The Sun.
London, England, 1809-06-29 00:00:00

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by therm called. in jest ,1,-I.i.Mrs. Gore." Her mother
bad been dead eight years—ber father .had two years
atter taken into the house a woman of the name,of
Sarah Wood, who had beeo bar-maid of the. Castle
Inn,Kingston, but she always understood. that they -
were. married; although stories were going about that
they 'were not married. Her brother, she admitted,
:bad threatened .to leave the house if that woman was
allowed to continue in it..
Miss Budd, who keeps .a boarding school at Rich-
molid...said,- that the girl had been .latterly at her
school, and was well behaved. tier father visited
I,er regularly, and appeared very attentive to her in
every tet;pe6t.
Nary Brooks proved that lodgings had been, taken
'ecir Capt. Gore and Alitis Strange, under the names
,ot
,Mr. and Mrs. Grahaip,,pn a Sunday, at.. her
house in Thanet-place, ,Slie was struck with the
youth of the Lady, and- bad a conversation
;Captain Gore on Monday morning, in the course of
which the remarked that the young Lady was scarce-
ly sixteen. Captain Gore replied, that she was nine-
tern years of age-that they had been married fOur-,
teen rri9tlths, and he had known her eighteen.
bony, the officer, was called to prove that he
bad received the reward promised
,by her father for
I the discovery.

Mr. Webster proved the band-writing of Captain
Gore, but the letters were not read by.the Clerk, it
being thought immaterial. •
Mr. Serjeant. Barr made an able speech. in de- .
fence, or rather in mitigation of damages. The two
points upon which he chiefly insisted were, first.-:-
That the father himself bad set an example of vice
to his daughter, in living with a woman in a state of
fornication; and, Secondly, That the daughter her-
self had exhibited a levity of condua in making a
signal to Captain Gore, who had never spoke to her
before, which deprived the Plaintiff of all pretence
for large damages. They ought to consider that not
a farthing'of what they, gave [night ever find ire way
into the packets of the girl.. He also stated, that
though Captain Gore was allied to some disfingta4-
ed families, he was in very ngrow circuinstanies,
and large damages would ruin him.
The Loss CMIEF BARON summed up the evidence,
and observed, that an improper levity in the girl,
would, tie dhubt, extremely diminish the claim .of
the father to
.damages. But they would consider
whether the youth o°f the young woman was not .to
be taken into account, in advertingto the instance of
levity stated by the Counsel. In a woinannfas, who
must have been aware of the construaiow.whieh
might have been put on such behaviour, it would
be unpardonable. But with respell to a
,young,girl,
whci was only frOm 14 'to. IA years of age, the
ease was different. With regard to the =Wild of
the father, the Learned -Judge remarked, that
whether he was married or not to the Woman men-
tioned, his daughter had been
.very little in her
society, as it appeared that she had •been kept at
school for the greater part of time that Mrs.
Strange, or Sarah Wood, which ever she was, lived
in her father's `,house. in the course of the charge,
the Learned Judge adverted to. the conduct of Jane
Hicks, and Lieutenant Lister or Leicester, in terms
of the severest censure, and said, that there was evi-
dence of a conspiracy between them and the' De-
fendant to ruin this ignorant young woman. Upon
the whole, he thought they must find for the Plaiti.
tiff; and that they must give damage's. The quatt-,
tum was for their consideration.

The Jury retired for a few minutes, and then
fbonci their verdia for. the Plaintiff.—Damages Pik
teen Hundred Pounds.

COURT OF KING'S BENCH, juut 2g.

THE KING V. THB DUKE OF GORDON.

Mr. WIGLEY moved to put oft the trial of this
iudiament, which had been fixed for tcpmorrow.

Mr. ATTORNEY-GENERAL.-.-" My Lord, this is
an iudiatnetit for an assault, with au intent to com-
rnitg a rape.",
Mr. WIGLEY moved this upon offidavits of the
husband of the prosecutrix, Sarah Waite, her At-
torney, and her medical attendant ; swearing that
she was a material witness, and that she was ill in
bed of a violent fever and could not stir out with-
out endangering her life. Theatlidavit offered that
the Prosecutrix.'S medical attendant should meet any
rstedical man whoM the Defendant might: appoint,
in order that he might be convinced of'the state of
the rrosecturix.
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Mr. Arum NEY•GENERALe...:" My Lord, when
the charges of this proseculion are considered, end
that the Defendant is upwards of 70 years of ago, it
will readily be believed, that the Duke considers the
postponeinerdof this trial as the most serious mis-
fortune that could happen to him; and he does hope
that it will not be suffered to go over the- present
Sittings. At the same time, he would not thank :1
Jury tor their acquittal, unless it were given- him
Upon the exasniinalion of the Prosecutrix."
. Lold ELLENBOROUGIi." At present, IwW posh
pone the trial till next Tuesday,
,which will be the
last day of the Sittings -here ; and- as. I—ohiserve
that the affidavit-offers the Defendant's medical man
to see the Prosecutrix in company with lierfiedical
man, and at his time, I think it right, to prevent
all collusion, that he Should have his right to sea
her, without her medical attendant, wind. at an un-
axpe6ted time."
i. GARROW.—""f4CI) Use best way, will be for
the Duke's Attorney, to take a medical Gentleman.
'there direaly."
Mr. Wtol.zy.—We can have no objeaion to this,"
Lord ELLeNuottouutt.—." I need not 'recoil).
mond the tenderest condnet to the Gentlemen who
are going."

Au alarm of ere prevailed at No: 'f3,.Devereux.-
.I.rcw, Mary-le-txme- road, yesterday morning, which
wits attended with circumstances of an twtul'nature.
Au elderly woman of the name of MAIN, 11011664
keeper to a Mr. MALMO?, was sitting`
up. for 'her
master, when she fell asleep,. as it WWI imposed,
and set fire to her apparel. Tht first alarm was given
by a watchman, who discovered an untisu& light lit
the first-floor room, and not-being able to.gain ad-
tuittanee,, he forced an entrance, aild found the room
in flames., By prompt assistance the fire got
under, after desfroying., the wainscot and furniture,
but the poor woman was burnt to death,.