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Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1854-08-22 00:00:00

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secting the evidence of the witnesses, ..--
man said that if the jury could rely upon the evil
these people, no man in the country was safe. I:`
give no answer to their assertions ; and that or,
knew. He could not call Mr. Robinson not
Evans, nor her maid ; his hands
could not only judge by the •
deuce. First, . there was that fat coo

nature

a _ purity

which did not belon

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who was hired
the despicable creatures who v.„ . -
most despicable—nothing could be so bad. This ,Y73os
miserable spy had the affectation, when in the rot
turn to his lordship, and try to be relieved from
ligb
blushes ! She who had stood fire so long,—this (I,,eesi!
person turned to my lord and asked, " What shot, eso
She went to this house for a purpose, and she
must do her work—she must make a case—or g
Field would never employ her again at £l2 oti
Having referred, also, to the manner in which ti; if]
witnesses had given their evidence, he chargedteheo
having sworn what was utterly false. 11 od
ladies of easy virtue had been called UP, 'pt
the fat cooks in the metropolis had been Prod
he would ask the jury to pause before t'!e',
vlor
victed the defendant of this offence. He ~,
them, as they respected themselves and their farou'd"
the sacredness of their homes, to reject the evidepls
rescue this respectable and injured woman fr°
wicked toils which had*been attempted to be lr
around her. yt
His LORDSHIP, in summing up with great, ned'
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go with that family as

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minuteness, drew attention to tile
separation, which stated that she was at liberty tt/r°
where she pleased, and " in such manner as sbe ple
so that, however she conducted herself, and whatecl
verdict of the jury might be, her settlement could net'o
opinion be imperilled. The object which the ifijo.l
counsel for the defence had attributed to thetM
could not therefore exist, and the £250 would not berth'
of if the action succeeded. It had been alleged
same gentleman, that the action was based 911,0,;;1?
spiry of the most abominable description, carried cri.s
the grossest perjury. Now, that was either true, or tbefortiO
nal conversation was fay proved. This was a matter
n
consideration of the jury. If they were of opitae.i,
there had been a conspiracy of this nature, thef
find a verdict for the defendant ' • but if they thong"
witnesses were the witnesses of truth, their verdict
be for the plaintiff'; and the only question
them (the jury) would be the amount: of tile
If the case had rested only on the unsupported eviu;
Mrs. Grocott, the difficulty of the jury would bas o
greatly modified ; but she was borne out by to for
witnesses. It was, however, entirely a matter
consideration of the jury. If they found for the
they should be influenced as to the amount of doll
the mode in which the plaintiff and his wife 1% et
together. If a man and his wife had lived tog% de
many years on terms of affection, and he become 650155.
deprived, by the wiles of a seducer, of the eO,ll
and comfort of his wife, he would be entitled t° et
derable damages; but in a case of this nature, whe .40
only lived together a few months, and had lived seT
so long, the plaintiff could not be said to 140
deprived of the consoling care of his wife.
r. At twenty minutes to six o'clock the iury retll,, vet°

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.fter an absence of an hour, they returned

ror the defendant

ACTION ON A CHARTER-PARTY

HOSKINS V. PRITCIIAND AND ANOTHER.-- 001,
tiff is a merchant, carrying on business in LiverP 3;
the defendants are owners of the ship Pembert°l,il
the action was brought to recover damages for the,l-
nod-fulfilment of ' a charter-party. On the
.',3
December, 1852, a charter-party was enter'
by which it was agreed that the
with convenient despatch to New 0

ns for

cotton, which she was to bring to 1ierPool•
breaCh alleged was that the ship did not leave
"with all convenient despatch," but was detecoo
which her homeward freight was diminished; eudlsore,
that instead of being taken into the Bramley-,-op
was taken into the Albert Dock.—Mr. Hill, ale (7'
the case, which was being proceeded with when lx
rose, at a quarter past eight o'clock—busilless-
- until nine o'clock this morning;