The Sun.
London, England, 1835-01-14 00:00:00

BAIL COURT, JAN. 13.

COLDHAM V. SIR R. GILL, KNT. dr
Mr. PLATT stated the case. It was an action to recou—hto
mages for the loss of the services of the plaintiff's dig
who had been seduced by the defendant, a man of rank.

The damages were laid at 5001.
d 1111 Ann Coldham was the daughter of the plaintiff, an
seventeen years old last May, on the 26th of which mootb to,
went to St. James's Church to be confirmed. On her r,eviitlie
she met the defendant in St. James's-street, who walken theJ
her to the corner of Brook-street, Grosvenor-square, an
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wished her to meet him another day, but she refased to irbt,
him, cr to tell him where she lived. In about a fort
after, as she was on the road from the Bank, where she the
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been to receive some money for her father, she again Ine
defendant in Pall-mall, and then having parted with 10_1)
met him by appointment in St. James's-square. They 17.4
and conversed together, chiefly on the happiness of the ow;ioi
state. They parted in Portman-square, she (witness) 131_,A,
agreed to meet him in a week at Clarence-gate, Regent's-YOl
whither she ultimately went at six o'clock in the evening, pi
found him waiting in his cabriolet with a groom. She got inh,ro
they drove round the Regent's-park and into Hyde-park. Pit/
ing the ride he talked of the inutility of marriage, said 11!A
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searched the Scriptures, and he could not find it nalnP*9
them, and was of opinion that it was an unnecessary forte.a
which witness replied--" It is the form of the world, molt
should abide by it." He replied that most of the n° atl
and gentry were married for the sake of property, o
might pass from one to the other, but that those wboliwift
constant together, as if married, were as much man ilk
in the eyes of God as if they conformed to the idle rni tbd
the world. They rode about for nearly two hours anuotl•
parted, the witness agreeing to meet the defendant in a„„00
night in Great Cumberland-street. The same ride lit,
took place, and the same sort of conversation, and then of
ness began to think his opinion was right. In short'otel,
made similar assignations five or six times, when he sugg Rd
an elopement, and that she should tell her mother shed bet
going to visit a school-fellow, and leave a letter behin,,,,se,
for her mother so that she might see it after she wasbd
She accordingly went off, and the defendant carried her b
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country seat at Shenley Lodge, Hertfordshire, where siji
remained ten days as man and wife. They after vi
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went to York Chambers, in St. James's-street, where
found a Miss Jane Cooper, to whom he introcluo
witness as a miliner going to Paris to learn cy
fashions, and ultimately they all set off for titote
pital, where they remained five weeks, and then here
back to London, and returned to Shenley, where tai4,
were a groom, a cook, a kitchen-maid, and a housef
Sophia Dickenson, whom the defendant said he had selo,
at the age of fourteen ; she was then about seventeen. AO
ness was very uneasy, and frequently asked defendant,sl,
he would marry her ? To which defendant replied, ,
great vanity in you to suppose I would marry a girl o'o '
low birth, for I would marry no lady unless she had 10,,bl!
a year." On the 17th of October her mother fetched
home. At Shenley, in London, and Paris, being 01/01
happy at his behaviour, defendant said to her, " I clen'k
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to see you unhappy ; you are a pest to me ; you InsY ft
yourself of all your troubles by drowning yourself.", of
which witness replied, " I would rather bear the trouble
this world than those of the next." ft 10
A letter was put in received after the witness had
addressed to "A. 8., No. 37, George-street, NILO
square," in which he urges the witness to stay with her Pim-ocl
and in which he puts down a variety of moral sentences.o
as " a good conscience is everything," " a repentant ch 101
acceptable in the eyes of God." But he admits that she 041
always behaved honourably, kindly, and affectionately to'
him.
Verdict for the plaintiff—Damages 300/.