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London, England, 1827-07-02 00:00:00

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Mexican' KING OF SPAIN V. HULLETT.
. par. he Court was proceeding in this case when our
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COURT OF KING'S BENCH.
Mr. Justice LITTLEDALE sit - it. Msi Prins tii.
i L„dineeven o'clock this morning, and disposed of several
to receivinlefended causes.
the 20t1; SITTINGS IN BANCO.
gee Horse DAUNCEY O. BEREELEY.
ie matter, This was an action brought by the plaintiff, who
a preciound been formerly a merchant, but had subsequently
>graphic/4mile bankrupt, to recover from the defendant,
;'olonel Berkeley, compensation in damages, for
0 Cli: riminal conversation with the plaintiff's wife. The
re was tried some time ago, before Lord Ten-
rden, at Guildhall, and the plaintiff recovered a
...rdict, with 1,0001. damages. A rule was obtained
5 15 y the defendant in the course of the last term,
325 681alling on the plaintiff to show cause why the
_ trerdict should • not be set aside and a new trial
;ranted, on the ground of excessive damages having
teen awarded.
Lord TENTERDEN read his report of the
trial, from which it appeared that in April,
1826, the plaintiff and his family resided
. near Berkeley Castle. On the last day of April, as
,nvigorata,
s to johirne plaintiff's , wife and her sister were taking a
on
of aalk, they passed 'Colonel Berkeley, who smiled
i frOm thAS he 'was going along. Mrs. Dauncey, pointing to
the Greatlim, told her sister, he was Colonel Berkeley. On
Id in thiihe 2d of May the two sisters were again taking a
the besttealk near Colonel Berkeley's residence, and on pas-
of WOO
nlMing a gate, Colonel Berkeley came up to them,
and
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nera letsked if they should like to see the castle. 9Mrs.
year;wer .
sould, and he accordingly opened the
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an u s
t; aid she w
te, and politely conducted them to the garden,
theelosehere they met another gentleman named Captain
esent oneßammond. After walking for some time in the
infined t arden, the two ladies returned home, and in a few
Land, i. ee aye afterwards paid another visit to the castle, were
e greate ey were greeted by the same gentlemen. After
dingly, altwalltii!g in the garden for some time the whole party
at in thiweitt into the castle, where Colonel Berkeley acted
rear weria chauter,
which the sister said she never saw
' of I 625 before; he was going to die, when Mrs.. D. begged
t better-,
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,:fpric-e— Usk robin, -siliee ' the sister, on being requested,
-3 (alway Itsyed some tunes urn a piano, while Col. Berke-
o. chi, y and Mrs. D. had retired to another room. The
the aheeitister continued playing for about half an hour, when
ion; theyshe became uneasy about her sister, and at last she
r strengiltwent towards the door, but Capt. Hammond would
tiring the notallow her togo out,saying that the Colonel and her
Isiderable• sister did not want her. Mrs. D. soon afterwards
prosperity returned into the room, with her hair dishevelled,
Ting that and her dress disordered. Some months afterwards
abundan the- plaintiff and his family went to Cheltenham, and
Col. Berkeley
isuuconyt being there on one occasion, he met
the two sisters, and having invited Mrs. D. she
I'm."ucvhertalio Withdrew with him to a private house, where she
0 vegeta-t continued with him till eleven o'clock at night.
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rule. He maintained that as the lost a wile,
on whom, previous to her unfortunate connection
with the defendant, no imputation could be cast, and
the mother of his children, it was of no consequence
to him whether it was by a long, elaborate system
of seduction, or by a sudden advantage taken by a
person well acquainted with the weakness of the fe-
male character. It was clear, however, that when
once she had got within the precincts of Berkeley
Castle, she was afterwards under the spell of the
enchanter, at all times ready to obey his nod. It
was argued on the other side, that as Mr. Hughes,
the assignee of the plaintiff, was on the Jury, the
verdict ought to be set aside, on the ground of his
being interested. The Attorney-General, however,
had affidavits to show that Mr. Hughes was but a
small creditor, and that his interests would be very
little affected whether the verdict should be small or
large.

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Mr. GURNEY, the COMMON SERGEANT, and mr,
CHITTY folloWed on the same side.
Mr. CIIITTY said that the Jury was influenced by
the notorious character of the defendant, who was a
saare to every married woman within ten miles
wolind his Castle; that Mrs. Dauncey was the only
consolation left to the plaintiff in the midst of his
m isfortunes; that she was his lamb ; and that there-
fore the damages were small enough.
Mr. TAUNTON, Mr. BROUGHAM, and Mr. CAMP-
HELL contra, argued, that as Mr. Hughes was an
as
slgnee, and was consequently liable to the ex- 1
such as to have an
pen cn
ter es t in pence attending the commission, he had a very ma-
terialuch
the cause ; that his interest was
fa-
vour of the 1 • • undue bias over his mind in fa-
plaintiff; that the trial by Jury ought
not only to be without challenge but without
suspicion.
at
ro •
r. BROUGHAM observed, that Mr. Chitty in his
Pathetic add
tiff's .„,,ii. } Jess to the Court, had called the plain-
his family. s. lamb, and the only stay and prop of
that he had It appeared to him (Mr. B.). however,
lamb, for it krtieZtlY overrated the qualities of this
first solicitation
_Tod, that she was quite ready atthe
Mr. Chitty had Jump into the wolf's throat.
fendant; first, he three charges against the de-
and cunning in gettingebd him with subtility
with being the wolf of th into his power; secondly,
prevailing upon her toe trliab ; and thirdly, with
(Laughter—itettilY' he iN,L...,,into his mouth.—
that 1,000!. should be given f'0,..) could never think
doing. so would be destroying ti„ diBarh a wife ; the
right and wrong—between the valuelnction between
his brethren
°I a good wife
and a bad one.
Lord After conferring
by Ju ,
TEN-
TERDEN said, that the trial"3' on h
above all suspicion; and as Mr. Hugh g t to be
es undoubt-
edly had an interest, as assignee: In the amount of
ditnages,-the.Caiiiit thought the rule must be made
absolute,
Mr. Justice BAYLEY observed, that, with re
not gard
did
to the amount of damages, the Court see
any reason whatever to disturb the verdict on that
account.
The'rule was accordingly made absolute.

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MR. TENNANT, the celebrated author
of one
of the finest specimens of humorous poetry in
existence, has on the eve of publication another
work which promises to be still more popular
than " Anster Fair." It is entitled, " Papistry
Storm'd ; or, The Dinging Donn o' the Cathe-
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