position of advocate, not
with a view to remuneration, unless it should be
gained from the defeated foe, but for the sake of
professional honour and credit which smell a victory
wouid bring. In her examination in chief 13et night,
and again on her cross-examination this day, she
said she never promised Mr. Kennedy remuneration,
except as a mere act of friendship on her part. Her
letters, however, did not always correspond with her
statements. As far back as Oct., 1856, she wrote :
"Mr. Kennedy,—You are going to do a deal foe .me.
You know how lam situated. lam not able to
remunerate you now. I will amply remunerate you
hereafter." He subsequently took chambers in Lon-
don by her consent, and having taken lodgings for
her, she went to live near him, Up to that time he
had been making £9OO a year in the Insolvency
Court and magisterial law courts at Birmingham,
end he would, he believed, have made £9,000 in the
time ht; had been engaged upon defendant's suit.
Ori ;ening the Birmingham practice, therel'ore, he
told her he ehould like to secure himself against any
risk and sacrifice, and she said she would make over
to him all she had. In Oct., 1857, he was on a visit
to her at Swinfen, when, according to him, she re-
peated her former statements as to future remunera-
tion. She gave him some rings which she said would
act as a charm, and named an island on the lake near
her house the Isle of Hope, saying, "Rementete, I
will be hope for both of us." In 1838 they were
in London seeing each other every day, making ex-
cursions, going to theatres together, and he paying
for cabs, wine, &c. She then took his advice, and
went to London altogether until the trial came on.
Soon aftef the trial she said he had won his money.
In. December, 1859, when the estate had become the
absolute property of Mrs, Swinfen, he wrote to her
to do something for him in the way of security.
Then, shortly afterwards, he called upon her, and
arranged to go to the Zoological Gardens with her
the next day, to settle the matter. He called, and
they went. The learned judge proceeded to remark
that there could not be a more striking instance
than this case afforded of the justice of the law of
the land, as it applied to the recovery of fees by
counsel, for they could not fail to see, in the pain-
ful exhibition they had witnessed, that the law was
just. There was a gentleman of the highest attain-
ments, of transcendent ability—a scholar, a poet,
an orator, a man of genius—a man endowed with
every faculty in a forcible degree, and with every
attainment belonging to his sphere, humbling him-
self before a client for whom he succeeded, end
seeking—and seeking in vain—to obtain from her
sense of justice, her friendship, her compassion, and
almost her love, that remuneration which his pro-
fessional services ought to have secured to him
without' any recurrence to means such as these to
obtain. His lordship then directed the attention of
the jury to the most important parts of the case
which had been presented to them. He went on to
remark upon Mr. Kennedy's violent letter, written
to Mrs. Brown when she cut off communication
with him, saying that it almost warranted Mr.
Macaulay's strictures upon it, strong as those stric-
tures were; and the letter to Mr. Chawner, in hich
he referred to the adulterous intercourse of himself
and the lady who had been his client, could not be
too much condemned ; and base must be the nature
of such a man. On the other hand, the services Mr.
Kennedy had rendered Mrs. Swinfen were of a
most signal character. He had embarked upon a
course of litigation involving the most serious risk
and danger to himself. Those who know anything of
the case were aware that the compromise which that
distinguished and eminent counsel, Sir F. Thesiger,
offered was the very wisest course which could be
adopted at the time. If she had been defeated in
the second trial at Stafford, she would have lost
everything. Mr. Kennedy's perseverance, indomit-
able energy, unflinching credit, added to his great
ability and power, gained her the day. The pro-
duction of letters by Mr. Kennedy to show how his
services were appreciated was perfectly legitimate;
and here one of the many collateral issues of the
case—which unfortunately abounded in this case—
began ; for here and there in letters were passages
which implied the existence of something more
than the relation between counsel and client, and
perhaps of friend and friend. In conclusion, his
lordship said a question was involved not merely of
pecuniary liability, but a most important and pain-
ful one of personal character. It was impossible
thet there could be no falsehoods either on one side
or the other in the statements made in that court.
He trusted they would be right in deciding on
which side lay the falsehood and which the truth.
After a short absence the jury returned with a
verdict for the plaintiff, a point of law being
reserved.

NORTHERN CIRCUIT—LivERPOoL, March 29.

CROWN COURT.
(Before Mr. Justice Willes.)
THE ROCHDALE WIFE MURDER CASE.
Joseph Isot was indicted for the wilful murder of
his wife Alice Isott, at Spotland, on the Ist of Feb-
ruary last. He pleaded not guilty to the intent to
murder. __ _ _ _ _ _

Mr. Kaye prosecuted, and Mr. Higgin defended.
Mr. Kaye, in opening the case, said that the de-
ceased was 42 years of age, and the prisoner and she
had been married for 17 years. Latterly, however,
he had become jealous of her, on account of a young
man lodger, and after repeatedly having threatened
to take away her life, he at last shot her in the neck
with a pistol, the injuries received from which she
survived a fortnight only.
The jury found a verdict of mansiaughter,and the
prisoner was sentenced to penal servitude for life.
The prisoner received the sentence with great
composure.

WESTERN CIRCUIT.—MARCH 29.
(Before Mr. Justice Byles.)
THE EVERLEIGH MURDER.
John Stocker was placed at the bar charged with
the wilful murder of Ann Hills, at Everleigh, on
the 18th of August last.
Mr. Karslake, Q.C., and Mr. Swayne prosecuted ;
the prisoner was defended by Mr. Cook and Mr.
Bullen.
The jury returned a verdict of not guilty.

SUIt_REY SESSIONS.

A SCOUNDREL.

George Puffery, 29, was indicted for feloniously
assaulting Emily Maynard, and violently stealing
from her person, a shawl, her property.
Mr. Collier prosecuted, and Mr. Thomson defended
the prisoner.
The prosecutrix, a respectable-looking young
woman, said she was a dressmaker, and resided in
the Cornwall-road, Lambeth. On the afternoon of
the 18th instant she went to the Soldiers' Daughters
Home at Hampstead, and returned home by omni-
bus as far as Hungerford-market. She crossed the
bridge, and was proceeding under the railway arches
towards home, when the prisoner came up to her
and rather rudely accosted her. She told him he
was mistaken in the party, and endeavoured to pass
him, when he touched her under the chin and en-
deavoured to take liberties with her. She again
told him to go away and not molest her, when he
snatched the shawl from her shoulders, and ran off
with it. She pursued him, calling out " Stop thief,"
and a constable immediately came up and secured
him. Her shawl was torn in ribbons by the pri-
soner's violence.

In cross-examination by Mr. Thomson witness
said that as soon as the prisoner accosted her he
called her Emily. She certainly did say to him it
was singular he should call her by her right name,
but she told him she did not know him, and as soon
as he tried to be familiar with her she told him to
leave her. She was a respectable young woman,
and not a woman of the town (crying).
The Chairman here intervened, and told the coun-
sel that he did not think such questions should be
pressed, as the young woman appeared to be re-
spectable, and gave her evidence in a straightfor-
ward manner. _ _

Mr. Thomson said he only went by his instruc-
tions. He was informed the prosecutrix was a pros-
titute, and that the prisoner only pulled off her
shawl, so that she might go home with him. Ho
(the learned counsel) had no wish to annoy her.
The evidence of 51 L and another constable con-
tradicted the whole of the prisoner's defence, and
proved that the prosecutrix was a respectable young
woman.
The jury found him guilt and the Court sen-
y,
tenced him to four months hard labour.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—March 29.

GUILDHALL.—Mr. W. Peter Vesper Wallis, a
solicitor of Portsmouth, was summoned before Ald.
Rose to answer the charge of wilful and corrupt
perjury, alleged to have been committed in an arbi-
tration case in February last. Mr. Sleigh attended
for the defence.

Mr. Ribton, for theprosecution, stated the circum-
stances out of which this inquiry had arisen. The
leading facts were these: In 1856-7 the defendant
transacted professional business for complainant,
who is a draper in Portsmouth, and sued him for
£4O in Sept., 1861. Tho complainant thereupon
commenced an action against defendant for £5B.
These cross actions having been referred to Master
Hodgson, complainant put in a bill of particulars,
setting forth that his claim was for the price and
keep of a horse won by him at a raffle, and sold by
him on the spot to defendant, who had taken shares
in the raffle and lost. Complainant entered into all
the details before the master, and he was taken al-
gether by surprisewhen he heard defendant empha-
wally deny that he was ever present at the raffle,
or at any horse raffle in his life. The result of such a
denial was that the master gave his award against
complainant, It should, however, be stated that the