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London, England, 1826-07-07 00:00:00

SUMMER ASSIZES.

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HERTFORD, JULY 5.
GOP'S V. PALIIKR.
This was an action for defamatory welds, impetch-
ing the plaintiff's chastity, with alfaverment of special
damage in the termination of a marriage contract, en-
tered into with her, by a persbn name,' Thomas Jelly.
The words set out in the declaration were too gross for
publicity.—The defendant pleaded the general i -sue.
It appeared that all the patties lived in Ei:field. the
-plaintiff being sister to a publican, Jelly being a jour.
neyman baker, and the defendant the son of a fartrer,
assisting the latter as a labourer. Previous to June,
18,24, Stilly had been coprting the plaintiff with an in-
tendon of mArrying her. The banns of marriage had
been published twice, once in the parish of S. James,
Clerkenwell, and the second time in St. George, 11 no-
ver-square, although neither he, nor his intended blikle,
bad any connection with either of those parishes. The
motive for publishing the banns in the wond parish
was to avoid the prohibitions of the Marriage Act. Ac-
cording to Jelly's statement, it appeared that just pre-
vious to the period when the marriage was to be so-
lemnised, he had an interview with the defendant, who
expressed his astonishment that he was seriously beat
on marrying the plaintiff, whom he represented in un-
qualified terms as a woman of the most abandoned
habits. This imputation was repea•ed on several occt..
sions, until a very short time previously to the coin.
mencemeut of this action. The effect was to induce
Jelly to break off with the plaintiff, and after a court-
ship of one month only with another young woman,
named Robinson, he married his second sweetheart.
Mr. Baron Gaanaat left the Jury to say, upon the whole of the
evidence, whether, in their opinion, the witness Jelly had broken faff
the marriage contract with the plaintiff, in consequence of the al.
leged slander; and Ilse, what damages they would give under the
circumstances ?

The Jury found their verdict for the
Costs 40s:

WINCHESTER, Jim- 5.
HOW! V. nit; ESQ.
This was an action to recover 411. due for work and
labour done. The plaintiff is a house painter, and was
employed by the defendant to repair and paint an an-
cient mansion near Southampton. The am)us.t of the
bill sent in was 2521. of which sum the defendant paid
2111. into Court, and in his defence contended that the
plaintiff was not entitled to any more, the charges foe
some things being much higher than if the %vial wilt
done in or. near London.
On-the part of the plaintiff it was urged that chi
charges for some items in the bill were of coot se higher
than in London, because those articles could be had
only in London, and the country charges were made
higher by-the expense of blinging them down.
After a great deal of evidence on both sides, the Jury found dor
the pisintilf—Dsmages, 411.
Jabs Robinson and Richard Smith stood charged
with burglariously entering the house of James Kane,
of Alverstoke, and stealing therefrom a clock worth
101. three 51. bank notes, and other articles. The pri-
soners pleaded Guilty, adding that they did net wish
to add falsehood to their crime. They wept loudly
end bitterly.
At the request of the prosecutor, the Learned Judy►
raid that he would forward the recommendation to
4411Ircy to the proper Outer. The prisoners week.*
hsiown in the county, and he advised them to primp
all the testimonials ofcharacter they were able. Unless
something better was known of them he would advt..*
that they should be sent out of the country.
Thomas Waren, charged with horse stealing, also
pleaded Guilty, and sentence of death was recorded, but
the Learned Judge said that he would recommend a
mitigation of the sentence.
J homas Oliver, and Thomas Hawkins, a respectable
li,oking man, were tried on several indictments, the
former for stealing the King's timber front the New Fo-
rest, and the latter for having in his possession copper
nails with the King's mark, as well as other naval
stores. Both were found Guilty, and sentenced to
for seven y:ars, and 11swkins

fir fourteen.