The Sun.
London, England, 1854-12-05 00:00:00

;he defendant. On the 10th of June last I saw ➢lrs.

Field going up stairs. I said to her, " Mrs. Field,
your husband forbade you coming to this house. You
know it is an annoyance to me, and I am surprised you
should do so." She said, " I shall come." Mrs. Field
went and told one whom I really do not wish to name,
and by that person I was locked in my room. I after-
wards saw Mrs. Field, and sail, "This is the conse-
quence of your coming." She said, " I shall come,"
And her sisters said, ".She shall come when she likes."
I I said, " If you say she shall come I shall be obliged to
send for a policeman to remove you ;" upon which one
of the young ladies said jeeringly, " Shall I go for a
policeman l" I said, " I will send for one when I think
proper." Somebody—l think from the answer I gave
Mrs. Field—said, "You bear with the shaggy eye-
brows ;" and I said, " Do you call yourself a beauty !"
putting my hand to my face.
The Attorney-General—Putting your hand to your
nose'-

Witness-7 No, to my cheek—that is material. Mrs,

Field said, "You area pretty clergyman ; are you now
preparing for to-morrow 'a duties ?" I said, " You are a
nasty creature"—referring to her disposition. A certain
person in the room--
The Attorney-General--Do not be so mysterious.
Sir F. Thesiger—You mean Mrs. Judkin
Witness—Yes. Mrs. Judkin shrieked, and her
daughter threw up the window. I saw a crowd, and
thought it was disgraceful to a clergyman that such a
scene should take place, so I put down the window ;
but as fast as I put one down they put up the other.
I then sent out the servant to say that the lady had
fainted. On the fallowing day (Sunday) I received
a letter from the defendant. On the following day,
about 10 o'clock, while I was talking to a gentleman in
the study, Mr. Field rushed in with his hat on. I said,
" It is usual for a gentleman in a gentleman's house to
take his hat off." He said, " I shall not. Did you,
sir, say you would send for a policeman to turn my wife
out of the house ?" I said, "I did." He then struck
me on the breast with his fist. He then drew from
under his coat a whip, and struck me with it several
times. I ordered him out of the house. He said, " I
shall go when I like." I ought to have said, that I
pointed to a picture at the interview with Mrs. Field,
and said, " Look at that." I referred to a picture-frame
that had been taken away when I was ill, and I said,
"Perhaps my plate will go in the same way." One of
her sisters said, "Do you say Eliza is a thief?" And I
said, " Oh, Ido not say that." I have suffered since a
great deal. The defendant is a strong man.
a Cross-examined by the Attorney-General—Mrs. Judkin
has a jointure of 7001. a year. She bad five daughters
by her former husband. They had 6,0001. each. Two
of the other daughters—Lydia and Adelaide—are mar-
ried. I have not done my best to exclude the married
daughters from the house. I did not tell Mrs. Field
that her husband had been guilty of felony, or that he
was a receiver of stolen goods.
The Attorney-General—You say Mrs. Judkin was in
a chair. Did she faint ?
Witness—How can I know that 4 She has done the
same thing before, and I mean to say it was a feint in-
stead of fainting. (Laughter.)
The Attorney• General then summed up the evidence
for the defence, and
Sir F. Thesiger replied on the whole case.
The jury, after a few minutes consideration, returned
a verdict for the plaintiff—damages 501.