The Sun.
London, England, 1862-03-28 00:00:00

BAILEY ♦. THE SAME,

This was another action of the like kind, but
terms were offered by the defendants and accepted,
and the record was withdrawn.
LOCKSTONE, ADMINISTRATRIX, V. TILE SAME,
The same result took place in this case, and one
or two other actions were disposed of in the same
manner, and thus these painful inquiries were
brought to a conclusion.
There are only one or two other causes in connec-
tion with this sad accident remaining to be disposed
of, and it is expected they will be settled without
appealing to a jury.

MIDLAND CIRCUIT.—WARWICK, March 27.

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THE CASE OF RICHARD GUINNESS HILL.
Richard Guinness Hill surrendered to his bail on
the following charge, viz., having, at the parish of
Rugby, on the 7th of January, 18b9, unlawfully
and wilfully made, or caused to be made, to one
William Herbert, then registrar of births for the
district of Rugby aforesaid, certain false statements
required to be made known to the registrar of and
concerning a male infant, born of the body of one
Amy Georgiana Hill by the said Richard Guinness
Hill, her husband, in the district of Rugby aforesaid,
on the sth day of January, 1859. The information
was laid under the 41st section of the act of Parlia-
ment 6 and 7 Wm. IV., c. 86, entitled " An Act for
Registering Births, Deaths, and Marriages in Eng-
land." Section 17 of that act of Parliament enacts
that the Registrar-General should provide books for
registering births ; section 20, that the father or
mother of every child born in En gland should within
40 days next after the birth give information upon
request to the registrar, to the best of their
knowledge and belief, of the several particulars Ly
the 841 d statute required to be known, and touching
the birtii of such child ; and section 41, that every
person who wilfully. make or cause to be made,
for the purpose of being inserted in any register of
births, deaths, or mairiages, any false statement
touching any of the particulars required as aforesaid,
should be subject to the same pains and penalties as
if he were guilty of perjury.
Mr. Guinness Hill was discharged on the appli-
cation of Mr. Field.
CIVIL SIDE.
(Before the Lord Chief Justice Cockburn.)
THE SWYNFEN CASE.

The hearing of this case was resumed this morn-
ing. Previous to the taking of Mr. Kennedy's evi-
dence his lordship suggested to Mr. Kennedy the
desirability of his softening has language, and to
speak of Mrs. Swynfen as the defendant, and not as
the lady or the woman.
Mr. Kennedy then proceeded at some length.
In the course of his statement he said the defendant
told him that if he took chambers in the Temple
she would reimburse him afterwards. He entered
at considerable length into the various proceedings
connected with the Swynfen trials, with a view to
show that he did not officiously interfere to pro-
mote the action against Lord Chelmsford. Mr.
Kennedy read an extract from a letter, the further
hearing of which his lordship stopped on the ground
that the letter must be considered as confidential,
for it was nothing more or less than a request for a
tampering with witnesses whom Mr. Kennedy was
about to examine after the receipt of the letter
which he was then reading. Mr. Kennedy replied
that nothing would have induced him to read the
letter except that he was charged positively with
crime. Ho was charged with obtaining by false
pretences a deed for the purpose of raising /20,000.
The reason ho disclosed the correspondence was that
the letter showed that he was dealing with a person
of large and crafty mind, and quite his equal in
intellect. In Sept. he was invited to her house, and
whilst there he went with her to an island on the
estate. He suggested that a name should be given
to the island, and she said " Call it Hope Island ;
remember, Mr. Kennedy, itis hope equally for
both." When he returned to the house lie wrote
some verses in her album in reference to it. She also
gave him some rings, placed them on his finger, and
they have been there ever since. Had not up to April,
1859, ever asked her for any written contract. Mr.
Kennedy g!ive details of correspondence and conver-
sations which had passed between himself and his
client, in reference to the action against Sir F. The-
si ger. lie expressed his fears about the risk, and
that it would be dreadful. She replied that she
would make him a rich man, and offered to give
him £20,000. He shook his head, and said to her,
If you get the estate for life you may do as you
have often proposed, leave Swynfen, let the house,
and allow me an annuity ; that would do for me.
You might then come and live in London, and be
near me. I wish you to consider your own interest