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London, England, 1809-07-04 00:00:00

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stated that in August 1808, he had reansti to suspect
that Mrc Lciveden had received the Visits Of the De-
fendant; and though she denied ,that he had been
there, yet upon hearing a noise, he ian out of the
house with a pistol in his hand, and late at night
caught the Defendant attempting to leap
.over the
palings ; and get through a plantation adjoining- the
house of the Plaintiff at Bruxton, in Berkshire 1 that
ihe then expAtUlated with him upon the impropriety
of his coming there after being admonished against it
by his father, and by Mr. Cox, son-in-la*to the PFain-
tiff. The efendant then took Hastings by the Band,
and promised him never to come there again; when
Hastings also promised never to disclose the secret;
provided he never trespassed upon his master's pre-
mises again. Hastings returned n the house, and kept
the secret with respect to all but. Mrs. Loveden, to
whom he immediately communicated what had passed.
On Friday, March 10, she Plaintiff was at Abingdon at
. A meeting of the Local Militia, when it wat suspected
in the family that the Defendant's visits would be re-
ceived. Hastings then ile)ught he heard Ile, fl racy
window open, and that the Defendant was admitted by •
' Mrs. Loveden. At about nine o'clock she ordered
him to bring a glass of wine and water into the library.
'l!lie Defendant was not there then, but the butler
suspected he was in the study, which was on the
other side of the stairs. Nile. LeVeden went rasher
earlier to bed that night than usual. Hastings sus-
peeling that the Deteadant would go from the study
o ;tic miseess's bed-chamber, watched till nearly two
o'cic ck iii a place wl-.e-e he could see her die r, but
observed nobody enter it. He then went to bed, and
i the next morning went to try the door of the library:
He found it was locked, and asked Mrs. Loveden for
tine key ; she said 11_ had no key, the Plaintiff always
keeping it with Yrn. Hastings then said, there was
a fire left burning and he must examine it. He after-
wards procured a carpenter to put a lad4er against
the window, and to open it, and the Defendant was
found' in the room with his boOts on, and his great
coat on his arm, endeavouring to hide himself behind
the door. He was afterwards released by Mrsb.Love-
den, who found a key - for the purpose. HastingS
afterwards went into the room where Mrs. Loveden
and the Defendant were, when Mrs. Loveden said,
they, meaning the servants, had ruined her. The
Defendant said he made a great fuss about nothing ;
he had only come to' expostulate with Mrs. Loveden,
and to prevent any.further communication by letter
between them. Hastings then reminded him of the
promise made to hiine and told him if he had as ted
honourably, and kept his word, he should have kept
the secret from all the world: The Defendant never
admitted he had any improper intercourse with Mrs.
Loveden.

Hannah }rains, the lady's 'maid, said her mistress
usually had her to sleep in thesame bed With her in the
absence of-the olaintiff, but that being at the defen-
dant's father's on a visit, and the Irlaintiff not being
there, her mistress changed her usual custom, and the
witness slept in an adjuming room. In the middle
of the night, she heard a as if the bolt of the
d.)er was raised, and somebody entered it. The bed
*4IS tumbled unusuallyt and the nest night Mrs. Love-
den desired that the door might not be bolted. On
the morning after, the 10th of March last, the witness
examined the bed, and found it very much tumbled,
so as to leave no doubt on the witness's mind that
two persons had slept in it.
Another of the servants also stated, that on a Sur.-
day in last summer, the family went to church, and
Mrs. Loveden stayed at home, when both she and
the Defendant were observed to come out of the sum-
mer house after having been there a long time, the
Defendant leaving the house before the family re-
turned. Mrs. Loveden had not eloped with the De-
fendant, but was new liv;ng 'with her another. She
had no children by the Plaintiff.
Very slight evidence was given as to the manner
in which they lived together, but the Defendant did
not attempt 10 chew any misconduct on the part of
-the Plaint,tr.
Lord El. LESBOROCOII told trte Jury, that the only
question •was, whether the adultery had been consum-
mated ? and the Jury, after retiring for about an hour,
found a Vertlkt for th: Defenda:.7t.