The Sun.
London, England, 1827-04-18 00:00:00

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.a rush,cand,so openeclAe.door.. *W.
Mad," and' charged writ. wit'
I sent immediately for a *etc— hinan,
Morgan' wished to be searched, and said ilialgTAkajK
times, and pulled` 4i:hilt piicketi liyaiilt Oni.7Mere-
dith the ConsfetWeatie ebotit sn hotirlind• thtee-
querters aftet tirey'first came in. The-z",*ateittnan
came within ten minutes. - I .went out 'to-41)4 for
the hats. Smith
.taid Morgan " would, give hint
the money, as. he was a respectable man,-he might
go, and he Smith, would, say nothing about it. I
said, aftei such a charge he should not go, Two
hats were found, three parts up the line. Smith
was -very violent, pulled off his coat, and wanted to
fight Morgan. I did not search Morgan, he pulled
out his own
,pockets, and one pocket I thought he
did not pull entirely out, and I made him chi so, but
there was nothing in it. I have known him for
many years as a respectable silversmith in Bristol.
George Thorne, the watch Man—l was in my box
when Wagg sent. for me; I went into the parlour;
Smith was veryinuch intoxicated. -
Meredith, a night.conitable.—l,searehed Morgan
thoroughly, but found nothing of the prosecutor's on
him. `.
Jine Guelt----I met the prisoner in Sti!ke's Croft,
on the Thursday night; we.went up 'the
,lane to-
gether; .the .lane leads to Mother Pugley's fields;
whilst, we...were there a man ran very quickly by us
towards:-the field; Morgan's dog barked at .him ;
shortly.afterwarda siman.setsed Morgan by the. coat ;
I thought it was one of the constables, and walked
slowly up the lane into •Stoke's-croft, and up the
croft; lam quite' certain I saw a man running to-
wards the field While I was with Morgan.-
Yive very respectable tradesmen of Bristol gave
Morgan-an exceeding good character.
Mr. Baron was proceeding to sum up,'
and was Olisiving upbn the very respectable wit-
nesses who had given the prisoner so good a charac-
ter, and said, " There is no evidence that will jus-
tify you," when
Mr. Twiss said, the prosecutor now felt he must
have been mistaken in the man, and relinquished
the prosecution.
Mr. Baron VAUGNIN—This is the handsomest
thing-he can do.
The priiOner was irry

prisons.. —attely aegnittedand dis-
charged, inid,Went, to his friends. The trial excited
great interest, from the respectability.of the party.
COUGH "ti. PARR. -
Mr. PHILPOTS stated that this was an action for
a breach of promise of marriage.
Mr. C. PHILLIPS said, that ,the .young lady was
,
the daughter of a dissentintAergyman of the
highest respectability. Her brother, whe would be
called as a witness, was a Clergyman of the Church
of England. Mr. Gough, sen. had, it would ap-
pear, educated a relative of the defendant, who was
one of a firm of very eminent silversmiths at Bris-
tol. They, were engaged extensively in a very lu-
cratiVe trade. It would appeir that in the spring of
last year, Miss Gough, who was a lady highly in-
teresting and accomplished, went on a visit to Bris-
tol, and there an attachment, which appeared to he
mutual, grew up. Mr. Farr was a man of good
education, and of a time of life when he could not
plead the fickleness of youth. He was between 30
and 40,- and had been previously married. Miss
Gough, on one occasion had visited her brother, in
Company with Mr. Farr; and on• this occasion,:her
brother, with proper feeling to both parties,
asked him his intentions, when Mr. Farr stated •
what his intentions were, and asked Alr. Gough
to perform the •cerewony, and pointed , out 'the
Church at which he wished ceremony
performed this' would. be cliseifiitk by Mr.
qough,-and if thatgentlernan required'cerroboration,
which he certainly die not, lattereof the defendant,
would be produced, which would show what .the •
defendant's intentions were. These letters. would'
be material, as he had heard- that-Mr. Farr, who
was a widower, was to plead that the first advances
came from the lady herself whether that were so he,
cared not, for'he should show by the letters,of Mr.
Farr what his opinion of the young lay. Was stud
these letters were written, too, at a time when Mr.
Farr would have the Jury suppose he was disgusted.
Miss Gough had had an intention of becoming a
governess, but this she gave up at the defendant's
desire. In July Mr. Gough observed a secret me-
lancholy which was nourished by his daughtlir,
andelekre-
applied to her to know the cause,..sarn,,vim__g.
tamed it, he wrote to the 4gendant to request an
explanation, which the defendant, however, never
condescended to give. But at length, when Mr.
Gough found his daughter's' health declining, and
her spirits gone, he went himself to 'Mr. Farr; and
all the explanation Mr... Fem then chose to give was,
that he would not marry Mita Gough. Miss Gough
had suffered deeply, and he would ask the Jury to
award her damages in proportion AS she had suffered.
Mr. Joseph Hall—l am a cabinet-maker at Bris-
tol.' I know the' defendant and his father. They
are jewellers and silvermiths: The firm is, " Thos.
Farr and Son." These letters are of the defend-
ant's handwriting.

ledi&t@l'

The Rev. Hensil Gough said—l live at Aust, 11
miles from Bristol. I am a clergyman of the Church
of England. I have. known the defendant for eight
or ten years. I take a few pupils ; a brother of the.
defendant was one of them.. In the spring,of 1826
tile defendant came with my sister to Aust. In
consequence of!zny observing his conduct, I said I
wished to.know what his intentions were towards
my sister.
.He replied that he was glad that I had
given him an opportunity of declaring his honour-
able intentions towards her. Something was said
about residing with me for a month, and at the ex-
piratiou of that time he intimated an intention
marrying her. I was to have performed the' eere..
monv and he said he should' wish to be Married iu
my church. I said, I, iihould.be happy to perform'
the ceremony.
(Mr. Oeugb,' &tun the extreme heat of the Court.
was near fainting, and was obliged to be assisted out
id Court.).
The Rev. James Gough—I am a Dissenting
lergyman. I' lived in Bristol for about five veers.
I had one of the brothers of Mr. Farr under my
care. I now live at Tetbury. Miss Isabella Gough
dle havesire given
i ve
have.
a hv
is my second daughter. ' She is between twenty-
fPr
our and
bestel d
education twenty-five
a femaleyears
o f agecould.
'is o f replied,age, I Two of my sons were about to embark for the W ' est
Indies, and on that occasion I dined with Mr. Farr,
who after dinner said to me, " I.suppose, Sir, you
understand that there is an intimacy between your
daughter
"jamatwahtefer
rleorfite
with it,
but as my daughter m e." Ithe arrangements she has made." He produced
i letter which I knew to be of my daughter's
shall not
hand-
writing. He said, " I must answer this letter
your daughter seems to suspect my sincerity." In
July last I observed my. daughter labouring under
and
a depression of spirits and an absence of recollection
to an alarming degree; and in consequence of what'
she told me, I wrote a letter to Mr. Farr. This
is it.

The letter was read. It was as follow -5 :
Sir,—l understard, by my daughter, that in this month
your marriage with her was to take place ; and, finding
that there has been an unaccountable silence on your part
for the last few weeks, and strange conduct shown her by
you in her last interview, I send these few lines to request
an explanation ; and you will oblige me by an early an-
swer. I remain, your humble servant,..
J. GOUGE.
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Examination resumed—l received no answer to
my
October daughter not having recovered her
s I went to the defendant, and piriltest:ei
nr.
Oo
in-
formed him of my daughter's situation, and asked
him his determination as to whether he would marry
her. "'Do vou intend to marry my
ugh.
tet. I said
?" He said, & Certainly not." Mr. Parr is a
widower-,--be is abot't 35.

Cross-examined.—The interview which ended
certainly not" had lasted about a
mwiinthu
tteh. e livodrodns,:,
km- w that my daughter ever was -
at Mr. Farr's before the: spring of 1826. I once
walked up and down before the door, when Mrs,
Farr was in the shop, because I was distressed in.
mind, and I wanted to speak to the defendant. On
another occasion, k want to the house of the de.