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London, England, 1826-12-19 00:00:00

form the Jury that, whatever their verdict nrights/kit Wls(ld not.''
be Omitted as evidence in a. future cause against the ,p 4410, ;
but even supposing the lives of the plaintilVdill rest on theft' yet- '
diet, he hoped they would act with that firmeesi which the
fins-
iiee of the cage would regeive. ' The observation had been made
hi order to excite a prejudice in their minds against the eotupany. •
I[6 Liirdship. was opinion that the ease was lost on Saturday
evening, but he thought it would be well to let it run on Wits
end, It would he fur the jury to say whether they were of opi-
nion that a false statement had been maile in the certificate, for
ihe purpose of ' cheating the company. This they would explain
by their verdict. The pleintiffs must make out the value of the
property to be equal to that they had claimed for, and
were also bound 'to prove that the fire was accidental.—
tNot one of- the Witnesses had *Main that there was moor
han 2004 worth of goods in' the house. ' The only witness '
Who had spoken to ' the, amount did not think it would
itmount to'that sum. Another eireumstmee which was very awk-
ward was, that the house hail only been insured a few weeks before
'he fire took place ; this would Undoubtedly weigh on the minds '
f the Jury. ' It had been proved by the 'defendant's witness, that
here were a number of persons talking in the house on the even- •
ing before fire ; why were none of these called by the plains .
tiffs to state-what was the quantity' of goods,
i.
pearance of the house, at the time of
,the fire?,„ No evidence has
been brought that'would show in any way how the fire bad ori- •
ginated. It atipeared that these men, the plaintiff*, had run out
of the house in a state almost of nudity, crying and screaming for
assistance, cud, es appeared to him, trying to excite the sympathy
of the b}-Standen, or to impress them with a sense of the dread-
fill State of fear and alarm under which they were suffering. It
had been proved that this wall Wiia only about three feet high, and •
he Would inquire whether men, laboueing under a real sense of
fear, would have stood screaming there with a fire immediately;
behind them. It appeared to him very improbable. They had
brought a claim thr 7301., and had got persons to sign a tertifi .`,
cats., stating that they believed, from the accounts, Ow plaintiffs,
had 'kit property to that extent, It appeared by the evidence,
that not one of the persons who had signed this certificate had
ever read it, or, iu fact, knew what they were signing. His
Laardship conSidered this a liana, asid'Whuld entitle the defendants
to the verdict of the Jury. It also appeared
„that those persons'
from whom they had even 'gated to have porchased geode, were
never in a state in which they would be likely to have possessed;
of property to that amount. They all appeared extremely poor,
and in greet distress. He thought that the Fire-offices in general,'
from a fear of losing eustoM, had been too timid and backward in
bringing forward cases of this description. lie begged to immure
them that he thought it was a public_ duty, and .that they should
not be so backward. He would now leave it to the jury to say,
whether they thought the plaintiffs best acted fraudulently, and
whether they thought the tire had origineted from accident.
The Jury retired for about ten minutes, when they returned and
gave their verdict for the defendants, on the ground that the
plaintiffs bad been guilty of kantl.
' The Lonn CHIEF JUSTICE then said, he thought the jury Lad
done their duty to the directors of the Fire-office, and he leaped
they in their turn would do their duty to the public by prosecute
ing the plaintiffs for a tionspiracy.
BREACH OF 1)11QMIAE OF MARRIAGE.—SEDUCTION.
Mr. Mr ft avvvragrttra opened the pleadings. This *as au
action brought by the. plaintiff, Charlotte Augusta Daniel, to re-
cover compensation in damages from the defendant, Charles
Bowles, for a breath of promise of marriage. The defendant
pleaded the general issue. The damages were, we believe, laid at
10,0001.
Mr- Sergeant Wane stated the case. i11i,,,, Daniel was the
daughter of an Assistant Corumiaaary General in the British
army, a gentleman who had served in the Peninsula and on the
Continent during the war, and who since the peace had retired to
Italy with his family. The plaintiff was, with another eider,
placed at a convent at Pisa for their edneation, and that being
tinialredgthey retiwned luime to the bonne of .their parents. Mr.
Ilmelea, the defendant, was an officer in the British army ; he
wits between forty and fifty years of age, and c'esi, at the time/Aloft
this transaction occurred, a married man. Ile,waig introduced to
the plaintiff '*•family by a foreigu nobleman of their acquaintance,
and became a daily visitor at their house. He bed not been long
'acquainted with the family when lie nettle overtures to the plain-
tiff, and MIMI her mother for permission• to make her his wife.
By the mother he was referred to her eatter, and oo objection
being made, it was agreed that 06 Silt:lld become his wife. In a
Anal time, however, to tit.. astooishment awl grief or the lady's
parents, it wait one morning discovered that the plaintiff had kft
her father's boose, accoMpanied by the defendant, end that they
lied proceeded on their way to England, There was some
reason to believe that the defendant hail previously succeeded
'in accomplishing tire ruin of the young- lady. They arrived in
linelamt, where they lived I,ooll` time Coneealed, the ?Wolff
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paterang its thin (lei- mutant'. tilts!. ,•"tt length, all,er Consider
inquiry by a female friend ,of tht, fintily, their retreat Wl*
discovered,. This lady • strongly representell to Miss Daniel
the impropriety of the course site had taken, end dwelt parti-
Cularly upon' the defendant's being a married man (as it was
then found out lie was); but so strongly land be contrived to
ensnare her
.affections and possess himself of her heart, that
it was with difficulty she could' be persuaded to leave .hind.
This ettaehment continued some time ; and it was not until after
repeated remonstrances that tuba withi be brought to see hie base.
ness in its haw light. . having been provided for by the lady who
rescued her front her seducer, she was given up to her parents ;
and some time after her return to Italy, she brought forth a, child,
the fruit of this illicit connection.. Ilis Learned Friend would
doubtless hear with great exultation, that he meant to put the
mother and mint of this unhappy . plaintiff into' the box ;. hut he
should do so, in order to show the dexterity with which the de-
ferlant at first acComplished his elijeet, and then turned retool to
provide for his safety against any legal procreJitigs. When the
lady's aunt found her out, thin defendant repeated his tale of the
expectol divorce, and his promise of marriage
.in . that event.---
In the meantime, lie lied the art to )1-,,vail upon the aunt to aceept
of a sum for she plaintiff's present ,ipport, thinking by this ons.
menvre to guard against any proveedings against him. Front tire
evidence of that mint, they would perceive with what subtlety
the defendant, having gratified his paasion*, had thought to %heifer
himself ft-our the consequences. This wee the whole of his case.
He was at a loss to know what - kind of &fewe would be made,
and therefore would not: occupy lunch of Birk time in speculating
upon it. If his Learned Brother (Sergeant Vaughan) could dame
that, previously to, this transactionetbere had beets any lightness
of conduct, or any indiseretion on the part of the plaintiff, let hint
prove it. But it was ;pretty deer that no wit thing could be
shown. He would relyupon the justice of hi* ease, and the pu-
rity of his clients diameter up to her acqueintaucts with the
plaintiff, and with that feeling his should rely fearlessly on the
verdict of the Jury.
Mrs. Maria Daniel, a fashionably dressed , Italian lady, we*
then sworn, through the medium of an interpreter.
The CHI tx ,mater.-.-Cau you speak English, tuedem?
Yes, a little—a very little (in broken English, and with a strong
foreign accent). - -
Tine CUM' Jeweler—l think: you go on I cry. well. Let the
examination go on in English, and li•t 0.. c interpreter iuterfere
When necessary.
The examination then continued, pa, ily in English, and partly
through the medium of the interpret,, who, Irving himself ,
foreigner, occasionally misconceived the ',tore of the questions put
to him. This, awl a total want of light in the box allotted to the
Reporters., rendered it difficult to take the examination correctly.
I' know Captain Bowles; he first came to my house, at Pisa,
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taxa, a: student of law at .Pilia ; nay family consisted of 'five
Cepteill told Mr. Mataxa that be was in love with nay daughter;
lie frequented our house daily'; in five or six days after he was M-
u-oder...a to Ila, lie spoke to me abont env daughter. Ile told ""'
that he, was very inueli in love with My daughter, and that he
tlesited.to marry her, with the eeesent a iwr father and mother ;
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,iect4 the nlarriagc; urns husband is at. I?;"tiglightuitri ; at that-
time be said nothing motet, ;lin I him his' ge, and he said be
was 5.:5 yeaia old ; I eski,d bin] if hed b haeen married, and be
said nit. I had 01,4 g4g'geesatioretroll Cat stun Bowles; about my
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