The Sun.
London, England, 1844-04-22 00:00:00

not able to keep a servant, and I acted as house-
keeper, having occasionally a female to do the work
of the house. At that place I became acquainted with
the defendant; I saw him at the house of his mother.
The business carried on there is a grocer's. Ido not
know whether he has anything to do as a-partner in
the business. It is a general shop. I was in the habit
of going there for articles, and in that way it was
that I became acquainted with the defendant. The
defendant paid me attentions almost immediately
after we went to Cheshunt. I was not introduced
to his family, although I was in the habit of seeing
his mother and brother in the shop ; I have
also seen his sisters there, and spoken to them there.
He continued his attentions to me, and repeatedly
expressed his attachment to me, and that it was his
wish to marry me. This was in January and Febru-
ary in the last year. I replied that I was sure my
father would never give his consent. He, however,
continued to pay attentions to me, and also renewed
his expressions of attachment. My father was not
aware of the circumstance. The defendant has often
asked me to take a drive with him, and I have done
so perhaps three or four times. On the 6th of April
last year I went to the defendant's shop to buy some
articles of crockery, and told the defendant what it
was that I wanted. He asked me to go up stairs to
look at it. It was kept up stairs, and having pre-
viously purchased crockery I was aware it was kept
up stairs. On the former occasions the mother of the
defendant went up with me. On this occasion I went
up to select the articles I required. The defendant,
and no one else, accompanied me. When we were
there he proposed marriage, but I said my father would
not consent. The defendant then said that if I were
to become a mother my father then would give his
consent. A proceeding then took place which in
the end led to my becoming a mother. Prior to
that proceeding the defendant used much persuasion.
I saw him about a week after that event, but not any
impropriety then occurred. I have seen the defendant
in my own bed-room. He gained access to the room
by a ladder. It was at night. This occurred twice,
and was in the May or June. I discovered my preg-
nancy in the summer. I told the defendant of the
fact, when he said it should be all right, for he would
marry me. About a week after I asked him when
he would marry me, and he again said it should be all
right ;he would marry me. This he said upon seve-
ral occasions. Some time afterwards, a week per-
haps, he told me I must put it off on the back of some
one who could better afford to keep it than himself.
At another time, a few days after, when I repeated my
request, he said I might put it on the back of old Har-
rild. Between that gentleman and myself no impropriety
had ever taken place. I refused to do so, observing that I
knew nothing of Mr. Harrild. I again spoke to him
about the matter a few days afterwards. I pressed
him to marry me. I also asked him what he intended
to do about me, but he made no reply. About a week
after he asked me to take something to destroy the
child. I refused at once to do so. During this time
I often saw him, for he was calling for orders. The
conversations about myself were either at his own
house, or when I have accidentally met him out. I
desisted from making any further applications to him
about the month of July. At the last interview I
asked him what I was to do ; he said, " Put it upon
the back of the old man, and when he comes down
here I'll swear it is like him." The old man he al-
luded to was my own father. He told me I might
go and be d—d, for it was all lies. That was the
last time we met. My father knew of my situation
in September. A child was born the 7th of January
last. My father sent me to lodge with Mrs. Farley,
in Hornsey-road, in October. I remained at her
house for a month subsequently to my confinement. I
paid that person 16s. a-week, and a pound a-week
after my confinement. My father gave me the money
to pay her. A medical gentleman was employed ; his
charge was two guineas. The defendant has told me
he is between twenty-five and twenty-six years of
age. He never told me what his means were. He ap-
peared to be living comfortably.
Cross-examined by Mr. JERVIS—The defendant
serves as a shopman in the shop. It is a general
chandler's shop. My father was in the Marines. I
never was with him at Portsmouth. He has had two
wives. Ido not know where my mother-in-law lives
now. I lived in the same house with her before I
went to school. My mother-in-law lived in Queen's-
' terrace, Chelsea, and I lived there with her when not
at school. Although my father lived in Chelsea, my
mother-in-law continued in Wilton-place. My father
did not go and live, a short time after we left Brox-
bourne, with my mother-in-law. Ido not know the
state of his affairs, or why he does not live with my
mother-in-law. I do not know what her maiden
name was, but he married her about seven years ago.
I was at school at Mrs. Sorrell's, Waltharnstow. A
boy was kept there to attend to the garden and other
things. His name was Mills. I never walked out
with him. Part of the time I was at school
I slept at other houses in the village, at a
shoemaker's (Mrs. Buffey's). I was at the school
about three years or more. Soon after I quitted it
we went to Broxbourne. The defendant paid atten-
tions to me very soon after I had been in the habit
of going to the shop. The first thing that struck me
as marked in his conduct towards me was in January
or February. He asked me to walk out with him. I
did not do so when he first asked me. The first
time I went out with him was in his cart. Upon
that occasion he went round the village and up to
Burv-green, where he was going to. That was in
in February or March. He frequently came to our
house when it was absolutely necessary, and, I
thought, paid me marked attention. lie did not put
me down at my father's house, but at the end of the
village. I know Woolley. I never got out of the
cart to meet him. The reason I got out at the end
of the lane was because the defendant was not going
that way. I afterwards frequently met him by
chance in the village. I did nut, before this time,
walk about with him more than two or three times,
but before the 6th of April -I may have walked with
him more than twenty times. Before that day he had
not taken any liberties with me that I remember. He
first proposed to marry me in February or March,
when he was driving me out. It was between
nine and ten o'clock in the morning, when I
went to buy the crockery. The defendant had not
taken any liberties with me before we went up to see
the crockery. I cannot say how long we were up
stairs before this affair took place, but it might have
been half an hour. I looked out the crockery. The
defendant never mentioned such a proposition before
to me as this transaction. Fie pressed me to become
a mother, and then that my father would consent to
our marriage. I did not consent at once, but resisted
him, and said I would not agree. I did not let him
into my bed-room ; I did not know that he was com-
ing until he was in the room. He opened the win-
dow himself, and got in without my assistance or
knowledge. I had not made any arrangement with
him to go when the proceeding was repeated. I did
not tell my father of his behaviour to me. Ido not
think I ever saw the defendant in the shop after he
swore at me about Jnly. I went with my father to
Father Mathew's meeting, and there we saw the de-
fendant. That. was before he told me I might go and
be d—d. We were in the shop, I think, when he
told me to put the child on Mr. Harrild. It was
at our gate that he asked me to take something to
destroy the child. This was upon my asking him
what I was to do if he would not marry me, and
when he was breaking off. I know the clergyman,
the Rev. Mr. Morris, of Cheshunt. I have never
walked about with his pupils, but they have tried
to talk to me in the defendant's shop. Mr. Mor-
ris complained to my father that his pupils had
been walking about with me, but they had not done
so. It might have happened that they walked by me
as I went home from the shop, but I have never
walked with any of them. Ido not know that after
this time I ever-saw Mr. Morris walking. The vicar
complained to my father that he had heard that I was
with Mr. Harrild ; but I never had been so. This
was a month or two after the occurrence in the
crockery room. Mr. Harrild never walked about
with me. He has never talked to me from
my bed-room window between ten and eleven at
night. I have no recollection of doing such a
thing. Ido not think that I ever spoke to any per-
son from my bed-room window at night, except the
defendant. The fence in the garden is broken, but
not large enough for a person to get through. I have
seen Martinson, the butcher. I know him. I have
waited at his shop for the defendant, and once while
it was raining. I have never been up stairs in his
house. I have seen a Mr. Aldersey, but have never
walked with him. Ido not know that the vicar re-
monstrated with my father about my conduct with
that gentleman, but I have mentioned to the de-
fendant that the vicar had spoken to my father about
Mr. Harrild. I know Mr. Butts. I never rode with
him in his cart. He never asked me to do so. I
never rode in any cart but one driven by the de-
fendant. Ido not know a Mr. Lincoln.

Re-examined by Mr. MARTIN-Mr. Butts never
took any liberty with me. He never made love to
me. I never walked about with Mr. Aldersey, nor
did he ever take any liberty with me. The time at
which the clergyman made complaint to my father
that he had heard the report about Mr. Aldersey was
subsequent to the transaction between the de-
fendant and myself on the 6th of April. No impro-
priety of any description has ever passed between
Mr. Harrild and me, neither have I ever walked
with that gentleman. He never either addressed me
in the terms of love. I never had any more than the
common passing civilities of the morning with him.
Upon no occasion have I had a long conversation
with him. I have not the slightest recollection of
ever having spoken to any person from my window
other than the defendant. The pupils of the vicar I
have seen in the street, and at the shop of the defen-
dant. They bowed to me, and of course I returned
the civility. I have never walked about with any of
them, but it may have occurred that some of them,
as they have been going my way home, may have
walked up the road by me, but not with me. I