The Sun.
London, England, 1845-02-13 00:00:00

COURT OF EXCHEQUER, Feb. 12.

Sittings At Nisi Prins; before Mr. Baron PLATT and a
- Special Jury.) • . . •
ABSALOM BANBURY.—ZRIIIL

This was an action to recover compensation, in
damages, for' the seduction of the plaintiff's wife-by the
defendant:

The defendant had three pleas- on the record. First,
that he' was: not guilty ; secondly, ,that the lady was not
the wife:of the plaintiff; and,`thirdly;.that he engaged in
the intercourse with thelicense of the plaintiff.
- Mr. Chadwick-Jones and Air-. Petersdorff appeared for
the plaintiff ; Mr, Cockburn and. Mr. IlKett fur the defers-
It appeared from
..the evidenpe ,that the plaintiff had
been a tailor, at Bury. St. Sdmunds. and that he after-,
wards come- to. London, where he resided at No.
6, Bullinn-court, .in the - Strand: The defen-
dant was the on of sir Charles Banbury,

living in the neighbourhood of. Bury. The woman re-
presented as the wife of the plaintiff had= passed her-
self to the defendant as being single, and, being of a
very • attractive appearance, the defendant had been
deeply smitten by her. •
On the part ot- the plaintiff it appeared an appointment
had been 'made by the parties to meet-at St. Martin's
Church ; that the woman went there in company with 'a
young girl ; and that the defendant and herself; having
entered a cab, they went together to a house at the
corner Of Oxendon-street.

It,was also proved in support of the prosecution, that
the"delendant and the wife of 'the plaintiff had slept in
plaintiff's- house when he was absent. Many particu-
lars were entered.inte which were wholly unfit for pub-
lication. • . •

- Mr. Codustrior; on behalf of the defendant: entered into
an able defence. Ile denounced the whole case in the
most unmeasured terms, and characterised it as. the matt
foul and scandalous conspiracy that ever ,was plotted.
The. defendant had always been led to suppose
that the party was unmarried,"" and he had
always treated her with the' greatest
.generosity.`
Since Ire had first met with her he had be-
come married to a most aCcoMplished young lady,
and th)s'rendered it' necessary For him to give up all Con-
neSion with the other person. Since then she had an-
noyed 'him in such a manner that he had been obliged to
put the affair into the hands of a solicitor, who, with the
assistance of Forrester, of the Mansion-house, had found
Out that the supposed wife was a mere street-walker, and
.tbat although she had gone by the name of Mrs. Absa-
lom, she was, in fact, a Miss Eliza. Francis, who had
been seduced at Bury by a young gentleman.
since which lime she had lived with the plaintiff.
The Learned Counsel referred at great length to the
statements made by the himself to the defendant's
solicitor.: ' - :
'At the terininition• of the defendant's case,' '
' Mr: Sergeant JONES 'said that, it the counsel for the
defendant could' prove that the letters on 'which part Of
his case rested were genuine, he would abandon his case.
A witness was then called who spoke to the hand-
writing. .
Mr. Sergeant JONES then said that he had in this; case
been grossly: imposed upon ; and, as he apprehended
that no Member, of the bar ought to lend hirnself to so
.iniquitous a eaSe, he felt it to be his ditty* once to
abandon the case. • - •
BaiOn PUIT; said the course takeir by the
"Learned"Conniel was one which did honour to him.
- Verdict for the defendant. •

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TRAGICAL OCCURRENCE —Last Saturday Con-
stable Williams, of the Ballinatnulla station, received information
that a young girl, named Mary Brennan, recovering from a fever, had,,
while in a state of insanity, the night before, murdered her mother at
Foxborough, about four miles from this town. He called on Denis
li. Kelly, Esq., J.P., and, after Communicating the afflicting circum-
stance, was accompanied by that gentleman to his officer, Captain
' Colclough. They at once gave directions to the constable to bring
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with hint Dr. O'Connell (surgeon to the constabulary •in the dis-
trict); to ascertain if the girl could be removed to the bride-
•well,•-te, await the result of the inquest. They went, and
((Mud Ale poor creature sitting, in one corner of the wretched
cabin, and the remains of her nattier on the middle of the
dool.. the' appeared ISerfeetly- deranged, 'and' Unconscious of
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The coroaer then addressed the jury briefly, explained the law in relit-
Wirt to the Cate, that the prisoner, being decidedly of unsound mind,
In sending her to trial there could be no danger .of tier life. The jury
returned a verdict accordingly. Her committal was made out by the
Coroner, and neat MOttlincahe was sent to Roacommon Geol.—AA/kiss
,fatal. • - •