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London, England, 1827-06-04 00:00:00

the-Leaned Clonl-1 had heard of during his prOkta
,ional experience. The defendant wrote, * caused t•
be written, a letter to the plaintiff, containing lanais,
the most ditgusting and horrible; he aid not believe
Any Englishman could have .penned so filthy; beas'ly;
and abominable a letter. This leztet was •put into the
twopenny post office, near. the d•fendant's residence;
written an hoot atter the writ was served upon him, and
was delivered by the postman at the plaintiff's residenti
soon afterwards. The Mother of the plaintiff received
it, and instantly recognised the stiierscription to be the
hand-writing of the defendant. She gave the letter td
her cfsnghter, who, the moment she had read thesAr.i
line, fainted, and fell on the floor. He should prove
that the direction on the letter, " Miss Jane Hurdling,

Alsop's-place Ste." was in thedefendant's hand.mitirg,
and that the body of the letter much resembled has
usual style of writing. The young Lady might thank
Goa that she had escaped being the wife of a wretch CV
pable of such unmanly cruelty and beastliness; but
that was no answer to the present action. He wils
a man of fortune, teepiag a large establishmeati
and he was bound to compensate her for the lost of that
enjoyment she had a right to have shared with him on
becoming his partner for life. He (the Learned Counsel)
did not ask a compensation for seduction ; his satiable
client had preserved her chase ity, but he asked compel.)v
cation of the defendant for having violated II sacred
promise, aad for having added to that injury the cruelest
and most wanton insult. The defendant detested the

woman whom he had plofesiei to love; at a period,
too, which proved him void of the common feelings of
humanity—when she was lying on a bed of sickness/.
He conceived that she could n t bring to his embraces
those charms which he had expected to gratify his sordid
and lustful appetite, and he cast her off and married
another. But he had now no excuse for saying that she
was less beautiful than she was before she was alEctea

with the malady he had adverted toffee, in tenth, the.*
were no traces of that disorder to be found in het face,
and she was more beautiful than ever, and not less
amiable. The Learned Counsel said, he should proceed
to call witnesses to prove his case, and he fully relied on
the Jury to do his client justice for the wrong! she had
sustained.
Mrs. Sarah Hutchins examined by Mr. Puree...4am
a widow, and the Mother of the plaintiff I I have another •
daughter and two sons; they are martied ; the plaintiff
has always resided with me; in the year 18-22, the de-
fendant, Mr. Thomas Stoke, was a friend and coin.
pinion of my sons; the defendant's first wife was then
living ; she died in November, 1822 ; in the
_gear 1828,
the defendant made a proposal to pay his addresses W
the plaintiff ; he visited her from time to time, and I
approved of his addresses; my daughter was not gee.
teen years of age at that time, and the defendint was.
thirty-five of thirty:siz ; the defendant had no feritili
by his former wife; I remember his going to ()master
in July, 1823 ; during his absence he wrote several let-
' Las to my daughter ; he retutfied after an absence of
six weeks, mai continued to court my daughter; She
prepared for her marriage all but the bridal dress; the
courtship was continued by the defendant up to the
year 1823, when the plaintiff was taken ill with the
small-pox; the defendant paid her a visit on the 10th
of December, before she was recovered ; he gave IDe co
notice when he left of his intention not to visit lite
spin; he married another Lady last year; When-we
_discovered the fact for certainty an attorney was applied
*so : on the morning the writ was served on the defiend.
ant, a letter was brought by the twopent.y postmen,
directed to the plaintiff; as soon as I saw t e direction,
I knew it to be the hand-writing of the defendant ; it
was written on gilt-edged paper, the-same as the other
letters which the defendant had addre-sed to my daugh-
ter from Clifford-street ; my daughter fainted the mo.
nsent I put the letter into her hands. .
Cross-examined by Mr. Sergeant WILDS—The dee
ilk 'dant never called on the plaintiff after the latter end
of 1823; my daughter has seen the defendant. pass by
the house, and has fainted on such occasions, I remem-
ber my daughter having her miniature and some d'art
letters returned by defendant ; it was twelie =Mehl
after he discontinued his visits; my daughter told lase
that she had written to him desiring him to' rettnn
them ; they were returned several weeks after she had
written to him; she returned his letters at the time she
received her own back.
Mr. W. Hutchins—l am the bur they of the plaintiff;
I married a sister of the defendant's first wife ; I was on
intimate terms with the defers lant peevii us to 1826; he
was my sister's snarl after he buried his first wife:, the
letter now put into my hattds is the defendant's Hand-
writing ; I am positive that the direction is his hand.
writing; the plaintiff and defendant *ere p esent. at
my marriage, at Stanmore, in 1823, and the defendant
said on that occasion, " why did you get mat Tied before
us, it will be our turn next;" my sister po.sesses an in•
dependence, left by my father; the defendant is a man
of fortune ; the house of Sluice and Co. employ about
800 men; the defendant has a house at Brixton; he
keeps his horse and chaise, and his estsblishment in town.
Mr. Sergeant ADAMS—The Getman Baton Stuns is
pretty well known.
Witness continued—l remember the defendant putting a ring on
my sister's finger, and be said," the nest I put on shall be the wed-
ding ring;' Dais letter is my 'liter's hand-writing.
George Metcalfe—l am clerk to the plaintiff's attorney; I wrote
to the defendant on the tst of May last, requesting him to give me
the name of his attorney, and as he did not reply. to nay letter, I
served his with a copy of a writ on the 4th of May, Fatly la the
mornki,nliay 4, 10 o clock—(This
The eeiauctk is into my hand bears thoezngs knee Oxford-street rs ti.
indent is charged with having sent to the plaintiff.)—The dohs-
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Yves within less than a quarter cif a mile of the post Aloe Is
Bond-street.
Frederick Greyseller—l lived with the defendant for 11 rare,
and know his band-writing; I believe the letter I hold in my Mad
to be the defendant's writing, but am not sure; the directs= is very
like his band-writing, and I rather believe it is than not.
Mr. Sergeant if/moo—That is mare Do than yes—(Laughter.)
Cross.ezamlned— I have left the defendant's :aryls* several years.
Mr. Altamon—l have been in the eeriest of the evesdant, and
believe the letter produced to be the defendant's hand-writing. The
Ns 10 on the direction is very like his hand-writing: 1 believe it
is his writing.—(The letter was shewn to the Jury, but it was
sit read, and several letters of the defendant were put in aad read.
Mr. Sergeant WILDS addressed the Jury for the de.
Pendant. If the Jury could withdraw their minds front
that extremely disgusting letter which they had ju t
read, he should be glad to-direct them to other puts of
she cause. His client's letters which had been read, had
'canted a smile, and he wished the present was the only
place where he had been made a laughing stock. The
Jury were trying a breach of promise in 185c7, which
was made in the year 1823, and the young Lady, as
plaintiff, whose passion for the defendant was so ardent
that she fainted whenever she happened to see him,
bad surprised him, and it must appear surprising to
Nary body else, how she ehould keep her passion alive
for so long a period—to him it appeared incredible. He
should have supposed that if there lied been a breach
of promise %f marriage, that within twelve months of