The Sun.
London, England, 1870-04-09 00:00:00

A CLERICAL SCANDAL.

Yesterday, in the Court of Arches, before Sir R.
Phillimore, the case of Martin v. Jackson was heard.
The prosecutor is Mr. John Martin, whe prefers charges
of adultery and gross familiarities against the Rev. John
Jackson, rector of Ledbury, Herefordshire.
Sir Travers Tiviss (Queen's Advocate), Dr. Tristram,
and Mr. C. Browne appeared for the promoter; and Sir
John Karslake and Mr. Charles for the rev. defendant.

The Queen's Advocate, in opening the case cited the
various charges in the articles, and asked the
court to deal with the defendant in accordance
with the jurisdiction exercised by that court.
He went into the particulars of adultery, of the gross.
familiarities between Elizabeth Parry and the defendant
from February to June, 1868. On the 16th of June,lB6B,
Elizabeth Parry left defendant's service, but on the Ist of
October of the same year, with the sanction and at the
instance of the defendant, she returned to his house, and
was there confined of a child, of whom she alleged Mr.
Jackson was the father. Then, again, similar misconduct
was carried on between Mr. Jackson and another servant
named Elizabeth Lane, between the months of January
and April, 1868. The defendant admitted his orders as a
priest, and his collation to the rectory of Ledbury ; but
he set up a history of himself which might be shortly
stated as giving himself a good character in the various
offices of curate, vicar, and rector held by him.—
The learned advocate said he would call Elizabeth Parry,
and the woman (Mrs. Brooks), who delivered her of the
child ' • the woman present at the deli very of the girl Lane,
and her mother, and this evidence coupled with
the letters of 'Mr. Jacksom, would prove, how-
ever painful it might be, that this rev. gentleman
had been guilty of the charges brought against him.—
Elizabeth Parry was then called, and stated that she was
33 years of age. In 1865 she entered the defendant's
house as housemaid. Mr. Jackson had one son, a tutor,
and he had several men servants whilst she was in his
service. She then went into details of the charges.

The case was not concluded when the court rose.

GREAT FRAUDS ON A YORKSHIRE
MANUFACTURER.

A case has been investigated at Leeds which has excited
great interest. Joseph Warburton wars charged with
having confpired with his brother and another
man to defraud Samuel Cunliffe Lister to
the extent of more than £lO,OOO. Mr. Lister
said that Mr. Joseph Warburton was . for-
merly his partner, the partnersip continuing up
to the close of 1863. They had several places of business in
Yorkshire for the manufacture of silk, flax, fibre, and wool.
the establishments having distinit capitals and manage.
ment. They had also a place of business in Germany.
In 1864 a new partnership arrangement was made by
which Mr. Warburton was to have half the profits
of the German concern, and the wool spinners
establishment at Addington, the patents and other pro-
perty belonging to Mr. Lister. Mr. Lister said he had
the greatest confidence in Mr. Warburton and
his brother, who had assisted in the management of
the German establishment. He gave the following
explanation of the eventual discovery of the fraud.
" Balance-sheets were sent over from time to time chew-
ing the position of the Uebigen silk-spinning concern.
James Lister wrote demanding that the partnership
should be closed, because of the Austrian and Prussian
war. Finding the name of Pepy in the balance-sheet for
£.3,000 or £7,000, my suspicions were excited, such a thing
having never occurred before. In August, 1867, I
went to Uebigen, and sought explanations from Pepys,
who was only a gas manager at Cologne. I found the
ledger written only in one hand, and all at one time. I then
sent for Mr. Cowling,my clerk. Pending his arrival, I saw
Mr. Pepys at Cologne. I and my clerk found that the
entries in the ledger began before the book was made.
From day to day after that I questioned Jamee
Warburton. The concern was advertised to be sold
on the 10th of August, but the day before the intended
sale it was seized by Mr. Pepys for a mortgage of
which I knew nothing. I had noticed James Warburton
frequently looking into a desk, and I conceived that the
whole plot was in that desk. On the Saturday. morning
I had a `jemmy' made, and forced the desk and
seized the papers. Joseph Warburton has been two and
a half years waiting his trial in Saxony, and we have
been unable to.get the trial on." The letters which were
seized in the manner above described contained most in-
criminating evidence. The Warburtons had made Mr.
Massey, Mr. Lister's manager at Manningham,
their instrument in the first, step towards these
frauds, and he parted with wools (for their ma-
terial), not knowing that they were held to
James Warburton's order. On the 7th of April, 1864
James wrote to Joseph Warburton :—" So to this end I
shall sell year by year and bit by bit, and fob the tin,"evi-
dently sheaving that a robbery of the principal (Mr.
Lister) was going on. The letter continued : " Get
Hulwell to buy wool and to sell it quick to secure it, and
I will put it in my book when I like All
must be mine or he can make us pay." On
another occasion, James Warburton wrote to his
brother : "Do him (Mr. Lister) I can and will, if you
will will only push the right way and help. When you
get this do not spare a bottle of wine. . . . Many a
hundred pounds could I nab, Joe ; but you only look at
things when you getA .
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