The Sun.
London, England, 1859-08-05 00:00:00

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The plaintiff, who formerly carri• . : , .: • ,ii'l //_
ness of an outfitter at Framlingham, •tittghtlihis S
action to recover damages from the defendant, a
farmer residing at Framlingham, in this county,
for having seduced his daughter, Jane E. Farrow,
whic'i led to the birth of a child in June, 1858.
The daughter of the plaintiff was confined unex-
pectedly, and the child was found concealed in a
drawer in her bed room. She had no assistance
rendered her at the birth of the child ; and after
her delivery she was fonnd in an unconscious state,
and remained so in the plaintiff's house for several
weeks afterwards, during which time a coroner's
inquest was held over the body of the infant found.
The result of the inquest was a verdict of the jury
against the plaintiff's daughter of " wilful murder.
The mother of the child, in consequence of her ex-
treme illness, was not at once removed to gaol, but
remained at the house of the plaintiff in the custody
of two policemen, until a short time before the
holding of the assizes at Ipswich in 1858. At the
trial the grand jury ignored the bill charging her
with wilful murder, but she was put upon her trial
on a charge of concealing the birth, of which charge
she was acquitted. This circumstance, combined
with a libel which had appeared in one of the local
papers, charging the plaintiff with inhuman con-
duct towards his daughter (and which libel was the
subject of an action at the present assizes) was al-
leged as being the cause of the plaintiff's business
as an outfitter and man-milliner, at Framlingham,
for upwards of 30 years, being totally destroyed.
It was alleged that the plaintiff's business, until
the unfortunate occurrence referred to occurred,
brought him in a sufficient income to maintain and
bring up respectably a family of 23 children.
The plaintiff and his daughter, Jane Ellen, were
examined, and proved the above facts.
This was the plaintiff's case.
Mr. Mills addressed the jury for the defence, and
the defendant himself was examined.
The jury, after a short deliberation, returned a
verdict -for the plaintiff—damages, £5O.

THE NA FL

Her Majesty's paddlewheel steam vessel Firefly,
lying off Woolwich dockyard, under orders to sail
to-day on survey of the Channel Islands, was yes-
terday run into by a collier brig passing up the
river, and was damaged to such an extent as to
delay her departure. Her complement of hands,
consisting of experienced men in the service, yes-
terday joined from Jersey and Guernsey. She will
probably leave Woolwich to-morrow evening or
Monday..
The Aid, dockyard transport, Grundy, master,
and the Hope, transport, nave commenced shipping
war stores at Chatham dockyard.
The Edgar, 91, screw, Capt. Baton, bearing the
flag of Rear-Admiral J. E. Erskine (blue at the
mizen), second in command of the Channel fleet,
sailed from Spithead yesterday, at 3 p.m., for Port-
land, under canvas.

The Imperieuse, 51, screw, Capt. R. Maguire,
steamed out of Portsmouth harbour to Spithead
yesterday, exchanging the customary salutes with
the Commander-in-Chief.

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