Star.
London, England, 1826-03-13 00:00:00

SPRING ASSIZES.

DORCHESTER, Minor to.
BREACH OF PROMISIL OF MA RRIAGZ —CHARD V. 11101,TLY.
Mr. Serjeant WYLDIR said this action was brought to
recover damages for a breach of promise of marriage.
Miss Chard, the plaintiff in this suit, was the daughter
of a resi ectable farmer, Vying at Chardstock, and one
of A family of eight chilaren ;*she was now in her 27th
jesr. Mr. Bendy, the defendant, was the son of an
opulent fanner, residing 'a short distance from the plain-
tiff's father; and at the time this courtship commenced
superintended his father's business, but more recently
hal eatablished himself in a farm of considerable meg-
pituae, that was believed to be his own property. He
was some years older than the plaintiff, being in his 35th
yisr. From the vicinity. ot the two farms, an intimacy
*l.4' between the famlies so many as thirteen or four-
teenyears since; as the attentions of the defendant were
then paftscularly addressed to the plaintiff, her parents
thoiszbt it prudent to inquire if his intentions were ho-
bearable towards Miss Mary Ann, and whether his visits
.to her were sanctioned-with the approbation of his father
ts'id friends? Mr.Bently assured the mother of the plain-
.;dr. drat jiieirne to her house as the suitor of his Baugh-
.ter,th
arid at his' father had no objection whatever to
their oratilige. And for Many years afterwards be
'was in theeoristant habit of seeing Miss -Chard twit.*
crr dirk/ a weimk; and the onlY season he gave foe de-
laying the marriage so long was. that his property was
-not sufficient to support an establishment equal to the
re:m.4634y 6f their families, but which he said he
should be able to do in coming into thepussessicin of pro-
pert.), which be evicted from his friends ; and he tnore
than once obeirved,thathe neither expected nor required
any fortune. with Miss Chard on their Marriage. The de.
tendant left his father's house, about twoor dire Years
since, to take pOstession of •Houlditch farm and estate,
_
of Mr.,. Chard'i, ari his own
Anne attentions to Miss
aftetwards as he had done before,
,account of the cfilagi-
which be ins anaiosts to
wife. At length' the* first
'44,r 'shalt 'sledding

_ , die, -- _ _ ezesicke
c,iless Grad, the of. the power given them in the•Ast Jatnes.ttie First,
;ifieit Was• considered committed a"clerical error, orthing more; that Ebel-
* lend? fee/H*lom •• • ' the right to commit was not doubted; •thefe
tyre &readmit, serer could be-no personal illarill or naallte is their sending
:fer!..--eu use Thursday the plaintiff to gaol; and if they believed it to beat ii
mat e• 4rei to be se, thought, it. was a mere error io judgment—then :it
feethie Yantis Ladfsbtothei, would be bard to.visit such error by awarding liemij
(drift tiastki JilaeiChard* damages, and in his opinion it would have been far
he had hastassua alloy better if the plaintiff bad not brought her action at all.
'the rashes) *elm nor suf.: There had been a most melancholy disclosure of facts
.orr the day ages the Ad did mud° the plaintiff's cause,nmCol.Beadshaw,any
enure crying' to the house, credit. Ilia Lordship. after recapitulating the evidence,
s his; ois had arusys ham skid, that thtJury would take into their consideration
.....rry Miss Mary AAP, and if wear all slae cjircumstances of the case, • and give such tem-
. -he roamed :smossinf she should still ha his wife." Froth popatedamages as the nature of thecase warranted.
,this tinfiehe ceased to visit Abe plaintiff. To-another .: The Jury found for the plaintiff---Danuges, this Fargo.
- ,fciend,,Whia bad also.h 'aka Greenwood, aged 18, John Shuilleesorth, aged
umened himself on 414 young
Lady's behalf; the defendant-hadlikewise aaia, that "if 28;,,i..." -Milhard Cook, aged 22' I'm indicted for as
0.4.4 Thomas Barge on the King's highway, putting
he ever married any other woman but Mary Ann, be
him in bodily fear, and feloniously "taking 'from him one
. would content to have. his brad taken off."—(rhit tie wateh-chaln, a seal, silver knife, pencil-case, and a book.
Incision• was accompanied with a significant and de-
The prosecutor, about eight o clock in the evening
liberate motion of the band round the throat, by the The
the 2Sd of October last, was returning home (tom
,-witness. who related the conversation, which raised a
o
*Manchester to Broughton. About
.three quarters of a
140841 in the 'Court, 'that for several minutes inter-
mile from Manchester he mertook and passed the three
.1 uptcd the .detail he was giving). Many mOnths had
*: immediately after be heard whispering, and,
,not elapked front the pet iod of this cruel disappoint- Pgivuer
finding. them approaching,. he quickened his-pace, but,
anent,insfoig the defendant married a widow Lady,
after proceeding about a hundred yards, was knocked
valued Jeffries, who Jived at Therncoutts. close by his
down by a.blow.frorn some person behind, and 'the pri
father's houses ild. it . was suspected that, for some
sorters fell on him and robbed him of the properly
lime previous to the marriage day being appointed with sowers
the swivel of his watch breaking. in
Miss Chard, defendant had been paying his ad-
their attempt to get it from his- pocket. On looking
tries4s to hots. Jeff' les, possibly' with the view of aug-
back after they had left hills*, perceiving he was follow-'
'ine• nting hCgtsune, even at the expense of the hap.
in one of the risoners returned, and knocked
-
piness of that,lnay, who, in every honourable thought
hicaglthem, own again, buts p
notwi•hstanding this, be rosoand
-that could amorelate itself with the female, mind, hadn,
kept them all in sight until he was able to seize Greco-
Loolred.upotrthe defendant as her husband, for many
wood, and theother two were also taken by some per-
Yearrel)usr. 'lleac were the circumstances of the case,
and the Jura. is estimating the injury Mist Chard had sons who came to his assistance.
sustained, would falls f The boob was found on Greenwood, end the other property net
into their consideration the irre- u from the spot where they were apprehended.—thatig.—Sen.
parable loss which twelve or fourteen years - was to a trace net pronounced.
WOOS Ladiol,4l) all its possible consequences, and re- :lhonias Percival, aged 16, stood indicted, charged
turn a eadiet.accordingly. • _ With having burglariously broken and entered the
The plaintiransuber and brother, with two Other Molds, were dwelling-house of John Clsyt,:n. of Manchester, and
extatterds anti -fully sopported the statement mote by the •
stolen-doers articles of wearing apparel, the property
Learned Serjeent.
Ale. Human addressed the Jury fOr the defendant. of Clason, and two tea-caddies, and other articles, the
Mr. Justice Boattounu said a verdict must be given' p:operty of Fanny Clayton.
for the plaiitiff;ts it was admitted a promise had been .label Clayton, son of the prosecutor, proved the
made and istoken. His Lordship scarcely knew of boos: being all safe and fastened on the night of the 21st
of mil last, at half-past eleven, when he went to
any greater **idly' that could be done to a xountwoman
than to dent her after a long courtship, nod the Jury, bed, and his finding the kitchen-door open, and the ard-
by their verdict, should protect them from having their des in question missing, at six o'clock on the-morning
feelingi and.interests thus trifled with. -. of . the 22d of February. .
. A verdict w4s settirried fez. the plaintiff—damages £OOl. Tbotnas Sbor.e, a watchman in Manchester, at one
vassa.a.attosiarus Ale) ASOTH 111 MAOIST RATE. /*IOC k on the morning of,the 4d uf Fabruary, met the
This WM MA wetion for stn assault committed by the prisoner witb a bundle containing the prosectjtor:s pro-
-defendants iwtheircapacity as Magistrates of the county petty, and not giving a satisfactory account himself, nor
'Villihie of Lancaster, on the plaintiff, by the commit- the way it came into hi* possession, he tOok the prisoner
PCON4 t'r person to the prison of the House of COr- into custody. .
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vecsitaWfor •Piestdn, on 'a charge of ila tardy. .Tlie Tbs property was identified, and the jury found the prisoner
..case eitiied an extraordinary degree of interest, and Gaiilty.-+Sentence of death recorded; but M. Juitice Bavanr
lEVeoliirt wit! Med- to an overflow at en early boar. having ascertained That it was his first (Armee, after admonishing the
.The ATIODN.Ey GagertaL, (I Scarlett) stated the prisoner`, signified that the sentencewouldsot be carried into effect.
ett;
case to the Jtry..--The Plainti,fr iii this action, was a „ s. CIIELiiSFORD, Masco 10.
young women who had .attraeted‘theattention of a gen- Tilf KING D. DA/44414 AND OTMICE43.
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eetiran iiy whom she had happened to have two chit- •Wicaube, which has for a long tune excited, great
:dren, and who stil elijoyediiit.prOWCtioN Arboka.Parac iuteserit in the county of Suffolk, in particu 41,eame'on
-he &mild leave his tatatuell.Friaa4oll-4tt join Cross) toe;
_trial here,.
G yesterday mnrirrag.„ (t true bill was
Io4llialte such:comments uptHo,ll+ he.iptfraWle it it: ooh, • fouisel.by„the rand, JOU et ihe last agizei at liiiii Si
`Answer hispurpose; .Theugratidei4atittsaitthrii c 4 irk Estuolnirs, against ike defendants, who are theliusbArn{
. the: aot of the Fir,i of Jatrits,
.wlikki..warkrtet). the asdflosorestees uudetthe settlement of M •,oi 11 i 4 . i .
ys. a ee
cessfertitrnent to }Arson Us-, tsars. ni ,1.4:41544;dra pug lc" . a ,conspiractio teke,out a writ de fano:lea ing iirends'.
vied iset eaci.eding tanlve n;ensilitoics; ;Qr„is,less.peß. od ' #4l .- r4ticirhiiiiiog btiefli openetilhe case Mr. dun it ei,
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-than sin weeks l• Aid -the sumt(prent ocre,pf. jaents and in. a,apeech of upwards ope. hour aird ihree'quatterr,
lidinabarh, as .alsp chat c.f, tte fiftieth rorge tlic 11...irtf, grade a most eloquJnt appeal to the Judge and Jury in
sharer first, in cases c f bast ,rdy, which act if James favour of Mrs. Baler, which tithed the greatest syrn-
gas e the .Nlagisti axes pco er to di z.cha ,ge out of custody, 1+4:11y for her situation in the minds of a crow tied curt,

stilr ittthe neighbourhood- of Mr
actomu, and tontidued the .sa
• ..ettard,fbr Wile time afterwards
h4t tlettstifig tßelnarriase.on
'Mudiitat4 ofthetarm.hpuse, wl
Aparitiefort:talciiii; halve Wife
,
• Jil, -18111:i -etas agfpoltisecti
prepatatiaa was Mid
• illiott eilebrate fit event-.
Imams and joyful
of this iltl;..hotreeet,
•-
sad-Miss Chard to. enjiy,
• Ott tht dayve • which • the m
Mt. &sift sent for this
• • 'hint that he eoald
4.1* ;Mathis forthersod
wertaltisietrut;iiitssi ; he (the
4er dtkhultsfagt.to 'take 'place.
eleseitikiataseati Mr. Beatty 0111
• •clisclesed-fhe /so It. visa -not hi
his dtiterraiviatiOiPto *wry Alias