The Sun.
London, England, 1841-07-15 00:00:00

EVENING SIJN.

amount of earnagcs as they should award by way of compensa.
don fur this atrocious injury, and calling; upon :he Jury, in
est ma•itg them. to keep in view the anonymous letters deca-
nted by the defendant, imputing incontinence to the young
woman in language to horrible and revolting that women would
shudder, and men turn away with disgust at the recital, and
which letters could not be road aloud, but must be handed op
to the Ccurt and Jury for perusal. He then called
Charlotte Roddis, who deposed,—l am the eldest daughter
of Mr. William Roddis, a butcher in this town. He has ten
other children—two daughters and eight sons. I have lived
in my father's house up to the present time, and been employed
in managing the household and family affairs. I am twenty-
seven years old ; have known Mr. Faireloth tenor eleven yenta.
He is a surgeon in this town. When I first knew him he was
attending the infirmary as a medical student ; that was in this
year 1829. I then used occasionally to walk with him in com-
pany with others. fle left Northampton in September, 1834.
He then said he was going to Guy's to walk the hospital. He
was away about two }cars. When he came back I renewed
any acquaintance with him, and used to walk with him. Ia
February, 1837, had some difference with Mr. Fairelt.th ; we
had words. I told him I must drop the acquaintance, but dist
not give him any' reason;. I did then break it off. In Novean-
ber,lB3B, 1 received a letter from him, inviting me to see hire
alone, and say that lit would wait at a place mentioned therein.
until half-past seven. {The letter was put in.) I did meet
him. I had some conversation with him as to why I broke ot
the acquaintance. I told him not to r&ea to that, as I did ups
desire to renew the acquaintance ; that things were much bet.
ter as they sere, as any mother had saiie I ranst leave time
house or drop the acquaintance. He said my mother need not
know about it. I could see him once a fortnight, and in two years
he didn't care who knew it. We then uses! to meet. He used to
knock agairnt the shutter, and then wait in the neighbourhood o
my father's house tad I came out. This went on till November,
1839, when became up and spoke to me in the presence of a
Miss Holmes. She went with us, and was present at the
meeting. Defendant had, before this, many times asked me
to go to his house, but I had not been. On the 12th of
December I met him at a place called Waterloo, and on that
occasion he induced me to go into the house with bits. He
let us in with a latch-key. We went into the parlour, and he
then prevai:ed upon me to accede to his wishes. That was the
first time. I did not see him after that for a month, when his
again knocked at the shutter of my father's house. On the
sth of July, 1840, he remarked to me that I did not look well.
This was when we were walking. I went to his house that
day, on the subject of my illness. When he told me 1 looked
ill, I- said I felt ill and described the sensation. Ho gave me
a box of pills and a bottle of drops, and: this paper
marked "10 d., 2 p." (10 drops, 2 pills.) He said, I was
to title two of the pills and ten of the drops at bed.
lime. I objected to take it. and said 1 thought it would not
"he right. He said it would be quite right, as I had only
-taken a cold. I saw him again on the 19th. He &eked me
I had taken the medicine, and I told him "No." He said, It
I would not take it, he'd sand no chance with me. If I wouldn't
-take it, I could'' expect to get well. He was very angry, and
ro I said I would take it. Ile made an appointment to meet
me three days after. He then asked me again if I had taken
it, and I told him I could not, the smell of the pills made me
sick. I told him I bad made up my mind not to take it, and I
wouldn't take it. He then said I must give it him back. I
met him again three days after, on the 25th, at kis house. He
asked me if anybody had seen the medicine. I told him " Ne ;"
and be made me promise never to mention it, and to give it
baca the next day, when he appointed to meet me. Ile did
not, keep his appointment. I never met him by appointment
after this. On the 311 of August I sent a letter by my father's
servant, to which I had no answer. About a week alter I sent
another by post, and the servant subsequently took another, to
neither of which did I receive an answer. I went to his house
e'iortly after, I think on the 17th of August, and saw him,
-when I told hint I had brought the medicine, and gave it
back to him. I then asked him if he had heard of
asome anonymous letters which had been sent to an
:friends, and he said, "To be sure I have." I said, " Well.
-Jou don't believe anything." He said, " I don't know ; I are
nof always with von." I called upon him again on the 11th
.0 October. He asked me what brought me out so early, and
le dme to the sofa. I spoke to him about the situation 1 was in,
as ,d he said that he had made up his mind to swear that he knew
tat thing about it. I said, " You can't say so, for you know
hi se known nobody else ; " and he said he should not have
sa id so had it not been for the anonymous letters. (The ano-
n) -mous letters were here handed up to the witness, who stated
th at she believed them to be in the handwriting of the defen-
ds
nt, though disguised.) lie afterwards called at my father's
au d produced a bill of 10s. 6d. for attendance upon rae, eat
as id, " I want you to give this to your father." I said, " I
• auldn't do it for the would." He told me twice; he did net
w ish it paid ; it was marked " settled," and he only wished me
tc present it to my father. I said, ";1s there is no other way
el setVing it, I will pay it myself," and I touk out m. purse
Ind Ind(' it, and he took it. I was brought to bed on ;he
of March last. and have never seen the defendant since,
.1 paid
I, tin, the 10s. 6d. He is the father of the child.
:e3xamined by Mr. Hiee—My first meeting with the de.
15th
S ta dant after his return in October was between six and seven
in t he evening. Miss Penn has walked with me a great many
tin se s—can't say bow many ; it was not always at night ; she,
has t een with me when it was summer by daylight. •
he
seen '1 acquaintance began in 1836 ; I saw nobody
ta-a-
itt fesa lant at his house until 1 called in Septet-o.ff, 1840, to ask
see
him. I did not feel certain of %e situation I was in
en til t hat September.
sat ,39 was at her house. Heard the noise at the shlunttterhe.
y Holmes--Was mes__Was acquainted with Miss Roddis
wen*aeienoudat,ntandTlhwelitlsihhooekr,i,at h
year
after the noise she Sho rth
t`' th
rntlice.n
Missmettßh.dudais
inagn hour after.
het
d half 'ands.
The
wart le-
,:f.t was between five and sizoininethemeeven
requ rl hen
r. n'aircloth—Saar them in the early part of 1840. n w alk• g
tag, her in the Houghton-road, a village just out of Noramth walking
wtween four and five o'clock. I only saw them once.
El . zaheth Lake, widow, received an anonymous letter
With
pasta ark of July 30th, and gave it to Miss Roddis's brother.
About a week since defendant called upon .He asked me if
1 had had a letter. I said, "Yes; 1 hav rnc
got it ; I gave it to
the It, ddises."
The letter from the defendant, to the plaintiff's daughter its
Nor; em ber, 1838, in which a renewal of the acquaintabeas ,was -104. d, was undisputed and read accordingly ; also, a let..
to wit c the plaintiff to the defendant in October, 1840, re-
quirita• a tmething to be done by way of atonement; anti the
stefeode i tt 'a reply, in which be stated that he had not seen the
young' an ,man for two year', except professionally, de-
nied tl to e hole charge, and referred the plaintiff to his solicitor,
if he th oul desire any further communication.
mist lh • on—Was well acquainted with Miss Roddis, about
five year tenee ; frequently saw Miss Roddis and the defeat.
dant we. kit together, about five years ago.
Mart! at I.tiller—Was servant. to Mr. Roddis in August last.
Took a ' eller it August from Miss Roddis to the defendant at
his hens a, and gaCe it to the servant. Short] afterwards put
another into the pow t, and left a third at the house some time
mf.,erwar Thaw
upon notice, and
not peon need.)
James r IVhitney—l kno.tv the defendant, Mr. Faireloth ; he
rents a house of mine; the rent is fifty guineas. It
is very
well fur zished.
This closed the plaintiff's case.
Mr. .7-I.lee addressed the Jury for the defendant, when
Mr. I Caron GURNEY summed up the evidence, observing
that the; 'e was no' proof of the authorship of the- anonymous
letters I eyond the belief of the y • oung lady herself, who stated
the ham iwriting to be disguised, and
• The Xury, after a few minutes'
deliberation, returned a ree-
diet for the plaintiff.—Damages, 80/.

OXFORD CIRCUIT.-o.zford, July 13,
CROWN COURT.
(Before Mr. Justice COLERIDGE.
. . . -

Killian' Eden, aged 19, was indicted for maliciously shoot-
ir tg at :Hannah Rachel Reeves, alias Emma Bennett, with its.
to murder her.
The prisoner was a printer's apprentice residing with his
pal 'en is in the city of Oxford, and the prozecutrix, who at the
tim e of the transaction passed by the name of Emma Bennett,
who •I, vas of almost the same age as the prisoner, and was ono
of thi t unfortunate class of females who infest the suburbs
of all 3 arge towns. It appeared that on the 20th of April last
the pr isoner, accompanied by another young man, called, be--
tweet 4 and 5 o'clock in the afternoon, at the residence of the
prose atria in Jericho, a disreputable locality, in the parish of
St. comas, in this city. He was at that time a good deal
into,: hated, and after some romping between them, a very
trillir ig provocation on the part of the girl induced the prisoner
to gil to here a blow on the eye, which knocked her clown. A
girl I tamed Alaty Ann Bryant, who lived in the house, and
passel 1 for the sister of the proseentrx, hearing the altercations
came into the room where the prosecutrix and the prisoner
were, and a Scuffle ensued between Bryant and the prisoner,
which. terminated in his getting a broken head. The pri-
obesret, t
ro am buy
m in
soner then left the house, and sent the hostler at the Prince
Albert publie-
hgimsosmomee powder and flints, and
he was seen about half-past six by perrons in the taproom
Albert,
of .t two he :Prince
paper into a pistol, but
no wi';ocss was called who could speak to his having charged
the Tlmo' either with powder or ball. While, however, he
was re .mming the paper into the pistol, he was heard by one
of the persons is the tap-room to ray, .‘ lam d—d if Ido not
go ark shoot that woman." From the Prince Albert the pri-
soner 'went to Jericho, where .he again called at the house of
the pro, iecutrix at eight o'clock, and where he was so far front
carrying. the intention which he had expressed
beer had his wound
effect, ti tat he. sat down, sent for some
terms with his
late autag
washed, And was' appareitlT very friendly
into immediate
vnists. 'At'
tenßryant returned,
towards home, but shortly
afterwardsdenied her to him when
and doe prosecutrix by her c!esire
The prosecutrix was at
ten °clock ha went away with Bryant
the poisoner huseked at thedoor..
hand, and on his demanding that she should open the door,
.-g
If you do not open the door I
this time at the first floor window with a candle in her
and `]ter refusal, he .aaid,
will shoot you," and ,
immediately presented a pistol and
fired. The nett day a hole, whichappeared freshly made,
place where the prosecutrix stood, and a
just below,
thetogether with some splinters, on the
discovered,
was fund at the top Of the window-shutter of the parlour,
bullet was
window-all,tnThe between the window-frame and the window-
hte bullet, however, was nearly as new as when
it came
from the mould, and the evidence which bore on
that part o ,
f the case left it very doubtful whether it was pos-
sible for a bullet_ to pass between the window-frame and
su
the shutter. The pistol was not produced, as the person
who took it from the prisoner on the night of the transac-
tion was foolish enough to return it to him ; and the Dogberry
who searched the prisoner's pockets and found seven or eight
builds there, did not recollect that it might be essential to the
ends of justice that they should be kept in safe cultody-until the
prisoner took his trial, and therefore let them remain where
he found them. There were, therefore, no means of ascertain-
ing whether the bullet produced fitted the barrel of the pistol
discharged by the prisoner, or whether it corresponded in sin
with those found in his pockets. It should be added that , all
the parties were more or less intoxicated at the time, and the
prisoner so much se that he was hardly able to walk properly.
Mr. F. V. Lax, for the defence, suggssted that there was no
evidence at all that the pistol was leaded; and, assuming that
it was, still there was n hing to show any malice on the part
of the prisoner, who merely intended to frighten the girl.
Witnesses were then called, wbo gave the prisoner a good
character for humanity.
Mr. Justice Coeteinax summed tip, and the Jury acquitted
the prisoner. The business of the
,A-ssisN terminated at three
o'clock.

BRIBERY.—We are informed that a member of
the Wesleyan Methodist society at Boston has been ex-
pelled for bribery at the recent election for that borough.
Having promised Sir James Duke, he was induced to sell
hls vote to the Tories. This expulsion is right : it
ought to be followed out, and the like punishment
awarded to rick members, who either vote on the dicta-
tion of their customers, or refuse to vote at all, for fear
of -offending them. The crime is equal morally, and we
suppose that is the view taken of this delinquency by a
religious body.—Lin:cln Gazette. .
MAN DROWNED.—On Wednesday evening
week, as one of the Belfast steamers Was on her passage
to Bellbst., a young man, answering to the description of
Hume, who stands charged with murdering a hatter in
Glasgow, jumped overboard. On the alarme.thoeninsgidegir:
the-steamer stopped, and. hovered 4bpilt:for considerable
In:m was; nowliere f(% be skf..n.
Ills ha, we ;earn, was picked up by the boat of the
steamer.—Edinburgh Advertiser.. •
Lord Gifford has retired from the army, in which
he held the rank of Lieutenant in the 6th Dragoon Guards.