The Sun.
London, England, 1853-08-04 00:00:00

Mr. Commissioner Law said he should go on when
the interruptions were over.
The Insolvent declared that he wanted the facts to go
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truth must go forth to the public if justice was to be
done. He read the affidavit he had made in his appli-
cation before Lord Campbell.
Mr. Commissioner Law continued his judgment. There
was no witness for the trial to prove that it was Miss
Coutts's writing, and there was no witness now. All the
evidence was on one side, and there was not a circumstance
of pretence that he believed it was in her handwriting.
When that authority came he had been three years in
prison for his offensive conduct to the lady. Did that
speak his belief. He said he sent a letter in reply, full
of gratitude and enthusiasm, and he said he believed it
was genuine. It was possible that some of the inmates
of the prison had played a hoax upon him, and had a
momentary laugh at his expense. Could he have be-
lieved after waiting so long that it was her writing ? It
was impossible. There was internal evidence to the
contrary. The word est satisfaciendum, would show the
mind of a lawyer ; besides, there was an infusion of
vulgarity, to show that it did not come from a well-edu-
cated woman. There was, in addition, as much ridicule
as sympathy in the stanzas. Could he have deluded
himself into the belief that it was her writing ! He had
a verdict of a jury when he was indicted for perjury, and
yet in November, 1851, he brought his action for
100,0001. He (Mr. Commissioner Law) had held his
mind clear, and for six years no spark of evidence had
been produced that could give him a pretence to believe
for one moment that it was in her handwriting. The
case was one, in his judgment, of much aggravation. It
was sad to reflect on the power of one person to inflict
so much molestation, without any provocation, on a
lady, annoying with his inivertinent attentions one who
suss an.ntter stranger to hun, outraging all decency of
conduct—first by his letters, and then by his appearance ;
and towards one whose exemplary life had procured her
the esteem of all who knew her, for she was a lady who
went about doing good without ostentation. (These re-
marks called forth marked approbation from a crowded
court.) His honour concluded with a few observations
that the insolvent had brought upon himself his loss of li-
berty by a perseverance in an improper course, and the
offence of which he had•been convicted he had now repeated
by swearing to his schedule. It was deplorable to see one
whose intelligence and energy might have procured him
success in his profession in his present condition. Mr.
Dunn was discharged as to all debts, except the one due
to Miss Burdett Uoutts, and would be discharged when
he had been in prison ten months from the vesting order.
The Insolvent applied for the authority back, and for
an allowance not exceeding 4s. a-week as provided by
the act. He addressed the Court on these two points,
and said he had as much intelligence as the commissioner.
Mr. Commissioner Law refused both applications. An
allowance was never ordered at the time of the adjudi-
cation, and the authority would be in court unless the
assignee in the Court of Bankruptcy requested it.
The Insolvent said if it was sent to the Court of Bank-
ruptcy he had no objection. be
Mr. Commissioner Law ordered the next case to
called on.
The insolvent packed up his papers, and left the court
with the officer of Whitecross-street prison.
The judgment will date from the 24th June, and is
entered for fraudulently contracting a debt.

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