The Statesman.
London, England, 1819-07-26 00:00:00

tb. rhltd. Ch► had 'pnkrn to hies regweting this
arse. i was Comm.• red. He told Iser her father
'.tatted to ruin him, and wished her not to appear in
C.•t•rt satins; him, f 44 her father could not do any
thiog without her. H. wanted her in gn to mortice.
and 'aid, he would pat the child oat. She wished
his to en to h►r faih•l's So and bind him.eif
ist a 5(101. bond to marry her. and ,the would then go
to smite. He Mid be would tint bind himself: she
might tette hit word. 'This was the last conversation
sh► envy bad wish him.

:Crowkesanitnell by Mr. Janets.—ller father bed
cal hI ekildtee, twos arcs and leo daughters horrible'
hirroslf. Her fattior's re.irloinee was ten miles from
Not 14 the Defendant. The brother of Defendant
ore. s ;wooer the. him.elf. It was her cousin, Clark
Misittleron„ who hi...dared her to Defendant He
lived eine miles Alf of her father, mister to the De-
foodeott. Mr. Hitc'tman became her suitor immedi.
*ltaly offer the marriage of her sister with Mr. Rost.
Hi. mother never 'bawl at her father's; her father
and esniber never visited at his mother's. She had
called at hls mother's three times before she was
pregnant, bat never since. Defendant had • brother
and lour mishits, One of the sisters came once to her
fathet's and spent a day, before she lass pregnant.—
Mts. blidilleteu was a widow, and her sent; she
had four soak and three daughters: one of them,
Susannah. nein( the same see wish her.elf. Element.
burred being et her Gent's borer. at Midsummer, 1817;
or vat ed one fright rats. Her cossiri• were all at house.
Mr. W• Middleton was then 26 or 27. Remembered
she servant, Mary Taylor ; did not recollect who.
their the servant was to sleep with Mori Simonet
that night. Recollected that the servant was to take
g peg of coals up .tares ; she •is gra to warm the
bed fur eitness. Mr. W. Middleton came into her
room while the servant was ',arming the bed. They
had wee a great deal of each other. Ile loitered is
the room sorest while; Untiesr than she liked. Did
not recollect whether he %toyed till the 00000 nt left the
/WOW She had a candle; did ant recollect who
pot it on, ; her cousin did not. Did toot recollect his
saying to the servant, " Don't take away the caodle."
The door was not fastened. She was not on the bed ;
she atnerd hr the bed-side. lie did not peek her on
the bed. Ile was sitting on the bed. leaning with
Meese's; he did not touch her ; it was shoot 9 o'clock.
She was not undressed. lier uncle was very ill, and
they were talking about biro. Her coati's Susaunsb
was in the room when he came in. Did net go to
the servant. Mary, in the garden no the following
morning. Did not then soy to tier,-" God bless you,
don't say a word about what you saw lost night, for
I would not bale it known fur 1001." Defendant
had beard that Middleton bad had been in bet room;
be spoke to her about it, sod she told bits that her
tons" had only rat on the side of the bed, end not
touched her. Ste wag pregnant in June, and never
mentioned il 1111 September. The Defendant had not
been beer het dertng for those three mouths, and she
ball not written to his to tell her situation. lie had pro.
wised her marriage before. She haul not quarrelled
with hire. Her siren Rose discovered her 'hustle°.
Re.esamiced.—The servant, Mary, was not Is
Mrs. Middleton's service now. She did not stay her
full time out : her aunt might her with a as.
Cross.esamined.--Did not knew this of her own
isinurlsdge; had only hyoid peppiest," so.
The letter wtielen by the Defendant to the witness
was then proved and reed.
Julio Rose, of Mack well, who married one of the
Plaintiff's daughters, esemined.—Had seen Defendant
at the Plaintiff's house : he paid some attentions to
Miss Cooke. Witness was net muck there. The
Defendant came to his knew, whoa Miss Cooke was
with hint : tee tame tone her, and to pay his addresses
to her, that he might make her his wife. Witness
bad s &roil three years ago to take Defendant's fares
et 25.. an sem: there were about 113 acres.
Croce-esamined.—Defendant's mother, brother,
end three sisters, all heed spin the farm : his mother
carried on the business ; could not tell what interest
they had in the farm.
jetaes Sisick6old, a farmer at Hartwell, deposed,
that he sent with the Plaintiff to the Defendant's
boost: the Plsibtiff said he "risked to settle that af-
fair (moaning his daughter's marriage); Defendant
said he wished it was settled; witness said, as it bad
gene on so far as it bad, it would be best for him to
marry the girl : he said he was not inclined to merry:
be w la! ed the matter was settled : witness asked
what kind of settlement he meant? He said to pro.
vide for the child. Witness said, that had nothing
at all to do with it. Mrs. Michelson, the mother,
said the child ought to be taken tare of. Witness
reminded her that the same thing might happen to
one of her own daughters, and would she be **tie-
lied if a man offered only to provide for the child ?
Her deoglaivra were then present. She said, GI If
my egg besting. w tong, be must pay for it."—Plaintiff
became angry and said, he would enter an action ;
the Defendant said, he would defend it, and his
ewor ey would go as far in a Court of Law as the
Plaintiff's.
Crots•esamined..—Defendant said, he was willing
to make a settlement epos the child, not merely to
keep it.
Mr. Jams addressed the Jury on behalf of the
Defendant. The Learned Counsel slid, he was ern•
self the father elitist and daeghtets, and if there was
one individual in Court who could feel more than
another, in subjecting 'he young woman, thedssghter
of the Plaintiff, to the elimination she had soder-
gone, that individual was himself; bit it was his
duty es an advocate, to sobject leer to that esamisa.
Lion, end he hoped that his Lordship and the Jury
would think that he dons it without violating the
laws of decency. He reminded them, that this was
not an action by the daughter for a breach of remise
of marriage. There were many cases in which fathers
were dsiven to an action like the present, because,
although there had been a seduction, there was ne
proof of a promise of marriage. That was not the case
Isere; in the present instance, there bad been promise
after promise, sod the contract could have been esta-
blished by other eedence han that of thedsoghter her.
self. This being an actionby the father for loss of *r-
ake, It.. Jury must 'sets& from their ideration all
slur injury which Miss Cooke had sustained; because,
'het +Hs action bad been disposed of, she might
luring sit action for a breech of promise of marriage.
On tibia occasion they were to compensate the father,
and not the daughter. The Plaintiff was clearly en-
t:t'i.! to a verdict; bat the anevat of the &wages