The Statesman.
London, England, 1818-09-01 00:00:00

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Mr. Wit,Ltsscs .stated this's:age, to be ,s a action by
,tire Plaintiff,.:Antt 'Tewerailbf defismatikri Words
by ber,mistress,'. Mis.,Strickland, 'who :hid to
Ur', "You have stolen say ‘•Cotes;. I will give my
th they ere gone ; none coati() heat:
,takeo Ahem,aiti
iyeet ; icleta oration it, I'll pre sec.ate you."
-.lliSra Shaun? epetsed Ihtteeee to the Jury. Anty,t
likitejle' bid been jie tit'isieJil re., Si cicit(abtra . hers
Nice': taisiaL if stet titatlsa Nlrlywow.said of bet-was tfue,!
'she eeght to. be' immured it, Leemister•castle. • 'Thai i
4,P414 4aa .iiia...it„ilei les. isble, iiiben;the gate tea.
a-14410864)ot ellen, tbitehtt had marked her notes:
. both )4000104e thernsottea; end on a separate i
,paper ; Ana tba.t she feared some bad been taken away,
and that norm bat the Plaintiff could have done it.--..i
s.'A charge more serious ceuld not have been brought:,
against one in her situation. In a different situation, I
one's character or circumstances might afford protec-
;limn. What con a poor serving anaid do wider such
•an,itnputation*? •Who would •receive her, employ •
hers or treat her? For a defaidetion :its estre.mely
injurious, he .left it to..them to say .what. would be
suitable damages."
, plitatP;th Towers,.Plaintifrsgiother.--The Plain.
;tiff is 30, sad has been in service' years, five years
ileith Mrs.'Slrickland, and out of her service since the
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lid of *ley. , Wituess went to elrs.sStricklaud af-
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terastards, and said, " I am come to see; :Ma'am,
how many notes you Pity Ann has stolen." She said
.shocoulO not. tell. Witness said, 46 You must have
liaid-them,- Wins , you are mistaken." She said she
had not paid any for some weeks. \Vituess said,
lbgtrio'nt think you have lost ally." She said she
la !oat .'them time after time ; she had marked the
-notes and a piece of paper at the same time. Wit.
nes; said, "eit is a pity that you have trot given Aun
'notice to quit the place is a proper season." Wit.
nessiesked, if she had marked how nmuy notes she
had. She said she had not; but she had marked the
pounds (the em.ou9t). She said her money was
taken away, and she must look after it in time. She
said she could trot give notice, she suited her so well,
and in respect to her (witness). Witness said that
matter should be proved. She said " No, it could
'not." Witness said, 66 it.shall." She said if any
person came to enquire her character, she would not
sltfesit."Vitness latnented her daughter's situation, as
she could not support her. She kept crying she might
go to place. Witness said, 66 What lady or gentle.
man will receive her." Witness went at her daugh.
-ter's desire.
Isabella Wilson knew the Defendant, a middle-
aged Lady, at Ulverston; heard the Plaintiff say
:to her the day she went away, repeatedly, 66 Do
you continue in the same story about taking the
notes ? If you do, I'll make you prove it."—,Mrs.
Strickland Paid to witness after Towers was goce,
she had lost notes time after time; her property was
going off all sides. She said she kept her notes
locked; they did not break the lock, they might
have false keys, and that would do the same. She
said, about a week after, Ann Towers was wrong in
snyiug that she told Mrs. Higgins, for it was Mrs.l
Biggins that told her what witness had forgotten, and
could not he persuaded to remember.
Fanny Higgini, sister.in.law to the Defendant.—
Mrs. Strickland told her before the Plaintiffleft her, I
that she had lost some money ; just then a Lady came
in, sod she said no more. She knew no more. The
conjurer, Mr. Morritts, was not sent for.
Cross.esarnined by Mr. CROM—The Defendant
is a young widow upon her preferment.—(A laugh.)
Eleanor Brewer, cousin of the Defendant.—Mrs.
Strickland said, she had lost some notes, but could
not say who had got them. She turned away Ann
Tossers in consequence. She told her so. • She said
she had lost her notes, and she supposed Ann had
them perhaps.—[Mr. SCARLETT here made a most
solemn appeal to this young Lady upsn the obliga-
tion and sanctity of an (fatty.]--Shp said she had lost
some notes, and she must be compelled to turn her
servant away.—[Mr. SCARLETT.—I entreat you,
Miss Brewer,. for your own sake, tell the whole
troth.]—She said her maid frequently left the house.
She never heard her say that Ann Towers had stolen
her notes, or that there was none to take them but
Ann Towers. Witness would not take her oath
that she never understood that Mrs. Strickland ins
tended to charge her maid with the theft. She would
not say that she bad not heard her say something to
that effect. She had converted with Mr. Park, her
cousin's attorney, in Lancaster. lie did not see what
words were to be proved.
Mr. SCARLETT.—You may go back to Ulverston.
Gentlemen, I must be nonsuited ; but t would
rather be the Plaintiff than sortie persons I have seen
to.day„ ,
Mr. Justice BAYLEY.—Mr. Scarlet,, if the wits
nesses have suppressed any peat of the evidence that
they could give, they'll never look back upon this
day with satisfaction.
Mr. Cioss.—My Lord, I solemnly protest that
Mrs. Strickland is confident that she never said more
than that she suspected her serval'', and she got a
place immediately afterwards. Mrs. Strickland never
published it, but the maid herself went about talking
of it every wherer.
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, LEE V. SIMPSON.
This was an action brought by Mary Lee for 191.
as a balance or wages due to her for seberal years'
service by James Simpson.
Mr. Wix.r.rAsis ststtd that the Plaintiff had milked
the cows, attended the horses, and in short, was a
servant of an..wo‘k,—("l laugh.)—She had served
the Defendant for more than three years, and charged
for wages only 4s• in the week. Of wages due at this
s rate a balance amounting to 191. was now claimed.—
One witness, the Plaintiff!s brother, stated that this
was due; another, her present master, stated that
10 rieststd, it. . .
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IratatHE said that this was the most shameless
action which shameless Mary Lee could have the
shamelessness to bring.into that Court. The Defend-
ant had first seen her when they were fellow-passen-
gers on the top of a coach. They formed that kind
of acrionintance which persons of different sexes are
apt to fatal, and Mary lived with James Simpson as
his sestaat and his bedfellow ; in short, es servant of
all.wasit. She paid herself most liberally, and Is-
sished she property of poor Simpson upon her friends
.a tofroitifisaat band. When he found that he
was hi:ought to the verge of fain by her, he,tartied

her off. ...,She returned again,. and. would pot be pet
sway till' James Simpson, in self-defeace, and to
protect from Mary Lee,, took tcrAfwaell wile.
Mary Lee then told a person, who sltept* ,give evi-
dence to that effect,,thit if• James Simpson would
,only give her the gown, be had promised, all would
lie straight and right, and she would .go to London,
Atnd she could. du it
,then.
~Ost ,James Sampson's
wife 0001 take care; she 'thew enough of Jamie
is •
'aimpson tome able to give her a rattling Fair of horns;
aye. and lipped, with gold too. ,
The promised witness ousts forward, and swore to
the promised evidence.
Mr. pitiFtice BAYLEY said, the question was whe.
they the Plaintiff bad been engaged as a servant or as
a mistress, or whether, having first engaged as a set*
want, she had entered upon any one year olthe period
for which wages were now claimed, with the under-
standing that she was to hethe Vefendant's hed.fellow.
As a servant she worreniitheroipges-; but ifshe had
served wi h the underslaridgthat she should hold an
immoral relation to the Dirferisliantl.she could. out
succeed in a Court of Jipglice!
Verdict for the Delndattt.,..
itl r. Justice BAYEEYI-.- AMAX:Useful elfiliclt /Oen'
denim
Avou'sv 48.
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MUTT 0.11• V. nEm•Ntwm•
This-action was brottglit by th 6 Plaintiff to recover
the statutory penalty of 101. irotis• the Oefeiorleto,
one of the GhurchWartiens in Liverpool,•For having
refined the- inspection of the Kate-book. There.
fesal was proved, and the verdict was returned fur
the Plaintiff.—Debt 201., damages Is., costs 40s. •
A rule was obtained to show. cause why judgment
should not be arrested.
At seven o'clock the business was fairly finished,
and the Lancaster Assizes-closed.
Mr. Justice BA YLE Y.--Genilomen of the • Juts',
[ am quite exhausted with the business of this Court.
You must have a similar feeling. I cottgratulate yoo
oponsits conclusion. The county is much iutlebted
so you for your patient and laborious attention...—.
YfOilf verdicts must give satisfaction to all who ,know
them. I feel much obliged to you for your attention
and patience.