The Sun.
London, England, 1845-08-12 00:00:00

GILLETT v. BULLWENT.

This was an action for slander, tried before Mr. Jus-
tice Coleridge and a common jury, on Saturday.
Mr. Edwin James and Mr. Creasy were for the
plaintiff, and Mr. Montagu Chamber. and Mr. Ogle for
the defendant.

It app. ared that the plaintiff was a young la,ly re•
spectably cAtnecti.d, and was engaged in tile c tpacity of
g"'lness in the family of a gentleina,tl at Iticktrians•
worth, and it seemed that the defendant had taken upon
hiti self to state publicly that sh w.is in the NIBIIY-way
by her master, or that she had had a chill by him, and
for which scandalous imputation there did not appear
to be the slightest foundation. . .

The jury Lund 'or the pkintiff—Damages, 3001. the
amount at which they wpre lai,l in the declaration.

MIDLAND (111?CUIE—Wwwick, Aug. 8.
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CROWN COURT.—( Before Mr. Justice MAULS.)
IMPURrANie CASE OF BURGLARY.—John Brat!, a.zei 26,
Thomas Perry, 25, and Frederick Grey, 20, were charged
with having, in the parish of Rodway, on the 16th of Decem-
ber, committed a burglary in the house of Mary Chambers.
Mr. Miller prosecuted, and Mr. Hayes defended.
Mary Chambers deposed that she lives at Rodway, in
Warwickshire. At the time of the robbery her household
consisted of herself and two female servants. Owing to
illness the witness had for the best part of the month been
obliged to keep her room. On the night in question had
gone to re;t about half-past nine. One of the servants went
with her. On awaking in the course of the night she saw
a light shine through the door. Thinking it might
be the servant, she called out " Caroline." She received
no answer, and almost immediately afterwards the door
opened, and three men eatered the room, the first having a
candle in one hand, and a large horse pistol in the other, and
his face blackened. He was what is called a thick-set man
with a broad-brimmed hat on his head, and rather overhanging
his face. The second was tall and thin. The third she had
not the same opportunity of observing as she had the other two.
The man that had the pistol in hand came to the side of the bed
where the witne.s lay, and, putting thepistol close to her fore-
head, said, " We have come for your money, and we will have
it or your life." The poor woman said, " Don't kill me."
Upon which, the ruffian replied, "If you will give me the key
where the money and plate are, I will not." At that time,
the second man was trying the bureau. The witness said, her
keys were in the right-hand drawer. A ring was then taken
out with two keys upon it. After some ineffectual attempts
to open the drawer, it was opened, though before that one of
the men said,
"If you do not tell us where your money is,
we will send the contents of the pistol through you." By
this time the other servant had become alarmed. and called
out, " What's the matter, mistress ?" One of the men called
out sternly, " Stop where you are ;" and she again entreated
the man with the pistol " not to kill her." They then pro-
ceeded to take what money and valuable articles they could
find, and after being in the house about half an hour they
quitted the premises, threatening the prosecutrix that if she
made any alarm before an hour from the time of their quitting
the place they would return and shoot her. One of the men
asked her if she knew them, or the number of tne notes they
had taken, to which questions she answered " No." Some 1
time had e!apsed before Mrs. Chambers could recover from her
fright so as to be able to speak, and she did not. examine the
house for two or three days after. When she did, she found
some table, dessert, and salt spoon,. with '.er uprm
them, were gone, and also a thimble, with the words upon it
From a Friend." Witness also had the numbers of the
notes.

Caroline Morris, servant to the last witness, stated that
she saw the doors and windows were all fast. The next morn-