Literary cadet and Rhode-Island statesman. [volume] (Providence, R.I.) 1827-1829, 1827-05-19
posed to the hand writing of Miss Davies, and
tn following letters were then read:
Miss Davies TO William Wakefield.


| Miss Davies TO William Wakefield.
| "Sunday Morning.
Dear William.--Mr. Turner did not come
down the night you left; it was mistake.
| My father saw Mrs. Critchley yesterday, who
4 seems very kindly disposed; but she did not
know what her brothers. feelings would be.
Perhaps Edward or Madame ought to write to
her touching tender cords. The old uncIes
have been written to by her WISH Miss Daul-
by has not written to Shrgley, but Miss Tn-
ner (the nioce) wrote to her yesterday.
This is all Mrs. Critchleys information to my
father.-Ever, always yours, I. ID.
s'You must not let foolish account of the
affair get into the papers, it would much an
noy Turner am sure
Miss Dawes to X. RandaIl--(No date)
Dear Sir,-I am greatly obliged by your
kindness in sending the paper. i will thank
yoi 10 send me on line, directed p. 0. Bux-
| ten, 10 s,errow, where shall be. 1 with TO
knc~ whether William is in England l
heard yesterday there would be warrant for
him, and also a hint that search would be
made in Pail Mall for papers, &c. knew it
would have been awkward to you TO have any
which were committed to your care brought
forward, as it might implicate you. If you re-
ceived communication which might surprise
you, you will know the reason. l feel many
obligations to you; and am, dear sir, most
faithfully. Id.
"Mr. Randall "a Pan Mall--Private."
Miss Davies TO r. Randall.
Postmark Congeton; Uondon delivery mark,
May 2l.)
"Mr. Randall, in which it is we'll known con-
fidencc can be pla ced, is requested to take care
that the enclosed is safely delivered as soon as
possible. newspaper is also sent for Mr.
Wakefield. If there could be any means of
preventing the paragraph in the Courier insert
ed, and also one whic may have appeared in
| the Macclesfield Herald, from finding their
way to the public London papers. The para
graph in the Courier is in fact, the only objec-
tional one. Mr.. Wakefield himself would OBJ
|ect 10 an interference with the papers, and
therefore it is left to Mr.. Randall's discretion
The letter to Msle Blanc, under Lord. D.
cover, TO be forwarded as soon as possible.
"Mr. Randall, 81, Pall-Mall, Lond.-Imme-
date
This closed the case for the prose
Mr.. Scarlet submitted there was no case to
60 to the Jury. Mr.. Baron Hullock thought to
the contrary, although the evidence against
Frances Wakefield was slight.
Mr.. Scarlett then rose to address the jury for
the defence. He said, before address my
self to the facts of the case, there were some
circumstances advered TO by my Learned
Brother at the commencement Of his address
to you, which require from me particular OBJ
servaton. My Learned Brother has expressed
an opinion that the cause has suffered material
" by the absence Of Friend [Mr. Brougham]
Of ours, who conducted the case at the last
Assizes. Subscribing as do, most cordially,
| to the opinion Of that Right Honourable GEN
tlsmaa having distinguished talents, I beg most
distinctly to dissent from him when he asserts
thai the case has suffered by the absence of that
Right Hon. Gent. believe that not only is
my Learned Friend as capable to do full JUS
tice to his clients as that Learned Judge was.
Having made these observations, he would
call the attention of the Jury to the case be-
fore them. In the first place, he contended,
at considerable length, that there was hardly
the slightest evidence against Mrs. Wakefield,
and he thought that any body in Ma acclesfeld
might Just as well have been included in the
Indictment as that lady. Now, as to the 9th
er parties. Had the charge against them been
confined to a mere conspiracy to take Miss
Turner from school, and the indictment had
not contained other counts Of very extraor-
binary nature, he should perhaps have made
very few observations on that part Of the case.
He wished that his Learned Friend had not
called the lady witness He should have
been glad to have been relieved from the neces-
stv Of making those remarks upon her con-
duct, and the transa ction, which he would now
be compelled to offer. The real character Of
such a transa ction, was, in great degree, de-
termncd by those circumstances which shew-
ed whether the marriage had been brought
abou; by compulsion, or with the FREQ consent
Of Miss Turner. The evidence which he should
lay before them would be very short. First, he
would call their attention to the description
which had been given of Miss Turner by those
4 4 L L l.. 4
10 be clever girl, person of quick apprehen-
sion and sagacity. Could such person have
been deceived in the manner which it was at
tempted to be shown she had been' When at
III IN chester she had known that the horses
head had been turned to Oldham, and not to
Macclcsfeld, and yc, it did not appear that she
had requested any explanation Of that circum-
stance? From the conduct Of Mr.. E. Wake
field, at Calais, no inference ought TO be drawn.
He had been assured that this marriage with
Miss Turner was illegal, because she had been
under the age of l6 years, and being no lawyer
he had acted under that belief lie had then
done what every man of honour under such
circumstances would do--he had endcavoWed
to do every thing in his power to remedy the
misfortune which he had been the cause Of
Nov, it did appear to him, (Mr. Scarlett,) and
he wished to be understood as expressing no
satisfaction at the fact, that the marriage be-
tween these parties had been clearly legal
marriage, and such he should endcavour to
show it. But that the young lady had concur
ref in promoting the marriage from the first
stage from Manchester down to the period Of
the marriage itself, he should show by incontro-
vertible evidence. He would bring witnesses
who would speak to her appearance and be-
haviour at almost every stage, and most Of
those witnesses had been examined previously
by the agents for the prose- ocution. They would
show, that, from tho first stage from Manchcs-
ter, Miss Turner had been foil Of gaic,y and