The Sun.
London, England, 1838-02-15 00:00:00

LAW INTELLIGENC7e.

COURT OF CO AL11.0.,:1r PLEAS, FEB. 14.
This was an
The To-• •in Tor a breach of promise of marriage.
this case wls Miss Jane Watkin, a young
...man, who had resided at Peterborough, in the county of
Northampton, the greater part of her life ; and the defendant,
Mr. William Daniels, oho was between 50 and 60 years of
age, was the widower of the proprietor of the Angel, one of
the principal inns and posting-houses of the town. It ap-
peared that the plaintiff, whose age was between 29 and 30,
was one of a family of six children, five girls and one boy,
and that their father resided chiefly at Bourne, a small town
in Lincolnshire, where he carried on business as a journey-
man saddler; but that the daughters lived with their mother
at Peterborough, some of them being there engaged in the
business of milliners and dressmakers. Two of the plain-
tiff's sisters and her father were the principal witnesses pro•
duced on behalf of the plaintiff'; and the substance of their
testimony was, that sometime in 1831 the plaintiff had born
engaged by the def'endant to live at hi; hotel in the capacity
of housekeeper, and that she went there and filled that
situation fur several years, living as one of the family ; that
in the course of that time, after the lapse of about a year,
the defendant made repeated professions of attachment
to the plaintiff; that subsequently she was brought to bed of
a child by defendant, and at his house, which, however, she
left about a fortnight afterwards, as soon as she had suffi-
ciently recovered, and returned to her father's house. That
was in 1833, and the defendent was then in town. The de-
fendant upon his return behaved with great affection towards
plaintiff, and upon one occasion had said to her, " Don't cry
my girl ; wait till you get strength again, and then I'll take
you to church, and make you my wife." Subsequently, in
1837, the defendant expressed a desire that she should go to
London, and said that it' she would go to town, he would come
to her, and marry her in a month. After the plaintiff's arri-
val in town,- the defendant for some time kept up an affec-
tionate correspondence with lwr ; but all his affection ap-
peared soon to cease. Ilis letters, grew colder-and less fre-
quent, and the plaintiff, having lost all hope, resorted to the
present mode of obtainining compensation for the injury which
she had sustained from the non-fu'filment of the defendant's
promise.

Mr. Servant \VTLDE addressed the jury for the defendant.
The jury retired for about an hour, and returned a verdict
fcr the p!aintili—Damages, 400/.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

MARY LE B 0 NE.

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The public mind has been greatly excited throughout this
neighbourhood in consequence of the extraordinary disclosures
made at this office on the examination of Robert itriers, who
carried on business
.as a linendraper, &c., at 28, High-street,
Marvlebone, and who was charged, on suspicion, of having
wilfully set his premises on fire, and remanded to Monday.
Many persons consider this fire as a key to others which have
lately taken place in the metropolis, and several tradesmen in
the neighbourhood yesterday came forward to state to the
Magistriee, Mr. llawrANsoN, what they knew relative to the
aff lir which was under investigation. Among. other things it
was related by a tradesman living nea►ly opposite the pri-
sioner's house, that, about a month prior to the fire, the pri-
soner carne to his shop and purchased a quantity of strong.
packing-paper, which he paid for at the time. Ile afterwards
had, at various times, remarked hackney-coaches stop at a
late hour of the night at the prisoner's house, one of which ha
saw convey away some large parcels. After adverting
to other suspicious circumstances, he proceeded to re-
late, that, fur some time previous to the fire, the scantiness of
the prisoner's stock had been noticed by himself as well as
other persons, and a lad named Cottrell, who formerly lived
with the prisoner, could, he thought, throw a considerable light
upon the affair.

Mr. RAWLINSON-Where is this lad to be found ? Witness
—He is living at No. 10, Nottingham-street, near the office.
Mr. RA: LINSON (to Duck, an officer)—Go and fetch hint
here, if possible.
The officer went, and shortly returned with the boy and his
father, who became answerable for his son's appearance on
Monday next.
Mr. RAWLINSON— I remember a warrant was applied for
against a man named fliers, and refused, on the ground that
the case was about to undergo investigation in the Court of
Queen's Bmcb. Is he the same man ? Witness—lle is.
The case was simply this. Minis held a bill accepted by a
person named Bowler foe 4101. The bill not beit, honoured,
fliers sued the defendant in the Court of Queen's Bench, and
it came on for trial on the ith of December last. The de-
fence was that the bill was accepted for 101. only, and that the
words "four hundred and" had been subsequently written.
The Jury being of this opinion, a verdict for the defendant was
the consequence.
A newspaper containing a report of the trial was here
handed to the Magistrate.
M. RAW JANSON told the witness that he had better draw
up a written statement of theSe facts, and forward it to M.
Rickards, the Solicitor of the Insurance Company.
The witness then left the office, promising to do so.
It is said that the Insurance Office is already in possession
of very important information, and that they are determined
to go on with the CASC.

CASE OF CHILD-MURDER AT
ISLINGTON.

Yesterday afternoon an investigation, which lasted several
hours, took place at the Board-room of Islington .Workhouse,
before Mr. Stirling, and a very intelligent Jury, on view of
the body of a female infant, which was discovered in a naked
and bleeding condition in the street, at a late hour, during
one of the most inclement nights of last week.
Mr. Thomas Thurston, bootmaker, of Cress street, Isling-
ton, about half-past nine o'clock on the night of Wednesday,
the ith instant, was passing through Payne-street, Islington,
in company with his wife, when they heard the cries of an in-
fa::t before them. Immediately afterwards witness discovered
the infant, the subject of the present inquiry, laying on the foot-
pavement, quite naked, and covered with mud. There was an
effusion of blood from the navel-strng. The pour babe was crying
in the most heartrending manner. Witness, recovering from the
shock that such a sight produced, ran off for assistance, and met a
policeman, who accompanied him back to the spot. A.female,
who was passing, took the child in her apron, and hurried with
it to the station-house on Islington-green, where Mr. Scruple,
the parish surgeon, promptly attended.
Mr. Robert Scruple, the parish surgeon, saw the child on
being brought to the station-house. It was quite naked, and
there was a severe bruise on the left side of the head. Blood
was issuing from the navel-string, which he secured. It had
been torn asunder. It was a full-grown child. He continued
to see it two or three times daily until its death, which took
place on Sunday morning. Witness is decidedly of opinion
that the death of the unfortunate infant seas caused by exno-
sure to cold—the injury of the head—and the to_•glect exix-
rienced at the time of the birth.
The Jury returned a verdict of—Wilful Murder, against
some person or persons unknown.

IRox
TRADE.—This important trade is at present
in a very healthy state ; the pr:ce of common bare, at the time
of shipment, standing firm at 91. per ton. —Birmilly/u&n
Paper.
POSTAGE EXTRAORDINARY.—The Devonport
mail brought yesterday morning a " ship letter," in the shape
of a bale of I:ni n, to the General Pcst Olice, St. Martin's-le-
Grand, addr,Fsed " To his Excellency the French Ambas-
sador, Load n," the postage of which was 318/. 13s. 4d.