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did not see him there. I was next day invited by Dr, Quick
to spend the evening at his house. He was at the George
and Vulture, he said, attending a child of Mrs. George's.
I went with Mrs. Chamley, and M'Gill was sent for at the
instance of Quick and Jones. On Wednesday, the 16th of
March, Mrs. Jones came to Mrs. Charnley's, and said that
Martin had been at her house the night before, and wished
to see me to pay me £l5O, but he would not see me in the
presence of a third party. I went with Mrs. Chamley, at the
time appointed in the evening, to Mrs. Jones's house, but
did not see Martin. Dr. Dryden came in, and Mrs. Jones
said Martin wanted to see me alone. She also said Mrs.
Chamley prevented Martin coming in, on which Mrs.
Chamley and Dr. Dryden went into the kitchen. Shortly
after Mrs. Jones came running in, and said Martin was
at Mrs. Clayton's with the £l5O to pay me. I went out
with her, and met her husband, who also told me the
same. I went with Jones, but, when I got to the door, I
refused to go in, on vhich Mrs. Clayton came out, and said
Martin had been there frequently wanting to see me. I went
in, but Martin was not there. Shortly after a glass was
given to me, which had a dark-looking liquor. I drank it,
and then became insensible. I did not come to my senses
until the 19th, when I found myself in bed with M'Gill and
Mrs. Clayton, the latter of whom had her arms round
M`Gill's neck, at Gretna Green. I jumped out of bed, and
asked what it all meant? M`Gill said I was married to him,
and I must mind how I behaved myself. I screamed out,
and Dr. Quick came into the room, and said, ” Madam, you
have deceived many, but now you are deceived. M`Gill is
your husband, and you had better behave yourself. All your
property now belongs to him, and, if you do not behave your-
self, there is nothing but the workhouse for you." I then
insisted on my ring being taken off, which was done. We
then returned to Liverpool, and the coach pulled up at
Quick's door, and there I attempted to make my escape.
M`Gill took hold of me by the cloak, and prevented me. I
was then taken to Rogerson's, and there kept in confinement
several days. On the Wednesday I went to Mr. Heaton's,
the attorney, and told him that I had been deceived and
married. From there I went with M'Gill to Crellin's in
Finch-street, under pretence of showing him my father's
will. Quick, Mrs. Chamley, and Rogerson were with us. I
made my escape from them through the back door and got
to the entry, when Rogerson got hold of me, and brought
me back. I made my escape again, and from there went to
Miss Sutton's, in Seymour-street, and got my banking-book.
I then went to Burlington-street to lodge, under another
name, lest they should find me. I had no clothes with me
at all except those I had on when I went to Gretna-green.
A. servant would have dressed better.
Cross-examined by Mr. ARMSTRONG.-1 first saw M‘Gill
about three weeks before the 26th February. I had then
only just got off the old love. I did not that day salute him
nor he me. Mrs. Jones's house was a house I was in the
habit of going to reside at two or three days at once. I never
received company there ; but I have seen Copeland there.
I never received Armistead there. I have occasionally seen
him lately. The day after the 26th, I saw M'Gill at his
sister's. He then pressed his suit. I don't know that be
saluted me that day. He has done so once or twice in the
presence of Mrs. Chamley. I don't think he was very fond
of me ; it was my money he wanted, or he would not have
gone and stopped my money at the bank. I saw M`Gill
every day after the 26th, and was with him in Cheshire on
the Ist of March. He was still pressing his suit to marry
me. There was no other suitor, nor would I consider M`Gill
so. I consulted Mr. Ansdell, solicitor, about getting the
money returned from Copeland. M`Gill might be with me.
I swear I did not tell Mr. Ansdell I was going to be married
in a few days, and should require his assistance in drawing
up a marriage settlement. I went to Dr. Quick's father-in-
law, at Roby. I never was in the garden there, nor in any
arbour there. M'Gill was with me there, and asked me to
promise to marry him, but I said I would not speak on such
a subject before witnesses, as I had got into a scrape before.
That was on the 13th of March. We remained there all
night, and returned the next morning to Liverpool. We
returned in a coach, and that evening we went together to
the theatre with Mrs. Chamley. We left the theatre before
the play was over, and M'Gill saw me home. When I re-
turned to Rogerson's, his daughters kissed me, and I did
not push them away. They called me aunt.
By Mr. Sergeant MURPHY.—I was at the Isle of Man,
and visited at Mr. Duddleston's, where I met Copeland. I
never asked one of the servants there to bring hot water to
shave. I was at the Liver Theatre, in Liverpool, along with
Copeland and Duddleston, and on leaving went to Hebble-
white's public-house in Church-street, and had some spirits,
but I do not know what kind, No policeman was called to
turn me out. When I lodged with a person named Roberts,
I had spirits occasionally, not too much—there's no harm in
that! (Laughter.) I do not recollect being on the railway
at Parkside. I do not recollect going up stairs with a female
at Parkside, and smoking a pipe. If I did so I was not in
my senses. I have occasionally smoked, on the recommenda-
tion of the doctor, and sometimes in jest. It was Doctor
Copeland who recommended me to smoke; and I smoked
some cigars and drank some whisky with him at the Isle of
Man. I did not say to a waiter at Carlisle that M'Gill and
Rogerson were out, and tell him to bring some spirit to me,
which I would dying myself and pay for it, and that it was
not to be put into the bill. If I did so, I was not in my
senses. On the Wednesday morning after we returned from
Gretna, I went with Mrs. Chamley to Everton. I was alone
with her; but afterwards returned to Rogerson's. I might have
spoken to Mr. Saunders about having a settlement drawn up.
I did not go to Heaton, an attorney, to have a settlement
drawn up. I do not know a person named Linton at Gretna.
I should not know him, and I have no more recollection of
the marriage than a child unborn. No mention whatever
was made of marriage by M'Gill until we got to St. Paul's.
I did not smoke a cigar at Roby. Was not at the Bruns-
wick Hotel to meet Copeland and M'Gill. Mr. Martin be-
haved as a gentleman to me. M'Gill has behaved in a most
villanous manner to me. I should not have had M'Gill even
if my property had been settled on me.
Cross-examined by Dr. BROWN.—I formerly lived in Sey-
mour-street, keeping house with my mother. I left that
house about a year ago. Martin came to see me about twice
a week, previous to my leaving the house. From Seymour-
street I went to Crellin's, in Finch-street; then to the Isle
of Man ; whence I returned on the 10th September. I went
to live at the Woodside Hotel ; thence to Mrs. Griffiths' ; then
to Mrs. Aspern's, in Norton-street ; then to Miss Cowen's.
Those were all the places I lived at, except at Mrs. Clayton's.
I occasionally lodged at Mrs. Jones's house. She was a
charwoman, and I paid her for her attendance on me. I
Crellin's to go to the Isle of Man. I do not know a public-
house in Dansie-street. I believe I was never in a public-
house there with Martin. I think I will swear I never was
at a public-house with him so late as twelve o'clock. I have
been at a public-house once or twice. I never was told to
go out of a public-house when with him. I never sent out
for liquor when in Seymour-street. If ever it was sent for it
was for Mrs. Jones. I lived too respectable for that. The
last time I saw Mrs. Jones was about two o'clock on the
afternoon of the 16th of March.
Cross-examined by Mr.. BRANDT.—It was on the Sunday
that I came to myself again at Gretna Green. I looked in
the glass very soon after I got out of bed. I was then sick,
and soon after a glass of something was given to me and I
drank it. I did not pay any part of the expenses of the ex-
cursion to Egremont. The parties there were comparative
strangers to me. We had champagne, ordered by M`Gill,
and I had a glass. When we left, it was with the intention
of going to the steeple-chase. It was on the Tuesday after
I returned from Gretna that I went to Mr. Saunders' office,
and from thence I went back to Rogerson's house. Mrs.
Chamley called on me that afternoon, and also next morning,
when I got away with her.
Re-examined by Mr. BAINEs.—I lived 16 or 17 years in
Seymour-street, and part of the time with my parents.
[The witness was upwards of two hours under exami-
nation.]
Mary Chamley called and examined by Mr. WlLlctsrs.—l
am wife of Mr. Thomas Chamly, master of the light ship.
Have known Miss Crellin about 14 years. On the 4th of
March, Miss Crellin came to my house about 12 o'clock at
night. She was let in by the servant. Next day she told
me something about Copeland, and I advised her to go to
Mr. Ansdell. On the 10th. Jones called on us, and said he
had met Mr. Martin, and followed him to the White Bear,
in Dale-street. Jones bad a coach, and I and Miss Crellin
accompanied him to Dale-street. Jones got out and went to
the house. Shortly after he came out and said Martin had
gone to Hackin's Hey. He then desired us to go to a house
opposite, and watch for his going into the White Bear. Jones
then went out, and was several times backwards and forwards,
until about six o'clock, when he came and said he had found
out a house Martin frequented—the George and Vulture, in
Houghton-street. We went home and had tea, and from
thence to the George and Vulture, where I believe there was
a ball, but I was not in the room. On our way home, that
night, we met Quick, and Miss Crellin spoke to him as an
old friend. Next morning, we saw him at the George and
Vulture, and he invited us and Jones to tea at his house. I
went with Miss Crellin to tea at Quick's. Quick proposed
that M`Gill should be sent for, and Martin said, " Yes ; send
for him, and we shall have a song." Miss Crellin said Quick
was in his own house, and could do as he liked. Jones
then left the house, and returned shortly after with
M'Gill. It was settled at supper that we should all
go to Roby to see Dr. Quick's father-in-law. We
went there, and staved all night. M'Gill made an offer of
marriage to Miss Crellin, and said he would make over part
of her property on herself, and he wished to make the pro-
mise in presence of witnesses. She said she would not—she
bad been tricked once by doing so. On this M`Gill took up
his bat, and said he would go to London next morning, and
left the room in a passion. Next morning we returned to
Liverpool; while on the way, M'Gill offered to settle all her
property on herself, which I thought was very honourable.
Next day A/Mill called, and asked Miss Crellin to go to the
theatre. She did go, and I accompanied them, and returned
at ten o'clock. On Wednesday, the 15th of March, Mrs.
Jones came and said Miss Crellin was wanted at her house.
Copeland wished to see her about paying her £l5O. I ac-
companied her to Jones's heuse. Copeland was not there.
Mrs. Jones then brought two glasses of brandy and water.
Shortly after Jones came in and said Martin would not see
Miss Crellin in the presence of a third person, on which
myself and Dr. Dryden went into the kitchen. Miss Crellin
then went out with Mr. Jones to meet Martin, who, he
said, was in the street. I stayed until twelve o'clock at
night, and as Miss„Crellin did not return I went home to
bed. Next day I went to seek for Miss Crellin. I saw
coach passing along Ranelagh-street, and as she was in it
I offered a boy a shilling to stop it, and it was stopped op-
posite the Adelphi. I saw Miss Crellin in a state of in-
sensibility. Mrs. Clayton and Jones were also in the coach.
The driver said they were going to my house in Great Nel-
son-street, on which I got in, and we were driven to St.
Ann's Coffee-house, in St. Ann's-street, and Jones said she
was going there to have some refreshment, and then she
would be fit to go home. There she asked to lay down on a
sofa, but the landlady, not liking the look of the party, re-
fused. She was then taken away in a car, after having had
a glass of brandy, and I did not see her again until the 22d,
when Jones came to my house and said Miss Crellin wished
to see me. I went with him in a car to Rogerson's house,
and as soon as I saw her she flew to me, and said, " Mrs.
Chamley, I am deceived ; I am married ; I know nothing
about it." She did not appear quite collected. I went with
her to an attorney's at the request of the prisoners, as it had
been agreed to over night. I told Miss Crellin she had bet-
ter make the best of it. Mrs. Rogerson said she; thought
they might be happy and comfortable.
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Cross-examined by Mr. ARMSTRONG.—The first time I
saw M`Gill was at Dr. Quick's. MGR! and Miss Crellin
sung. Miss Crellin's song was, " In my cottage by the sea
side." That evening we were invited to take tea with
M'Gill's sisters the next day. We went,. and had a pleasant
upon me and
ea ening. I
Miss
went twice with Miss Crellin to Mr. Ansdell's
office.
saluted her in
a short time to Crellin might have said she should want him in
14risake a marriage settlement. M‘Gill called
the room in a attentionm to Miss Crellin as a suitor. He
he paid every Crellin to take us to Roby. At that place
p Ipresence at Dr. Quick's. When he left
Cross-examined by Mr.
she went Cig,lf
so next morning. thought he acted hastily, and told him
Sergeant MURPHY.—I recollect
Miss Crellin smoking a •• at Dr. Quick's ; and on Satur-
day, the 12th,
Mr. Aaeat the Brunswick. I advised
Miss Crellin to go to
him about being a trustee, as rge, at Everton, to consult
father's. Mr. M`George was noet
my honour to return Miss Crellin ttohliTe•
ArmiesrrtejaerF
Waas lan old friend of her
believe he would like
to her about trifling with M'Gill previous gersol,hsa.d pledged
Ilsepdogkede
was going to Gretna
Green. I told Mrs. Rogerson that I
Quick's oesitook
M`George for him to become a trustee. Therring,:o Mr'
settle-
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to have Miss Crellin himself. He was the person wh
her to Mr. Snowball. A message was left at
way to Saunders' office, that if M'Gill came in he was to

follow u; to the dick Ml,o;Crpilto told roe Oat oho IA
wood to the marriage rottioinent in order to got away,
This took place the same morning I went with her to yr,
M`Georgers. When she left Rogerson's she went to Crellin's.
On the Tuesday, when at Rogerson's, she treated the mem.
bers of the family with great respect. She appeared very
dull and melancholy. 1 thought a marriage contract was
going on between M'Gill and Miss Crellin from what was
passing between them at Roby, but I did not think
courting was going on. I might have said, if the marriage
was not too hurried I would act as bride's maid. It
was proposed by Mr. Rogerson's family that she should
be married again in church, and she appeared to agree
to it. It was after seeing Armistead that she refused. It
It was spoken of that Miss Crellin should take part of Roger-
son's house and she consented. I addressed her as Mrs.
M'Gill after she came back from Gretna Green. Ido not
recollect whether she had a ring on or not at the time. It
was at my suggestion that she was taken in the car to the St.
Anne's Coffee-house, because she was not in a fit state to go
to any respectable house. She was most abusive to me, and
we had a sick gentleman in the house. I had lost sight of
Miss Crellin for about eight months previous, and do not
know what her habits were. I saw her drink brandy in
Quick's house. She might have drunk two or three glasses,
but she was none the worse. She told me she had a great
respect for Martin, and they would have been married but
she had found out he was a married man.
Cross-examined by Dr. BROWN.—The last time I saw Miss
Crellin on the 26th was between three and four in the after-
noon.

Re-examined by Mr. WuxiNs.—When I saw Miss Crellin
at Rogerson's, after she returned from Gretna Green, I had
not had any private conversation with Miss Crellin, or if I
had known what I know now I should have acted differently.
[The witness here pointed out Mr. Armistead in court.
Re-examination continued.—l believe Miss Crellin is 53.
I do not know whether Mr. Armisted is a married man and
has a wife living.
Mr. MURPHY.—No ; nor you either.
Mr. Wimans.—l beg your pardon. If you make these
irregular observations I shall reply to them ; I know that he
is married, and that his wife is still living.
The Rev. J. H. Stafford, ministers of St. Paul's, Liver-
pool, said :—The prisoner Rogerson called on me in March
last to give instructions for a marriage license, and in conse-
quence I drew up an affidavit. [The affidavit was here pro-
duced.] There is an alteration in the date from the Ist to
the 2d March, as the principal party would not appear before
me until next morning. They asked me to attend church
next morning to marry the parties. About eleven o'clock
Rogerson came into the vestry. where I was sitting, and said
he would not give me any trouble, as he thought the parties
would not appear. Rogerson then got into a car at the gate,
and drove away. Afterwards I saw Rogerson, and in reply
to an observation of mine that it was strange the parties did
not appear, he said they had been a trip to Gretna Green.
Henry Bolton.—l keep a watchmaker's shop and live at
Egremont. On the Ist of March, Rogerson, the prisoner,
crossed over the river in the boat with me ; he had a bottle
on his knee. Next morning he came in a hurry and pur-
chased a wedding-ring at my shop. He left a bottle which
contained brandy.
Cross-examined by Mr. BRANDT.—It was good brandy.
Anthony Webster examined.—l am a car-driver, and
recollect the day of the steeple-chase in Cheshire. I was at
the pier, and was engaged by a gentleman. Took up two
ladies and two gentlemen. I was ordered me to pull up at
the corner of Chapel-street, which I did, and there found
the gentleman who had engaged the car. He desired me to
drive on to St. Paul's Church. At Sixsmiths, a glass of
something was handed into the car by that gentleman, but it
was not drunk, and he poured out the contents of the glass
into the kennell. I then drove to the church, and after
staying there a short time, drove them to Rogerson's house.
One of the gentlemen paid me. I did not know the gentle-
men, but the ladies were Miss Crellin and Mrs. Jones.
Mrs. Roulton examined.—Lives in Great Nelson-street.
Knows the prisoner Jones. Miss Crellin lodged with me.
Sometime in March last (about a fortnight before I was ex-
amined before the magistrate). Mrs. Jones and two gentle-
men came to my house and sat down to watch Mrs. Chamley's
house. One of them said they were to sit there until they
saw Miss Crellin come out of the house, and they were to
have what drink they wanted. They left in about three- i
quarters of an hour.
Catherine George examined by Mr. BAINES—I am wife of
the landlord of the George and Vulture, in Houghton-street.
In March last, about the 9th or 10th, Clayton came to my
house. She wanted to ask a favour of me. She was going
to bring a very rich lady to our house to meet Martin, but
she was not to meet Martin but I asked what it was
all about, and she said she had gone with him to St. Paul's
Church, and that she had not married him but made a fool
of him. She added, that when Miss Crellin came in I was
to be sure to tell her Martin had been in the day before, and
would be there that evening. Shortly after Quick came in,
and after some conversation left the house. In the evening
Mrs. Chamley, Miss Crellin and the prisoner Jones, came
to the house, and the latter asked for a private room. Miss
Crellin asked me did I think Martin would be there that
evening? I said I did not know. When the prisoner
(Quick) was there that evening he said they did not want
Mrs. Chamley. They all three went away together, and
came again next day. Whilst I was talking to them, the
prisoner Quick came in and passed us. On doing so he
asked how the child was. He was not attending any child in
our house. He went into the kitchen, and I followed him,
when he said he would not for £5O be mixed up with it ; that
he had got Miss Crellin to see M'Gill, and there was a trap
or plot laid from which the old d-1 could not escape. He
then went into the room to the ladies. When they returned
I saw Mrs. Clayton, and she told me that the night of the
wedding she had to go into the room to her (Miss C.), for
.he was going mad, and was obliged to stay with her—that
she had been engaged to bring it about, and was to have a
handsome present.
Cross-examined by Mr. Sergeant MURPHY.—The first
night Miss Crellin came to our house she had two half-
glasses of brandy, and she staid till past eleven o'clock.
Ann Jones examined by Mr. WILKINS.—In March last I
was living with Mr. Routledge, next door to where Mrs.
Clayton lives. On the 16th March last I saw Miss Crellin
go to Clayton's house. The door was opened by the pri-
soner Jones, and Mrs. Clayton came out to ask her to go in,
but I did not see that she did. On the following morning a
car drove up to the door, and Jones lifted Miss Crellin into
the car, and then they got in after her. I drove off, and re-
turned about two o'clock, when Miss Crellin was carried
into the house.
Elizabeth Routledge examined by Mr. ATTIERTON.—I am
wife of Joseph Routledge. Lives in Roscoe-lane. Knows
the prisoners. Saw Quick, Jones, Mrs. Clayton, and
M'Gill. They were in conversation at our house. This
was on the 23d of March last. M'Gill said, either that night
or next day, he would go to Chester and ascertain what pro-
perty she had, and would allow the old d-1 £1 a-week. I
saidto "whatthat it was
youhelrea (Clayton's)veher for?
rins
saw Mrs. Clayton give a ring to a person named Woods,
which was cut, and she said it was the one Miss Crellin was
married
gh
has
Quick
got
away." I saw Miss Crellin on the evening of the 16th, at
Clayton's door. It was opened by Jones, and he came out
and walked with her past my door. I heard Miss Crellin
say she would not go in; but Mrs. Clayton came out, and she
eventually went in.
Cross-examined by Mr. ARMSTRONG.—This conversation
was not addressed to me ; it was what I overheard in the
street.

Martha Massey examined by Mr. BAINES.—My husband
keeps the St. Ann's Coffee-house. On St. Patrick's day
four persons came to my house between three and four in the
afternoon. Miss Crellin, Jones, Clayton, and Mrs. Cham-
ley. Miss Crellin was stupid drunk. They asked for two
glasses of brandy and one of ale. Mrs. Clayton took one
and put it to Miss Crellin's lips. Mrs. Chamley came to
me and desired to have a private room where there was a
sofa or a bed, in order that Miss Crellin might be taken care
of. I declined, and they went away together, Mrs. Cham-
ley stayed a few minutes behind at the door and seemed an-
noyed.
Eliza Mawdsley examined by Mr. WILKINS.—I am the
niece of William Potter. He keeps a public house in Old-
ham-street. A coach, containing Miss Crellin, Mrs. Clayton,
and Mr. Jones, drove up to our house on last Patrick's day.
Miss Crellin appeared stupid. Her face was swelled and dis-
coloured. They went into the front parlour. In a short
time Jones went out. He returned again with Mrs. Jones.
While Jones was absent Miss Crellin was asleep, and Jones
said she was in an unfit state to be removed until dusk. The
car had gone away, but two men brought another car about
six o'clock, when Jones awoke Miss Crellin, and told her a
coach was waiting for her. She refused to go, but Jones
put his arm around her arid put her in the coach. The coach-
man was told to drive to Roby. Mrs. Jones did not go in
the coach.
John Connolly examined by Mr. ATIIERTON.—In the
evening of last Patrick's Day, Quick engaged my car about
six o'clock to go to Roby. He then told me to drive to
Potter's, in Oldham-street, where I took up Miss Crellin
and another female. Miss Crellin was unable to get into the
coach by herself, and was assisted in by a man. I thought
her quite drunk. When we arrived at Roby, Quick got out,
went into a house, and then returned to the car, when he
welcomed the party as if he had not been one of them him-
self. Miss Crellin appeared to be as drunk in Roby as she
was in Liverpool. She asked, when first she got in, where
they were taking her to ?—and she appeared reluctant to go.
John Rogers examined by Mr. BAINES.—I am gate keeper
at the Roby Station. On Friday, the Bth of March, I saw
Quick, Jones, M‘Gill, Mrs. Clayton, and Miss Crellin, at
the station. I said to Quick that Miss Crellin was drunk.
He said not ; that it was " a funny way she had." (A
laugh.) I booked them in the second class carriage to Park-
side. Miss Crellin was helped into the carriage by Quick
and M`Gill.
Penelope Nicolls examined by Mr. ATIIERTON.—On the
18th of March, I saw Miss Crellin at Parkside Station. She
was very tipsy. The other prisoners were present. Her face
was black, swollen, and bloated.
Cross-examined by Mr. ARMSTRONG.—I did not see her
smoking a pipe. She walked up stairs by herself. She
walked after Quick, alongside an embankment.
James Baines examined by Mr. BAINEs.--Is the coach-
man of the North Briton coach, which runs between Lan-
caster and Carlisle. On the 18th of March last I took up '
Quick, Jones, M'Gill, Clayton, and Miss Crellin. Places
were taken by Quick—three insides and two out. He took
them in the name of Thompson. M'Gill and Quick were
I outside, at the coach-office. I heard Miss Crellin screaming
and making a great noise. A crowd got round the coach.
Quick said to M'Gill, "Get inside and quiet the old b—h."
M'Gill got inside accordingly. At the first stage, rum and
brandy were brought out to the party inside. At the next
stage more rum and brandy were brought out. Quick
ordered all. Miss Crellin had her head on Jones's shoulder.
M'Gill complained that the old lady had drunk all that was
in the bottle. I asked Quick were they taking the old lady
to an asylum. He said not. "You wouldn't think," said
he " that that old lady was worth £60,000 ?" Going across
the moor, Quick told me he was a doctor in the army. He
called M'Gill " Captain," and said he was captain in the
army, and that they had been over to Liverpool to see the
s te eple-chase. Miss Crellin was handed out of the coach at
one of the stages. Her face was blotched and swollen, and
her hair was hanging about her face. At Shap there was
more brandy had. Quick asked for a bottle of brandy to
take inside the co;ch, but the landlady refused to give as the
coach couldn't wait. At Shap another coachman took the
reins.
John Wilson examined by Mr. ATHERTON.—I drive the
North Briton coach from Shap to Carlisle. On the 18th of
March I took up a partyxse of five between those two places.
Quick sat on the
At the first change of horses
they had a glass inside.-
ordered it, and gave me a
glass of gin. There was a noise inside the coach at the next
stage. I left them at Carlisle, and the next morning I saw
them all leave in a car by the Scotch road.
Joseph Hodgson examined by Mr. B kr 'Es I am waiter
at the Bush Inn, Carlisle. Jones, M'Gil,9-ayton, Quick,
and Miss Crellin arrived there on thenigtiiitaof the 19tH of
March. Miss Crellin was tipsy.
Quick
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He gave Mips Crellin, who was
brandy. noisy,
another glass.. Quick told me that the other three were
Miss Crellin's servants, and that he was only going with
n: the to Annan. Miss Crellin asked where she was,
Quick
told her that she was within five miles of 'Warrington, and
that they would go on in the morning.
Cross-examined by Mr. ARMSTRONG.—They had tea on
the evening of their arrival, and meat with it. I cannot say
whether Miss Crellin eat or drank anything. They left for
Gretna Green the next morning.
Thos. Brownrigg examined by Mr. ATIIERTON.—T
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boy at at the Georgelnn, Carlisle. On the 19th March, the
prisoners Clayton, M`Gill, and Quick, and a female whose
face I did not see, got into a chaise, and ordered me to drive
to Metal Bridge. One of the persons called out to pull up
at a public-house, which I did, and Quick ordered four glasses
of ale, two of which were handed inside, another to Quick,
who was outside, and the fourth to me. On going through

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what was the price, and said various prices—,from a Oil of
whiskey to XlOO. I took them a short distance over the
bridge, and then they left the chaise, and all walked along
the road. I heaad screaming out and laughing inside as I
was driving them. When I opened the door to let them out
I saw a bottle and something like a glass in the hands of
Jones.

Cross-examined by Mr. ARMSTRONG.—I thought them a
merry wedding party. The lady whose face 1 did not see
took hold of M`Gill's arm when she got out of the carriage,
and walked along the road with him. She did not stagger
about. I left them about three miles from Gretna Hall.
There was a probability of their getting a conveyance.
John Macfarlane examined by Mr. BAINES.—On Sunday,
the 20th March, an omnibus drove up to the Crown and
Anchor at Carlisle, where I am waiter. The prisoners
Jones, Quick, M'Gill and Mrs. Clayton were in the omni-
bus. Miss Crellin was inside, also. She appeared stupid
and half drunk, and was lying with her head on M`Gill's
knee. M'Gill told her to get ud as they were at Carlisle,
and she did. In the course of the evening, Quick told me
she was a d—d old hag whom they had filled with drink and
married ; and that she was worth £60,000 or £70,000.
Cross-examined by Mr. ARMSTRONG.-INliss Crellin had
eight or nine glasses of brandy in the course of the evening,
which she ordered and drank herself. They left next morn-
ing by the mail, and she had a glass of brandy before they
started. She walked up stairs after taking all that brandy.
She asked me in the course of the evening if I had ever seen
such a rum party before ? and I believe I never have. She
offered to treat me to a glass of brandy, saying she had got
married, and was determined to have a d—d good spree.
Elizabeth Armstrong examined by Mr. Bansies.-18
chamber-maid at the Crown and Anchor at Carlisle. The
prisoners M'Gill, Quick, Jones, and Mrs. Clayton were
there. Miss Crellin was there. They staid all night, and
after Mrs. Clayton had gone to bed, M`Gill asked me to
show him to Mrs. Clayton's room, which I did. I heard
him ask her to go down to supper, but she refused, as she
said she was determined to go off next morning at six o'clock.
Miss Crellin went to bed very tipsy. She walked up stairs
herself, but I assisted to undress her. I afterwards showed
M'Gill to her bedroom. He took the candle and went in,
and then remarked that she was asleep.
Cross-examined by Mr. ARMSTRONG.—MiSS Crellin asked
me to lend her a night-dress, which I did.
John Hawks examined by Mr. ATHERTON.—I am a waiter
at the King's Arms, in Kendal. Saw the party at that inn
on the 21st of March. They dined there. Miss Crellin was
almost in a state of stupefaction. She walked across the
room two or three times. They left by the mail, having staid
about forty minutes.
John Crellin examined by Mr. BAtNEs.-1 am a joiner in
Finch-street, Liverpool, and am no relation to Miss Crellin.
Have known her ten or twelve years. On the 23d March
when I came home to dinner found M`Gill, Rogerson, and
Miss Crellin. The latter said she had beers to Gretna, had
been married, and deceived. The party watched the door,
and in consequence I told her I would attempt to get her
away. In the afternoon she attempted to get away, and I
sent the girl to fetch her back. I afterwards saw Rogerson
take hold of Miss Crellin's arms. She appeared in distress,
wrung her hands, and cried—and she said she was deter-
mined not to leave the house. M`Gill went away and left
Rogerson. After that Miss Crellin went out at the front
door, and was followed by Mr. Rogerson who ran after her.
I and Mrs. Chamley went after her. She got into a coach.
I stopped it, and took her to Miss Sutton's, in Seymour-
street. Miss Sutton refused to allow Rogerson to go in.
Phillip Hagan examined by Mr. WILKINS.—I am a dealer
cigars. I was at Fryer's public-house, in North John-street,
on the 23d March last. Jones came in and a person named
Wood was with him. Jones said they had been at Gretna
Green getting Miss Crellin married. 'Wood asked him to
give an account of the trip. Jones said they had made Miss
Crellin drunk before she started, and had kept her drunk all
the way. That they had told her when she was at Carlisle
that they were a few miles from Warrington. Some one
asked him, "Suppose she had refused to marry M'Gill?"
lie said they had got a stamp for £2,ooowhich they intended
to compel her to sign, and if she did not they would drive
her into the mountains and keep her there. Some one said
she was not so rich as some people imagined. Jones said he
knew she had £lO,OOO or £12,000 in Leyland's bank, and as
much in Heywood's.
Cross-examined by Sergeant Mu RPHY.—I never told any
one that if there was a conviction I was to have £5O. I
never supplied cigars to Mrs. Fairclough not my own, and
received the money for them.
William Demain examined by Mr. BAINES.—I live in
Liverpool. Saw the prisoner Quick at Rogerson's door last
March. 1 went into a house near, where there was some
women. He said to them " You have lost Johnny ; he has
been getting married at Gretna Green. That they had
bundled the old d-1 off in a coach to Carlisle, and had per-
suaded her she was at Warrington." I asked why she
should not know the difference between Warrington and Car-
Ilisle. Quick said, " the old d-1 was drunk."
Richard Heywood Jones examined by Mr. ATHERTON.—
I am a partner in Heywood's Bank. Miss Crellin had a
balance owing to her in our bank in March last.
The case for the prosecution here closed.
Mr. ARMSTRONG addressed the jury on behalf of the
prisoner M`Gill. He said he was quite aware they must all
be convinced that his client had acted in a sordid manner,
and that he had made a sacrifice of himself to an old woman
in a way to incur their contempt; but he felt assured that
when they looked to the evidence they would not say that he
was a felon. At the first introduction he paid his addresses
to the lady. She admitted that he had made love to her,
and the jury could have little doubt but that he was received
as an accepted lover. It was a remarkable trait in the nar-
rative that he had offered to settle upon her the whole of
her property, and that Mrs. Chamley had admitted
his conduct in this respect to have been highly honour-
: able. It would, however, be idle in him (Mr. Armstrong)
to contend that M`Gill's object was not to obtain her
property, neither could he allege that the prisoner had acted
properly in the matter ; but it would be impossible for the
jury to say that a man was a felon simply because he married
a woman for the sake of lucre. The principal portion of the
evidence had applied to the state in which Miss Crellin was
on the 16th of March ; but from that time there was no evi-
dence of M'Gill having been in the company of the several
parties until their arrival at Parkside. She might. for aught
the jury knew to the contrary, have agreed to go off with him,
or she might have drugged herself. She might also have
taken brandy of her own accord, in such large quantities as to
render her insensible of what was passing around. When it
appeared that she had taken six or seven glasses of brandy at
the inn at Carlisle, there could be little
doubt that she was
There addicted to the use of strong drinks. was no evidence
of any disinclination upon her part towards M'Gill. Upon
the contrary
coach, , the first time there was any disturbance in the
inside of the
on the route to Gretna, Quick told M'Gill
to go in and quiet her. And what was the effect? The
moment he went inside she was quiet. He (Mr. A.) thoght
the jury must have been surprised when they saw Miss Crellin
in the witness-box.
The description .Mr. Baines had given
of her was, that the law was called upon to protect a poor
unfortunate, and weak creature like Miss Crellin. But
what evidence of .mental imbecility was there about her?
She might have been unable to exist for any length of
time without a sweetheart, but that she was a shrewed
person, who looked carefully after her own money and
property, there can be little doubt. She was unquestionably
anxious to have a husband ; and in one of her loving fits
when she was half tipsy and very merry, she agreed to go off
to Gretna Green. He (Mr. A.) alleged that the case had
been unfairly dealt with on the part of the prosecution. The
whole of the available evidence should have been brought
forward. Who had celebrated the marriage e A man of the
name of Linton, at Gretna Hall. Was that individual here ?
He was. Why had he not been called ? How could Mr.
Baines tell the jury that he was unable to give any evidence
of what had passed at Gretna, when be had Linton in court,
who knew all the circumstances, and yet declined to put him
in the box ? He hoped they would mistrust the other evi-
dence when they recollected that the principal testimony had
been kept back. He believed and reasserted that Miss Crel-
lin had consented to the marriage, and that she repented
when she returned to Liverpool and found that she had mar-
ried without a settlement having been previously made. If
Mr. M`George had been at home to act as a trustee, and she
could have all the property settled on herself, the jury never
would have heard of the trial, and she would have been but
too glad to have such a handsome fellow as M'Gill for her
husband. (A laugh.) If it had not been for the interference
of Mr. Armistead a settlement would have been come
to and the trial avoided. When she had taken seven
glasses of raw brandy. the chambermaid said she was
tipsy ; but, gracious God ! who would not have been
tipsy after swallowing such a large quantity ? The only
solution of the sawing off of the ring was this, that it
had hurt her finger, and that she might have had a supersti-
tion, being a Manx woman, that the sawing off of the ring
dissolved the marriage. In conclusion, Mr. Armstrong
asked the party whether they had any doubt that she was a
willing party—that she was quite competent to consent, and
that she had consented to the marriage?
point
Mr. Sergeant Musses's- addressed the jury on behalf of his
clients, Quick and Mrs. Clayton. He wished to their
attention to the evidence as it affected the parties
entrusted
to his care—Quick and Mrs. Clayton. The object for
which
the statute respecting abduction had been carried into effect
was founded upon the celebrated case of Miss Turner, where
everything was enlisted that could deceive her, and' this
wise and salutary statute was interposed. The prosecutrix
in the present instance was upwards of fifty years of age ;
and the evidence had gone the length of establishing that
she was in possession of certain. property—that she was in
the constant practice of receiving her money, and traffick-
ing in the sale of houses with a great deal of excellent
management. Mr. Baines had imported into the case that
she was prone to delusion—that she was a weak and vacillating
woman, easily trepanned, and that in a moment of almost
idiotcy she had fallen a victim to the prisoners' arts. Could
the jury point out any one of their acquaintances who seemed
to entertain a deeper responsibility than was entertained
by Miss Crellin ? She had been cajoled by Mr. Martin, but,
although she knew him to be a married, she still had a han-
kering after him. Human nature had always shown that
let a woman advance to a certain period of life and wish to
get married, she invariably exhibited a remarkable foolish-
ness in every act of her life. Miss Crellin had a hankering
after men. She knew Martin to be married; and yet she
now talked of her quondam lord, admitted her illicit love,
and spoke of him as being quite the gentleman. It was a
true maxim, that " An old woman in love was the greatest
fool which could possibly be conceived." Miss Crellin's
fondness for men, had made her prone to be entangled, and
she, laying a trap for another, had
fallen by the preponder-
ance of her own vile passions into it herself. Mrs. Chamley
had told them that she was a perfectly sober woman, and he
impression
(Mr. Murphy) was at one time afraid of the
which might be made on the minds of the jury by a denial of
the drink. He, had, however, succeeded in getting out this
fact from Miss Crellin herself, that she had gone to Hebble-
white's public-house, but that she had no recollection of
coming out of it. From the evidence of the waiter it further
appeared that in Carlisle she had called for seven glasses of
brandy, which she drank—that in the morning she had taken
another glass, and that she had tried to persuade Jones to
take more drink, when the man thought he had already taken
enough. If the jury put her smoking, and all her other
virile and masculine habits together,. they would be of opinion
that she was in the constant habit lac, putting an enemy into
her mouth to steal away her brains. She was a drunkard ;
and if the jury believed that fact, what became of all the
fine theory which his learned friends had raised up about
her going into Mrs. Clayton's and of the marriage having
resulted from her having been drugged at the moment ?
There was evidence to countervail this assertion. if Miss
Crellin told them one falsehood—if, in the vindictiveness of
an old woman, she told two falsehoods, might the jury not
assume that she had told a greater number of falsehoods ?
The best proof of motive in the present instance was sub-
sequent conduct ; and when the car was driving along Berry-
street, no resistance was offered to Mrs. Chamley to get in.
Miss Crellin's state at the time was easily accounted for by
her own propensity to drink. It had been alleged that the
object of drugging her was to make her an easy victim ; but
she—if she were insensible at all—had made herself insen-
sible by the quantity of drink she had swallowed. She
seemed, however, to be well aware of her position, because
she turned round and abused Mrs. Chamley, saying-
that she
was her own mistress, and that she would do what she liked
with her own property. The simple fact of the case was
this :—the self-willed old woman had got drunk, and Mrs
Chamley left her in the car to follow the bent of her self-will.'
Mr. Baines had brought a fringe into the case,. by introducing
an incident for the purpose of aggravation ; tor the jury had
been told of a scene at Sixsrnith's, and they had been led
to infer that a drug was there put into the glass of wine.
This was against all reason, because if they were then taking
the woman to be married, the last thing in the world they
would do would be to take her to church in a state of stupe-
faction, before such a respectable clergyman as Mr. Staf-
ford. This, therefore, was all fringe. lie maintained that

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his house, and, though the former had denied the tact, sho
had smoked cigars at Quick's, and dined at the Brunswick.
It was, doubtless, a delightful thing for such an old woman
to go off to Gretna Green, and she had a dislike to be mar-
ried in the ordinary way. He thought it the bounden duty
of his learned friends to have produced Linto❑ and Eccers-
ley, and that Miss Crellin had been a willing agent when she
went to Gretna Green. She had remained at Gretna Green
on the Saturday night, and when she awoke in the morning,
and found herself in a difficulty, she jumped out of bed. It
was manifest that she had been a woman of drunken habits,
and it was more than probable that after dinner on Saturday
night, at Gretna Green, she was blind drunk ; and there
was no doubt the old lady had a disinclination to see a more
buxom young woman than herself leaning over her in the
bed, and lying near M`Gill, and, supposing that some in-
jury had been done her, she jumped out of bed. At Carlisle,
she drank seven glasses of brandy, talked of having a spree,
and then all her new delights burst upon her astonished
view. This was the history of the case—a case in which
it appeared manifest throughout that she had been infinitely
attached to M`Gill. The very fact of M`Gill getting inside
the coach when she was noisy, and immediately producing a
calm, proved the fact, because with the exception of her
little drop—" her custom," as the poet said, " of an
afternoon,"—she appeared to be quite contented after
she had got him inside. If she had gone to Gretna
Green under the effects of intoxication, she had taken the
drink of her own accord ; and, under the excitement of that
drink, accompanied the parties on the spree. He thought
there was no evidence of a detainer having been placed upon
her after her return to Liverpool, and that she could, if she
pleased, have escaped from Rogerson's house. In a town
like Liverpool, where there was a well-disciplined constabu-
lary force, she could have opened her window and called out
for help. He maintained that she was a perfectly willing
agent in the transaction, until she found that she had been
deceived.

Dr. BROWN addressed the jury on behalf of Jones and I
his wife. He charged his learned friends with having made
a selection of witnesses in the present case, and denied that
Miss Crellin was a person of weak intellect. He thought
the conduct was unlike that of guilty parties, inasmuch as
they had only taken three places in the Carlisle coach, and
left a vacant place to he occupied by any indifferent person,
who might have seen what had passed. The sole question
for the jury to determine was, whether any or every of the
parties had been guilty of the act of forcibly taking away the
prosecutrix, and detaining her against her will. There was
no evidence of such foyce having been used by Mrs. Jones,
who had never left Liverpool at all. Waiter after waiter,
post-boy after post-boy, and chambermaid after chamber-
maid, had been examined, but no evidence had been given of
the most important night of all—the Saturday upon which
the marriage had been solemnised at Gretna Green. Dr.
Brown concluded by reiterating his surprise that no witness
had been examined to show the state and conduct of the par-
ties at Gretna.

Mr. BRANDT addressed the jury on behalf of Rogerson.
He was not charged with taking away the prosecutrix, or
with detaining her, but with having harboured and received
the parties, knowing them to have been guilty. The draught
said to have been administered to Miss Crellin was one of
which they might have read in the works of tragedians and
novelists, but they could never have heard of it in the ordi-
nary concerns of life. He thought it must have been the
effect of some stimulating liquor, and not of some narcotic
drug, that had reduced Miss Crellin to the state described.
If there were any medical man who could have proved the
existence of such a drug, that medical man should have been
placed in the witness-box ; but lie ventured to say there was
not a medical man in the town who would stand up and say
there was any such drug in existence. There had been no
expense wanted in the case. There were four counsel and
two attorneys employed for the prosecution, and yet no
inquiry seemed to have been made to set this and other
matters at rest. It was somewhat remarkable that she should
have been perfectly insensible all the time until she was
awoke by the Gretna Green blacksmith, and that she should
not have refused the enchanter's potation then, but that she
should have absolutely swallowed another dose, and again
become instantly insensible. A more extraordinary effect
of a drug had never been heard of or seen ! That she had
become considerably overcome with drink, there could be no
doubt ; but there was no direct proof that Rogerson knew of
there having been a felonious marriage or the circumstances
under which she had been married. He had simply been a
little too hasty, but there was no proof that he knew of the
parties going off to Gretna. When they had come hack, he
had simply received them into his house. But was there
anything guilty iu his having taken his own brother-in-law
into his house? He had never seen a more self-dependent
mind than that of Miss Crellin's. She was not weak—she
was no fool—she was not easily deceived. He thought Mr.
Armistead and Mr. Eaton ought to have been put into the
box. There had not only been a keeping back of old, but
there had been actually a getting up of new testimony. Mr.
Brandt concluded by asking whether the jury would say, on
such scanty and paltry evidence as had been given, that
Rogerson had been guilty in having received his own brother-
in-law into his house.

His LonnsuiP commenced summing up at twenty minutes
past six o'clock. He said that the learned council had laid
the evidence before the jury as if in case Miss Crellin had
made herself drunk, and if after that the prisoners had carried
her away, they were not guilty. He (the Lord Chief Justice),
however, was of opinion that though the individual had in-
toxicated herself, it any one took advantage of that state to
take her away and marry her against her consent, and did
carry her away, though ever so little distance, with that in-
tention, against her will, such party was guilty of the offence
charged. His lordship went on to read the evidence, and to
descant upon it as he proceeded. There could be no doubt
that Miss Crellin was a person of a singular disposition. It
appeared she was a woman who was sometimes addicted to
intemperate habits, and to the use of enjoyments not usual
with ladies in this country, and yet she was one withal who
kept a strict eye upon her money. His lordship finished his
charge at twenty minutes to eight o'clock.
The jury immediately retired. His lordship also left the
court, but returned at a few minutes pas nine. He imme-
diately despatched Mr. Hopkins, the clerk of the arraigns,
to inquire if there were any part of the evidence that the
jury would wish to be enlightened upon. Mr. Hopkins on
his return said the jury would be in court in a few minutes.
The jury re-entered the court at a quarter past nine.
The names of the jurors having been called over, they pro.
nounced John Orr M'Gill, Richard Jones, John Osborn
Quick, and Jane Clayton, guilty. Margaret Jones and
Thomas Wormwood Rogerson were acquitted.
The foreman of the jury addressed the court as follows :
My Lord,—the jury wish to express an opinion in addition :
the jury beg to express the opinion that Miss Crellin is also
herself highly culpable in the business.
The prisoners were, by order of his lordship, removed
from the bar, and the court adjourned at twenty minutes past
nine o'clock to nine the fcllowing morning.

NISI PRIUS COURT.—TUESDAY.
Mr. Justice Alaule arrived at a quarter past nine.

NOWLAND V. BANKS AND ANOTHER.
This cause was proceeded with, and a number of witnesses
were called to prove the imbecile state of the testator ; hut,
the jury unaniralusly found for the defendant, thereby es-
tablishing the validity of the will.

FLRNESS V. THE ARCHBISHOP OF YORK AND OTHERS.
In this case, the plaintiff is Mr. John Furness, sack manu-
facturer, Preston ; and the defendants, the most Rev. and
Right Hon. Edward, Lord Archbishop of York, the Right
Hon. William Earl of Devon, and James Loch, Esq., are
the trustees of the late Duke of Bridgewater, in the canal
and carrying concern.
In February last, the plaintiff sent 107 bundles of sacks,
each bundle containing 15, altogether 1605 sacks, value
£ll3 13s to Messrs. Pratt and Co., corn millers, Stoke-
upon-Trent. There was a direction paper on the package,
" P. 107 bundles ; paid to Liverpool ; thence per Shipton
and Co., for Messrs. John Pratt and Co., Stoke-upon-Trent,
Staffordshire." Messrs. Hargreaves, carriers, took the
goods by the North Union Railway to Liverpool; thence the
defendants took them to Preston Brook, but instead of de-
livering them to Shipton and Co., placed them in their own
warehouse. About this time Pratt and Co. became insolvent;
and the plaintiff, finding the goods at Preston Brook, gave
notice to the defendants to stop the goods in transitu. The
defendants, however, said they should detain the goods them-
selves, having a lien on them for a sum of £BO, owing them
by Pratt and Co., on a general balance of carrying. The
plaintiff tended them £5 for the carriage of these goods from
Liverpool to Preston Brook, and back to Liverpool ; but the
defendant's agent, Mr. Mitchell, said he should keep them,
and sell them within a month. The two questions of law
which arose on these facts were, first, whether the defendants
could hold these particular goods on lien for a general ba-
lance; and secondly, whether the goods were really in tran-
situ, or had reached their point of destination, and the tran-
situs had been determined. It appeared by the evidence,
that the defendant's agent at Preston Brook was Mr. Mit-
chell, and that Messrs. Pratt and Co. had an agent there, a
Mr. Salt; upon whom, when the defendants took the goods
out of their flat, and placed them in theier warehouse (which
was also used by Mr. Salt, as the warehouse for lodging the
goods of his principal,)they served the usual risk-note—on
the back of which was a notice of the defendants, claiming
the right to hold goods on lien for the general balance.
Mr. DUNDAS, for the defendants, contended that the
goods having reached the hands of Mr. Salt, who had re-
ceived the risk-note, that the goods were there at the risk of
his principals, they had reached their point of destination,
and were no longer in transitu.
Mr. Mitchell, the agent of the Duke of Bridgewater's trus-
tees, having stated these facts,
The JUDGE said to him—" Oh ! then your delivery to Salt
is keeping them yourselves ? "
Witness said Mr. Salt could have them at any hour night
or day.
The JUDGE.—Then, in short, he could get them at any
time, if you chose to let him ?
Witness.—Yes, my lord.
The JUDGE.—But you could keep them, and have kept
them, and Mr. Salt has them not.
The witness then said the goods were held for the defen-
dant's claim or lien for the general balance. Ile added that
the defendants rarely took notice of the direction ; it de-
pended entirely upon how Mr. Pendlebury, the defendants'
agent at Liverpool, drew the general invoice.
The JUDGE.—Certainly a very singular custom ; a very
refined mode of doing business. You take no notice of the
direction on the goods themselves, marked by the sender ;
but act solely on what your own agent directs you to do with
them ?
The witness answered in the affirmative.
A JUROR.—Do you consider it right to take no notice of
the directions ?
Witness.—There was no direction on these sacks ; they
were only marked " P."
Mr. Furness was re-called, and he stated that it was so ;
and that the direction he had formerly spoken of was given
to Hargreaves and Co. It appeared, on further explanation,
that the only document they had to tell whence and to whom
goods came and were sent, was the fiat's manifest. The
entry of these goods in the manifest was made from Shipton
and Co.'s shipping-note. Witness stated, they had delivered
these goods to Mr. Salt.
The JUDGE.—flow ? You call it delivering to Mr. Salt,
the putting the goods in your own warehouse?
Witness.—yes, and giving him notice, my lord.
Another witness stated, that Mr. Salt consented to receive
the goods.
_ _

Afr. KNOWLES.—How ?
Witness.----He received the notice, and said nothing to the
contrary.
Before the defendant's case was closed, the court rose, at
twenty minutes past six o'clock.

CROWN COURT.—WEDNESDAY.
TRIAL OF MARTIN alias COPELAND.
Samuel Martin alias Samuel Martin Copeland, aged 24,
was charged with having obtained from Ann Crellin the sum
of £250.
Mr. Baines, Q. C. Mr. Wilkins, Mr. Crompton, and Mr.
Atherton appeared for the prosecution, and Mr. Roebuck
and Mr. Aspinall for the defence.
Mr. BAINES stated the case to the jury. He said, when
the jury had heard the evidence, they would be of opinion
that whatever blame might attach to Miss Crellin for her
conduct, that would be no excuse for the part acted by the
prisoner. After stating some facts connected with the history
of Miss Crellin, who, he said, was the daughter of a sea
captain, who sailed for many years out of this port, and that
she was possessed of property to the amount of between
£5,000 and £lO,OOO, be said he had some difficulty in telling
what the prisoner was. Some twelve years ago be was living
in Ireland, as the assistant of a travelling quack doctor.
He then went by the name of Samuel Winterton. About
eighteen months ago he was living in Liverpool as Dr. Cope-
land. He had a brass plate on his door, on which was the
name of Dr. Copeland. To Miss Crellin he introduced

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there was a hill in the window announcing that the house
was to be let. The prisoner called upon her to 1,-,ok at the
house, which he represented he was about to take. He was
accompanied by a young lady, a Miss Shoane, to wbolP he
said he was about to he married. A few days afterwards
Miss Shoane called upon Miss Crellin, and spoke of the
bridal dress, and requested that Miss Crellin would be her
bridesmaid. After the lapse of a few days more the prisoner
called upon her, stated that he was not going to be married to
Miss Shoane, the report was false, and he wished to become
het suitor. The intimacy increased, and when she shortly after-
wards went to the Isle of Man, he followed her. There he
pressed his suite, and the result was that it was agreed that
they should be married. She, however, prudently determined
to go to her legal adviser, and have a settlement made.
She went to Mr. Thompson, her solicitor, in company with
the prisoner, and there the latter, finding that she would not
settle her money upon him, and that her fortune was not so
lai•ge as he had anticipated, he expressed his determination
not to have anything more to do with her. He called Mr.
Thompson aside, and asked him what Miss Crellin's fori.une
really was. Mr. Thompson said it was from £5,000 to
£lO,OOO, certainly not more than £15,000. The prisoner
replied that he understood it was upwards of £50,000 ; if it
were no more than Mr. Thompson had named, it was not
worth while having more bother with her. The parties then
left the office. When Miss Crellin arrived at home, at Mrs.
Jones's, with whom she was residing, Martin went to her,
and told her that as she had promised to marry him, before
witnesses, he should immediately commence an action against
her, and would take from her the half of her fortune, unless
she would give him £250. Under the influence of this threat
she was induced to give him the sum demanded. The pri-
soner, though he threatened an action, was not in a condi-
tion to maintain one, for he was at that time a married man.
He was, as before stated, formerly, about twelve years ago,
an assistant to a quack doctor in Ireland. At that time he
was residing in the town of Clonmel, where he married a
person named Mary Craig. He went at this time by the
name of Samuel Winterton, in which name lie was married,
and the prisoner and his wife went by the name of Mr. and
Mrs. Winterton. In Liverpool he and the same wife were
known as Mr. and Mrs. Copeland. She had been seen fre-
quently as his wife, and it would be proved that she had been
seen within the court that morning.
Miss Ann Crellin examined by Mr. CROMPTON.—I for-
merly used to live in Seymour-street. I lived five years
there after having lost my mother. The prisoner called with
a Miss Shone to take the house and furniture. I never saw
them.before. Martin called again, and said that it was un-
true that he was going to be married to Miss Shone, and
that he wished to pay his addresses to me. I gave him no
answer. I left for the Isle of Man. 1 stopped at Braid's
Hotel in Douglas. The prisoner followed with a Mr. Bul.
keley, and called to see me every day. He paid great atten-
tion t 6 me. Ile asked me to be married. I said I had no
intention at that time of being married ; but that whenever I
should I would have my property settled on myself. I then
went over to Cheshire, and then to Mrs. Griffiths, at Vic-
toria-terrace, Liverpool. I then went to Norton-street to
reside. Shortly after I met the prisoner in the street. He
accompanied me to my lodgings. He called again with Mr.
Bulkeley. The landlord disliked the prisoner and Bulkeley
for speaking loud, and in consequence I left the lodgings and
went to lodge at Mount-pleasant. The prisoner visited me
there. I then went back to other lodgings in Norton-street.
The prisoner looked out for lodgings for me and introduced
me to Mrs. Clayton. I stopped at Clayton's ten days.
Martin visited me, and at length we went to Mr. Thompson's
about making a settlament preparatory to my marriage with
the prisoner. The prisoner wished to have half my property
settled on myself. I left Clayton's that day and went to
Mrs. Jones's. The match was then broken off. The pri-
soner called in the evening and asked me for £250 to forego
his proceedings in a case of breach of promise of marriage
against me. 1 refused to comply. He threatened to take
half my fortune if I refused. At length I consented and
drew £255 out of Heywood's Bank the next day. I paid
£250 in gold and notes to the prisoner, who signed two
papers or receipts for the same. The papers were drawn up
by Richard Jones, and witnessed by him and Parkinson.
[Prosecutrix here identified the papers.] 1 never saw Mar-
tin for some time after. I never got a farthing of the money
back ; but went to Bulkeley's, at Lodge-lane, to see the pri-
soner on the subject.
Cross-examined by Mr. ROEBUCK.—When Martin came
into Mrs. Jones's he said I had promised him marriage he-
fore witnesses, and that he was going to commence an ac-
tion against me for a breach of marriage. I was afraid of
that threat, and was thereby induced to pay the money.
Mr. ROEBUCK contended that the false pretence used in
this instance was not a false pretence within the meaning of
the statute, and that the prisoner might have brought an
action if he pleased. To threaten future consequences was
not an act done or existing, and therefore the threat in this
instance did not amount to a false pretence under the statute.
Non constat that he intended to bring an action. He held,
under those circumstances, that the indictment should fail.
Mr. BAINES contended that the false pretence had been dis-
tinctly proved as the prisoner had threatened " to bring and
maintain" an action. Mr. CROMPTON and Mr. ATHERTON
followed on the same side. Mr. ROEBUCK replied. His
LORDSHIP was inclined to think there was no evidence of
the false pretence, but directed the case to proceed, and the
fact to be left to the jury.
Cross-examination continued. My mother is dead six
years. I lost my father seventeen years ago. I lived in
Seymour-street for five years after my mother's death. I
never passed the night with the prisoner or any other man.
I accepted the prisoner at Mrs. Clayton's, in the presence of
another party. I never sat on his knee or had my arms round
his neck before people. I never behaved familiarly towards
him before people. Ile made love to me before I accepted him.
I never asked a woman in a public-house in DansieLstreet if
she would let the prisoner and myself to have a bed there. I
cannot recollect the date of the payment of the money, but I
believe it was on the 10th of February. It might be after I
had paid the money that I went with the prisoner to the
public-house in Dansie-street. I was first told that the prisoner
was a married man on 26th Feb., by Mr. Duval. I don't
know the name over the door of the public-house in Dansie-
street. The prisoner drank there. I partook of it. The
woman did not tell me that she had not a bed, but that I might
find one at a house a little higher up the street. I have sent
Mary Williams, the servant at Mr. Crellin's, for brandy. I
might have asked the permission of Mrs. Crellin to let the
prisoner remain on a chair in the house one night. She re-
fused to allow him to remain, and, in consequence of her re-
. fusal, the prisoner and I left for Lodge-lane. I inquired of
a Mrs. Widdicomb, in Lodge-lane, for the prisoner, after I
• had paid him the money. I went there, by direction of Mrs.
Jones, to receive part of the money back. I did not say,
upon that occasion, that 1 would have a spree with the pri-
soner.. Mrs. Widdicomb never asked me if I wished to see
the prisoner in private. I did not tell Mrs. Widdicomb, on
the 17th of February, that Mrs. Jones had told me four
months before that the prisoner was a married man, and that
I did'nt care for that, as I knew a woman in the Isle of Man
who had married a married man, and they lived very happily
together. I never went to bed to the prisoner at Bulkeley's,
and told Mrs. Widdicomb that she roust not mind it, as those
were my courting days. I went to the theatre with the pri-
soner. I might have been turned out of the theatre for
making a noise, but it was the prisoner's fault if it happened,
by his taking me out and plying me with brandy. I went to
Hebblewhite's public-house, in Church-street, with the pri-
soner. I might have been turned out of that house. I
solemnly swear upon my solemn oath, that I never cohabited
with the prisoner.
John N. G. Thompson examined by Mr. ATHERTON.—
I am an attorney in Liverpool, and have known Miss Crellin
since 1825. She called with the prisoner on the 7th of
February last, about a marriage settlement. She introduced
the prisoner as Mr. Martin, and said that he was the gentle-
man who was paying his addresses to her. She said she
wished to have all the property settled on herself. The pri-
soner said that it was very strange that she had never men-
tioned this before, and that, although he had been acquainted
with her for twelve months, she had never told him of it.
He offered to settle half of it on her. She declined the offer.
The prisoner then asked me in private what she was worth.
I said from £5,000 to £lO,OOO. He said he had understood
she was worth £50,000, but that if she was only worth
£5,000 or £lO,OOO it was hardly worth while to be bothered
with her. (A laugh.)
Cross-examined by Mr. ROEBUCK.—I said nothing to the
prisoner respecting her character. I don't recollect that I
said she was a person of extraordinary character, but she
certainly is a person of that kind, I had seen her tipsy once
in the previous August. I may have said that she could not
live long.
Parkinson examined by Mr. BAINES.—I went to
Jones's house on the 17th of February. I saw both the
papers now produced signed by the prisoner, and I got £5
from Miss Crellin.
Cross-examined by Mr. ROEBUCK.—I saw Miss Crellin at
Jones's. I remained about three quarters of an hour at
Jones's, the same evening. Miss Crellin and the prisoner
were present. She sung a song, and they were very plea-
sant. She sung, " Oh ! no, I never mention her." She sat
on the prisoner's knee, and had her arms round his neck.
(A laugh.) She sat on his knee for half an hour. They
were drinking brandy. He kissed her. She was not sober,
Re-examined.—This occurred on the night the money was
paid.
Daniel O'Brien examined by Mr. ATHERTON.—I aria a
cloth merchant at Clonmel, in Ireland. I have known a
person by the name of Mrs. Winterspeiu about 13 years. I
knewher when she went by the name of Maryanne O'Neil
Craig., She lived with a daughter of mine at Clonmel for
two years before her marriage. I saw her go to the chtirch
to be married with two ladies, and I saw the intended hus-
band, and two gentlemen. I saw them go up to the church.
The man's name was Samuel Winterspein. I think the pri-
soner is that very man. The wedding party came back to
my daughter's house. They lived as man and wife, as Mr.
and Mrs. Winterspein, for some time after in Clonmel. The
prisoner lived with Dr. Clifford prior to the marriage, and
passed as Clifford's apprentica. Clifford went to the church
with the prisoner. I was asked to the wedding, but refused.
I was in Dublin in January, 1839. I was on board a steam-
vessel there coming over to Liverpool. The prisoner was
on board. He came over to me, and said he was very happy
to see me, and that Mrs. Winterspein would be delighted to
see me. I hadn't time to go, hut the prisoner took a car,
went over, and brought Mrs. Winterspein over to the vessel
to see me. That was the same woman he was married to in
Clonmel. I afterwards saw him and his wife in Liverpool,
and I saw her in court to-day.
Richard Legg examined by Mr. BAINES.—I am clerk at
St. Mary's Church, Clonmel, and produced a copy of the
register of marriages solemnised at that church in August,
1830. [The register of the prisoner's marriage to Mary
Anne Craig was here put in.]
Cross-examined by Mr. ROEBUCK.—I was present at the
marriage, but cannot identify the prisoner. The prisoner
made his mark to the register, and alledged he was unable to
write in consequence of having hurted his band. The sur-
rogate came to the church to prevent the marriage as the
entry was being made in the book, in consequence of Clifford
having represented himself to be a medical man, when, in
fact, he was not a medical man.
Mr. O'Brien was here cross-examined--Maryanne O'Neil
Craig was a Roman Catholic. I am not aware that she was
married anywhere else but in the Church of England. I
never went to Kirkdale Gaol to have a look at the prisoner.
I asked to be brought there to see him, as I had'nt seen him
for the last four years, and was anxious to know if he were
the same man, but I only saw him yesterday for the first
time after the lapse of four years.
JUDGE.—But is he the man?
Witness.—He is, my lord, the man.
James M`Nicol examined by BAINES.—I am clerk in a
bank in this town,
and had a brother-in-law living in Stafford-
street. About eighteen months since I was introduced to
the prisoner. He was called Dr. Copeland. I was also in-
troduced to his wife. He lived next door to my brother-in-
law. He had a brass plate on his door, with the name " Dr.
Copeland " on it.
Robert Campbell examined by Mr. ATHERTON.-1 am an
inspector of police, and went in search of the prisoner on the
Ist of April. I went to Vine-street and searched for him.
There was a closet there, which I found fastened. I request-
ed two persons in the parlour to open it. They refused.
The key was inside the door. I sent for the head constable,
and as we were about to break open the door, the prisoner
told us to desist, and walked out.
John Hogan examined by Mr. 13AiNEs.—I live in this
town, but formerly lived in Bristol. I knew Clifford there.
Samuel Winterspein lived with him as an assistant. Win-
terspein had a wife, and told me he had been married to her
in Clonmel. He said his wife's maiden name was Mary
O'Neil Craig. She is in town now.
Cross-examined by Mr. ROEBUCK.—I went to Kirkdale
Gaol with Mr. Dowling to see the prisoners, and identified
Copeland. I was unable to identify him at first, because I
had not seen him for twelve years before, but after second
view I identified him. I am a joiner, and was joiner to their
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The case for the prosecution having here closed.
Mr. ROEBUCK addressed the jury on behalf of the prisoner.
He said the prisoner had only received the wages of a filthy
bargain made between the parties. They had cultivated an
acquaintance in accordance with the passions of both. She
had accepted his addresses almost immediately, and the pri-
soner was her paramour—her favoured and beloved paramour.
They had spent nights in Seymour-street together—part in
drunkenness and part in lust. They had gone to the theatre
and afterwards to a public-house, out of both of which places
they had been turned for their disorderly conduct. At the
public-house in Dansie-street, after the money was paid, her
conduct towards the prisoner was so extremely lewd that the
landlady refused to let her have a bed, and sent her looking
for one to a certain house in the neighbourhood, arid from
that house she was seen to emerge on the following morning
about ten o'clock. The whole case was so disgusting and so
filthy that had it not been his bounden duty he (Mr. Roe-
buck) would have thrown up his brief in disgust. He would
show that the parties had been found in bed together, and
that there had been a long proceeding of this detestable and
disgusting conduct upon the part of the prosecutrix. The
jury were not moralists, neither were they legislators;
,but
they had two people before them, the one sharing the richeS
of the other, and the other lending herself to the worst
sions of her nature and paying the wages of her sin, and they
had to find accordingly.

David Scott called, and examined by Mr. ASPINALL.—I
saw Miss Crellin and the prisoner in Jones's kitchen about
the end of February. They were sitting on chairs. I called
again in four days after. Miss Crellin was tipsy at the time.
She was sitting across the prisoner's knee. She had one arm
round his neck. [A part of the evidence here is unfit for
publication.] The prisoner said he had no work to do but
to please her, and he thought he could please her. I went
away, but returned again, when I saw Miss Crellin lying on
the kitchen floor on a bed. Her watch was lying close by on
a chair. I examined the watch, wound it, and had a smoke.
Cross-examined by Mr. BAINES.—I have known Jones
for twenty years. This occurred about the end of February.
The prisoner, Mr. Jones, Mrs. Jones, Miss Crellin, and my-
self were present at the interview. She made no attempt to
get off the prisoner's knee when I entered. Jones is a stone-
mason. I often saw Miss Crellin drinking with Jones. I
never saw such conduct in Jones's house before. Mrs.
Jones had her back to the concern when she was on the pri-
soner's knee. Jones was tipsy.
Elizabeth Lygoe examined by Mr. Rosanrcx.--I am wife
of Thomas Lygoe, a publican in Dansie-street. Miss Crellin
called at the place early in March, a little after eight in the
even'ng. The prisoner called shortly after. She asked it
Ma..iu was waiting for her. I said not, and he afterwards
came. The went into the bar parlour, into which I could
see. I could also hear. There was a good deal of conver-
sation passed before I took any notice. Part of it was very
low. The first I heard was that he had been denied at her
door. They also spoke of some dispute with Mrs. Clayton.
The prisoner said he would not have gone to such lengths
about the money but for Mrs. Clayton, Jones, and others.
She said she had heard that the prisoner was a married man,
but that she did not believe it. He promised to return the
money. She refused to take it, and said they would be
married at Seaforth Church, and live at a cottage in the
neighbourhood. The prisoner said they were two principals
well calculated to agree. He then went out and Miss Crellin
came round to the bar to me and said she had quarrelled at
her lodgings, and asked if she could be accommodated with a
bed, as her husband had declined to go back to the lodging. I
looked at her and said, that however respectable her lodgings
were, mine were as respectable, and that it was not a house
of accommodation. The prisoner asked for a Welsh rabbit.
While they were in the parlour, she said Mrs. Clayton had
told her that the prisoner had no hair on his head, and she
stood up, brushed up his hair several times, kissed him very
often, and pressed him to her very much. I directed her to
where she could get a bed in the street, and the next morn-
ing, a person with the same cloak and bonnet as Miss Crellin's
passed by the bar window, as if from that house. I thought
it very imprudent for a woman to smooth down the prisoner's
hair.
Cross-examined by Mr. BAINES.—I am a married woman,
and directed Miss Crellin to a house of ill fame. Girls of the
town drink at my counter. My house is very respectable, so
far as I know. Girls of the town are not frequently allowed
to sit down in the house. I never saw the prisoner before
that night.
Mary Anne Scott examined by Mr. ASPINALL.-4 am
wife to the first witness for the defence, and saw the prisoner
at Jones's, on one occasion about seven or eight months since.
I saw Miss Crellin smoking a cigar there. Sbe told me I
was not to stop as she expected Mr. Martin. She also told
me that she was going to get married to a gentleman that she
very much respected, and that Mrs. Jones was going to the
church with her. She said she would be married at Egremont
the following Saturday. She gave Mrs. Jones a half-crown,
and sent her out for some ham. I saw her next after Mr.
Martin was in bridewell. I went, by Mrs. Jones's desire, to
tell her that be was in bridewell. I told her she would have
to appear angainst him about the money, and she said she
had made him a present of it and that she wouldn't appear
against him for £lOO, as he was a man that she very much
respected. She also told me to go to Mrs. Sutton's and say
that she was out of town if any policeman called. Sin nlso
told me to tell Mrs. Jones to keep out of the way. 1 nave
frequently seen her drunk and smoking cigars and pipes.
Cross-examined by Mr. BAINES.—I never knew the
prisoner by any other name but Martin.
Ann Waddington examined by Mr. :ROEBUCK.—I know
Miss Crellin and lived as servant with her in July 1811. I
left in August. She was living in Seymour-street at the,
time. She was in the habit of receiving gentlemen some of
whom were in the habit of staying all night. The prisoner
was one of them. He never stayed all night. They slept all
night on a sofa in the front parlour with Miss Crellin. I used
to bring the pillows down from off the bed on such occassions,
and put them on the safa. She never allowed me to stop all
night on such occasions, but when I used to come in the
morning I used to see the gentlemen and Miss Crellin there.
One one occasion Miss Crellin came up to my bed-room and
said she had brought Mr. Jones to sleep with me the re-
mainder of the night. I refused to allow Mr. Jones to sleep
with me, and left to tell Mrs. Jones of the occurrence. She
returneu with me to the house, but we were unable to obtain
admittance. I left in consequence.
Cross-examined by Mr. BAINES.—I am now living with
a cabinet-maker in Seel-street. I recollect the prisoner and
Miss Shone calling at Miss Crellin's house when the bill was
in the window, for the purpose of taking it. She told me
shortly after that she was going to the Isle of Man to be
married to Mr. Martin.
Wm. Gordon Bulkeley was called, but did not appear.
Anne Widdicomb examined.--I am the daughter of Wm.
G. Buckley. My husband is the master of a vessel. Miss
Crellin was brought to my father's house by the prisoner on
Sunday, the 19th of December last. She took tea, and came
again on Monday or Tuesday. She frequently called after-
wards to inquire for Mr. Martin, arid said she passed many
pleasant hours with hint in the Isle of Man. She said she
would have good sprees with him. She came c n the 16th of
February, and Martin and herself shook hands together. I
made tea for them. I asked if she wished to see him pri-
vately, and sire said she didn't care. I left them together in
the room after that. They went out together, but returned
again after twelve o'clock. She slept with me that night.
She remained during the week, and said she had heard from
Mrs. Jones four months before that Martin was a married
man, and that his name was Copeland. She said she didn't
care for that, as she knew a woman in the Isle of Man who
had married a married man, and they lived very happily to-
gether. I saw the prisoner and Miss Crellin in bed, and
under tire bed-clothes, together. Afterwards, Miss Crellin
said to me, " You must excuse me, for these are my court-
ing days ; " and observing me blush, she said, " I think
your blushing days ought to be over." She stopped a week
and then left.

Cross-examined by Mr. BANES.-My father is a book-
keeper. Our house is not an inn or house of accommoda-
tion. I knew at the time that• the prisoner's name was
Copeland. He was then passing by that name. Miss Crel-
lin called him by his Christian name of Martin. I have
known him about four years. I understood him to be a
married man. He introduced his wife as his lady. I visited
at his house. He had not been living with his wife latterly•
It cannot be about me that they separated. My sister visited
at his house. I have not been living with the prisoner since
his separation from his wife, but he slept in the same room
with my brother.

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John Edwards examined by Mr. ROEBUCK.—I am an in-
spector. Went to Hebblewhite's public-house, in Church-
street, after twelve o'clock at night, where I saw Miss Crel-
lin, the prisoner, and another party. She was drunk. I
was required to get them out of the house. She Was helped
out by the prisoner and the others.
Cross-examined by Mr. Buses.—This was in the early
part of February last. The prisoner went by the name of
Martin at that time.

The case for the defence having here closed,
Mr. BAINES replied.—He thought an attempt had been
made to paint Miss Crellin in colours ten thousand times
worse than she deserved, and that the prisoner, after having
injured her, had now eedeavoured to blacken her character.
Ile admitted that she was a weak and credulous woman. Be-
fore her acquantance with the prisoner her character was
respectable, but, since then, she had been induced to drink
and smoke, and contract othes vicious and disreputable
practices, in order that the prisoner might the more success-
fully accomplish his purpose of gaining possession of her
property. He contended that the evidence of Scott, the
first witness for the defence, was wholly improbable and
unworthy of credit. He denied that the prisoner was Miss
Crellin 's kept man, and said that the fact of his having gone
to Mr. Thompson showed that his object was marriage, if
he could only get the property into his possession. If Miss
Crellin was the basest of women, her testimony was so much
confirmed by distinctly independent evidence, that, let his
learned friends throw as much dirt at her as they pleased,
the guilt of the prisoner was clearly established.
Hs LORDSHIP then briefly charged the jury, telling them
that the main question in the case was, whether the prisoner
had obtained the money by means of the false pretence in
question.
The jury retired, and after an absence from Com t of half
an hour, returned a verdict of guilty, with a recommenda-
tion to mercy, on account of the gross impropriety of con-
duct on the part of Miss Crellin.
SENTENCE ON WILLIAM HUTTON.
William Hutton, convicted last week of forgery in Man-
chester, was placed at the bar to receive sentence. Several
witnesses were called, who gave the prisoner a good charac-
ter. He was sentenced to eighteen months' imprisonment
and hard labour.
SENTENCES ON M4GILL AND OTHERS.
John 0. M`Gill, John Quick, Richard Jones, and
Jane Clayton, were then placed at the bar to receive sentence.
The Clerk of Arraigns having called upon the prisoners in
the usual form,
John Orr M`Gill stepped forward, saying that he had a
few words to address to his Lordship. The prisoner entered
into a long attempted justification of his conduct, denying
the truth of the evidence, particularly that which avowed
that he said he would allow Miss Crellin £1 per week. From
one of the briefs he read the testimony of Linton, the priest
of Gretna. In this it was stated that Miss Crellin was
sober when married, and that all the legal forms were com-
plied with.
The prisoner Jones made a long speech, occasionally re-
freshing his memory from papers which he held in his hand.
He said he had been commissioned by Miss Crellin to get
her a husband, and she had promised, if he would get her a
young man, she would leave him a legacy which would make
him comfortable all the rest of his life. He begged for a
lenient sentence, and pleaded ignorance of the law in pal-
liation of his offence.
Mrs. Clayton stated that she was invited to be of the party
to Gretna Green. She handed. in a certificate from the
magistrates of Montgomery. His Lordship took it and
perused it.
Quick entered into a very long history of the whole tran-
saction. He went through the whole testimony affecting
himself, and denied every part of it that pressed against
himself.
The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE said, the prisoners had been
convicted in very clear and convincing testimony of having
carried away a female, with a view to lucre, and no denial of
the testimony or attack, such as they had heard, on the
parties who had conducted the proseention and given evi-
dence therein, could do away with ti e disgusting aspect
which the case presented. The conduct of the whole party
had been disreputable in the extreme. They had taken awl
a weak, and no doubt, ill-conducted woman, who had con-,
tributed, perhaps, by her conduct, to the commission 01
the offence, and that would be considered in the sentence:
The conduct of had been more disreputable than that
of the others, and that of Quick was next in culpability'
His Lordship passed the following sentence :—John Orr
M`Gill was sentenced to 18 months' imprisonment and bar'