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London, England, 1859-08-18 00:00:00

ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE.

WESTERN CIRCUIT.—BRISTOL, August 17.
(Before Mr. Baron Bramwell.)
ARREST OF A WITNESS.
Mr. Collier made an application on behalf of W.
Neck Pecking, who was a witness in one of the
special jury cases, but who had been arrested on a
warrant whilst waiting upon his subpvena to give
evidence under a warrant.
His lordship inquired what the arrest was for,
and it appeared from the statement of the offier
and its production that the warrant was for non-
payment of certain Queen's taxes, and directed the
party to be detained in custody till paid.
His lordship said he felt some difficulty in order-
ing the release, the Crown having no power to ap-
pear, and he proposed that the matter should go
before a judge at chambers, where the Crown might
appear.
Mr. Collier submitted that that bourse would be
very inconvenient, as the witness would probably
be required tomorrow; and ultimately the learned
judge ordered the discharge.
GALLON V. CORNIER: SINGULAR CASE.
Mr. Cole appeared for the plaintiff, who said she
was a young Frenchwoman' named Adele Gallois.
The declaration alleged that the defendant had
seduced and debauched the plaintiff, and induced
her to cohabit with him, and that afterwards it was
agreed that they should separate, that she should
live a chaste life, and that in consideration thereof
he should allow her £5 per week. The breach was
that he had not paid the money promised. The
defendant pleaded, first, that he did not promise as
declared; and secondly, that after the promise and
before the payment had become due the plaintiff
violated her promise of chastity. Mdlle. Gallois,
the plaintiff, had lived in London, and up to the
end of last year she earned her bread in an honest
and creditable manner. About that time she be-
name acquainted with Mr. Cornier, the defendant,
who was the secretary to a company for making
gas out of water, or some scheme of that kind.
Whether the defendant would ever illuminate the
world with his gas he (Mr. Cole) could not say, but
he hoped that he would be made to keep his promise
with the young lady. He debauched Mdlle. Gallois
as alleged, and induced her to live with him
as his mistress ; but he was an old man and she
was a young woman, and there was an old saying,
" May and December can never agree." That say-
ing proved true as regarded the plaintiff and de-
fendant, and after they had been living together
some time Mr. Cornier wrote Mdlle. Gallois a letter
in French, of which the following is a translation :
" My dear Adele,—Our ideas on life in common
aro not at all the same; the difference in our age is
the cause of it ; you are young, and I am old ; you
have done everything in your power, and I acknow-
ledge it, to conform your ideas to mine; you have
now, I may say, perfectly succeeded, but this was
not without great sacrifice on your side, which often
made you wretched, and when, in consequence of
old recollections, you tell me your regrets of the
past, I in my turn become miserable—miserable
indeed. What follows from all this ?—that we
neither of us are happy. Well, my dear friend, in
this position of affairs I make an appeal to your
common sense—to your reason especially. If you
don't feel yourself strong enough to continue the
calm and quiet life, which would be happiness for
me, which is besides necessary to your health, so
much shaken already, tell it me openly, and very
openly, because I should then see nothing better
for us both than to live each of us on our side, ac-
cording our tastes. Not that it is my intention by
this proposal to give you up to yourself; I wish to
remain your friend, and a good friend. It is my
intention, so far as you need it, to yive you all
that is reasonably necessary. It is my wish, as
soon as possible after my affairs are wound up, and
when I shall have been able to realise, to place you
in an independent position—the position you long
for above all. Thus you see, my dear Adele, my
wish is to make you happy; as for myself, I willingly
sacrifice myself, as I have now no happiness to hope
for out in my family, and there I shall go as soon
as possible. I kiss you with all my heart.—Your
sincere friend, CORNIER."
In his letter the old gentleman talked about re-
taming to the bosom of his family, but so far as
the young lady could ascertain, he had taken to
his bosom another young woman. He had never
paid Miss Gallois any of the promised money, and
she having pledged her property to support herself
on credit, was at length driven to bring the present
action.
Mdlle. Adele Gallois was examined through an
interpreter. She deposed that she first became ac-
quainted with the defendant at the end of Dec.,
1858. He persuaded her to go ma. live with him,
which she did, and remained with him till May,
when they separated after " a scene," in which he
struck her. He came to the house afterwards, but
not to visit her, and kept keys of the rooms. She
asked him for money to go to Paris, and he said he
would allow her £5 a week and the house she was
in, whether in London or Paris. There was no
agreement come to about their living. All she
wanted was not to see him again and get her money.
Mr. Baron Bramwell—l believe you are speak-
ing very truthfully.
The witness, in reply to other questions, said she
had had no improper intimacy with Mr. Cornier
since.

Mr. Cole—That is the case.
Mr.:Baron Bramwell said then he must direct
the jury to give a verdict for the defendant. The