The Sun.
London, England, 1859-11-23 00:00:00

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Witness—There was a bedstead which cost £94, six
chairs, £32, and a chimney glass Worth £75. His house
was one of the best furnished in Glamorganshire.
Mr. James—The prices mentioned are those which you
charged when you sold the things ?
ej 51 Witness—Yes.

Mr. Edward M'Condriff—l resided at Liverpool. I know
Mr. Harris, the plaintiff's husband. He lived with me for
a short time, but as his health was delicate he was advised
to take a sea voyage.

Mr. William Jones—l am a wine and spirit merchant.
I knew Mr. Thomas, the defendant. I knew him when he
was engaged to marry the plaintiff. He told me in Mrs.
Harris's presence that he intended to be married to her in
a week or two. This occurred on the Ist of June, 1857.
This was the caso for the plaintiff.

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Mr. Sergeant Parry addressed the jury upon the evi-
dence he had adduced, and said he felt certain that the jury
would give the plaintiff handsome compenration for tha
pain she had undergone from the heartless conduct of tho
defendant. He knew his learned friend Mr. James would
address them forcibly for his client, but one thing had been
proved beyond a doubt that the defendant was a
wealthy man, so his learned friend could not, appeal to their
feelings not to give heavy damages on the ground of the
limited means of his client.

Mr. Edwin James, for the defendant, said he had nothing
at all to impute against the conduct of the plaintiff. The
question he bad to deal with was one of damages, and
damages only. His learned friend had said something
about the position of the parties, but he thought the parties
were quite on an equality, because if the plaintiff was a
barmaid, the defendant was, most probably, a boating,
stupid sort of country squire, who could not write, and who,
when he got a letter, could not read it. (Loud laughter.)
He thought the jury would not have failed to observe,
during the evidence, that the defendant was a very eccen-
tric person, for what would be thought, hero in London,
of a man who would quietly go into a shop in Oxford-
street and say to the tradesman, " Give me a table. (Laugh-
ter.) If you don't I'll become your bitterest enemy, but if
you do I'll be the best friend-you ever had." He would not
trouble the jury with any lengthy remarks, because the
jury had simply to say what amount of injury plaintiff had
received in not becoming the wife of this curious specimen
of an uncultivated west country squire—(laughter)—who
could not read his love letters. (Loud laughter.)
Mr. Baron Martin summed up the evidence, remarking
that it was one for exemplary damages. The defendant's
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cumstance The jury retired to consider their verdict, and after an
absence of about a quarter of an hour returned into court
with a verdict for the plaintiff_damages, 41,000.

COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH.

IN RE WILLIAM PERHAM:INTIMIDATION TO WORKMEN.

Mr. Edwin James, this morning, made an application to
the Court for a writ of habeassorpus to bring up before this
Court Wm. Ptrham, convicted under the 9th Geo. IV.,
cap. 129, known as the " Combination Act," of having
used threats of violence against a stone-mason, named
Jocelyn, with a view of intimidating him, and compelling
him to leave the work of his employers, the Messrs.
Piper, builders. The defendant was charged with the