Star.
London, England, 1827-09-19 00:00:00

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that bee son; who *bad ,parchsied tbs rode, and het
httabaliAlwotbse;wlso bad seen hiss
.make. the par.
11 chase, 'slate" cmaterial witnesses to .bar defence, and
woold not he 4ble to attend her trial till the next Ses-
sions.
Another ground for the application oresthe 4p.
pearance of certain paragraphs in the tiewspepars,
flouncing the publication of a history of the 'Wei_
.practices of her husband, which she cajte,efred rya be
calculated to prejudice her own..eaSe.iti the...minds of
the Jury. The Learned Counsel also. ipplie that the
property vihicli had been 'ken from bir jsy the police.
officers, 'eight be restored to her, as she bad flee
children, end another means to support them.
—The Comm refused both applications. As for the
property, it could not be restored, as it Was in the bands
oecummitting Magistrates for the purpose ofjaitice.
Ater a few words between Nlt. Anotenue, Mr:Saone
RICK' and the COURT' the trial of Mrs. doloneons sins
appointed for two o'clock on Thursday nest.
May Au Smit* in indicted for stealing, on the 17th
truly, a watch, the property of Wm. Ssofer. it appeared
from the statement of the prosecutor, that eveis;
sag in- question he had been driniting st pglis home,
which he left about lit O'clock; Shortly aftereards he
met the prisoner in the street,wh&m he acersstecLfilie satd
that she was waiting for a person Wfui had the key at
her house. lo a stit;ime after wards he felt her i
in his waistcoat poc and, missed his watch. He se,
etised her of having fit ken it. She denied.it; 11400
him how he could tipping that persons:lf hef rig s*.
ability would be guilty of theft 1. ,bleterialktandingbet
dental, he kept bhld of
her,
and et last she piaaisseig
his watch, saYinethurt she hid only. taken IS mit of iv
Llrk.. She then *bused him lustily; on Which ileeald!
he !timid give her a treat, and accordingly caged tyre
weichman, to-whom die was given in custody.
. The prisoner„ in her defence,-said that she w.ai.sten4-
in g near her owe. hOuse, whea.the prosecutor apes ap
so-her,.tOokimpreper. Lawrie, with her person, and
sited her to go with-hint to a common *brothel She
refused his invitation: on which he was so -eaceedingli
irritated hat he called the watchman, and gave her in
custody -fortheft. She positively declared,tnutlhe bed
never touched his watch.
Several respectable persons were called, whugre the
prisoner, whom they knew to be a married wows, a
most unexceptionable character. . .
I. The CO/04011 Sweaty said that the defeat:4.We,-*
most exttaordinary one, and they toidd hardly believe,
it, unless they hlieved the prosecutor to be a very
wicked character indeed. .
The Jury acquitted the prisoner, and the Conn, on
her application, ordered some money which had keen
takers tram her at the watchhonse to be restored to her.

ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE.

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liir.l3tawasuax ;opened the pieadiags. •It was aw
action for debauching the plaintiff's daughter. •
Mr. BROUGHAM said, this was one of those estnenstly
painful actions which were, from time to time, brought
into Court for the most distressing injury and disgrace.
that a family can mistain, and be could wish it was not,
now to be tried before the Court, which it must be, from,

the refusal of the terms he had offered to have-it fooked
into elsewhere. What gratification the defendant could
find in nsakit,sg it necessary thur publicly to espose the,
shame of the family be could 'widish'', het Sweetly
aggravated his misconduct. thir. Brongbais here spin',
ilered a reference, which was decliard. Ha ressimed.)
The plaintifrwas.a'Clergyrdan of the Church of Eng-
land. Ha was the curate of Crook. neat Kendal, and
he bad brought up a large family on a mermoderate
income; and his ciaaghters, like she daughters of many
other poor Clergynses in the north of &Wand. went
to market every -Saturday with the cheese and butter,
of bet father, itrthe same manner as the daughter of a
poor farmer but the plaintiff was suit thereforethe less,
entitled to a compensation for the shame and disgrace'
brought upon his family by thedefendanii who had the
gfacelessness to come into Court and show himself to

Jury, probably because. he knew that his victim
most come forward and give evidence. Itwas at Ken-
dal market that the plaintiff's-daughter became ac-
quainted with the defendant ;.there their acquaintance
began ; it was continued at her father's house, be became
her suitor ; no objection was made, and that familiar
intercourse followed which always attends courtships.
The defendant availed himself of this intimacy, and
!wattle the father of a child; after which be renewed
his promises, and the day for the wedding was fixed,
but he did not appeat. Alf this took plait iu the
year 1822, and the action was shortly afterwards
brought, but the defendant left the country, and it:
was impossible to bring the matter forward until
his return. The young. Lady had in the_ mean time
married and become respectably settled ; but be must
inform the Jury that she gave birth to a child in a very
few months after her marriage. That contamination of
mind which, where marriages did not heal the sore,
always followed the loss of Thine, was owing to the
defendant, the first seducer. The reduction was, from
the With of the child. notorionstind it was also noto-
rious that the plaintiff had begun his action. The plain-
tiff ha; therefore, after much consideration, continued
it. The Jury would have before them his daughter,
who would tell the pitimts story of which he only gave
the outlines, and.they would award such dame
they thought the. plaintiff ought t() receive—whether
any such damages /tepid oe would not be received, for
it was hot unly that the defendant, who.seemed
be'Setuated se ldt altatred ei the /amity, aghtigara
go Arced to gratify hillsomity and to !tartrate the ends
dkutice.
Mrs. Isabella Hutchinson... 4 am die ter of the '1
plahuiL,_ He is the curate of Ciook. He has eight'
eluiehen besides me. I have always lived With my fa.,,
diet until lately. I acted as servant. I used to go te,
market. My father has some land, I first met the defend-
ant at .Kendal market, on tbe.29th of April, 1820. at
the Whitri Lion. I was then 20; be was then 25 or 26.
After I had seen him three or tour times, be came to
my father's house to see me. He said his intentioos
were'to marry me. After that he used to come for
two years or more. I became pregnant, and was deli.
vered on the 18th of June, 1822. 1 saw the defendant
three °maths afterwards ; he came to my father's house
and said he would still marry me. After that I saw
him at the Poi and Goose; at Kendal. He then said be
would marry me. Nancy Proctor, the servant, was by,
nonsked me if I. was going 1040211 r. the ahikl. I said
.01Yes," my father Mated on it." He said,:if I did, ha
would make ogee eh to his father, and I should t
The
mo
thing; but ifjsalidsiet,.hawtoold /preyme,The day.
was fiked. I prepared the clothes and the dhow. His
property was 5504 ss. llid. He mid he had that sum
left him by a rclatioo some yams ago. His father has