Delaware State journal, advertiser and star. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1832-1833, 1833-07-26

commerce is wholly or nearly lost,
| Reported for the N. Y. Courier s. Enquirer
SUPERIOR COURT.
BEFORE CHEF JUSTICE JONES.
| Francis Guerin US. HIM. II. Hrozzi
| This was an action brought by the plain
tiff to recover damages of the defendant TOR
criminal CONVEX saticn with his wife The
damages were laid at $4,000.
| From the evidence it appeared that the
plaintiff was confectioner residing opposite
the CITY Hotel in Broadway, that he had
been married to his present wife 8 or years;
that he was an industrious man and had in
the course of some years accumulated hand
some property;-and that he had lived very
happily with his wife before the defendant
had alienated her affections. The defendant
is Linguist, and has taught at the Washing
ton Institute. He was very frequently at the
City Hotel, and often came into the plantiif's
store to buy, or under pretencc OF buying
lconfectionaries. He there frequently saw
mrs. Guerin, commenced writing her series
of letters, and continually pcstcred her with
Ibis attentions. For a long time Mrs. Guerln
lrepelled his addresses, and avoided him when
ever it was possible. At that time, whenev-
Ter the defendant entered the store, she would
Immediately go into the back room or up
stairs In the course of time, from some un-
known cause, her feelings underwent sud-
den change, and she, who had formerly de-
Tested the defendant, now requited his pas
sion with even more than his own ardor.
!. lShortIy after she went so far as to walk with
t him in Broadway. The defendant having
! thus insinuated himself into the good graces
of Mrs. Guern, commenced levying contri-
buttons on the plaintiff, through the medium
of his wife; and such was the strength OF his
D attachment. that she did not scruple to sup
ply him with money, segars and other arti-'
t Giles from the store. But it appeared that
S however generously Mrs. Guern parted
+: with her husbands goods, her generosity did
4 not satisfy the avarice of the defendant, who
!, was oouti~ve>,,y desiring her to send him 9th
: Ter articles; and ON one occasion ACTUALLY beat
rs her for not sending him more money. After
n their intercourse had been carried on for
S. some time, Strozzi persuaded her to enter
It into contact to marry him within year
p from her husbands death, if she survived
II him; and for its performance she bound her
G self in the penalty of one thousand dollars.
(, After Strozzi had obtained this contract, he
1t seemed to consider her his own wife, address
re sing her as ssMrs. Sti ozzi," and assuming an
"a Authoritative mode of expression in the or
T. ders which he was in the habit of sending for
a his performance. When at last the plaintiff
strongly suspected the connection, Mrs. Cue
a rim, stung with remorse, attempted to destroy
&c herself by taking liudanum; but physician
s. was called in and her life preserved. WheI
{. the connection was discovered by the plaintiff
OF and after the defendant was arrested and i'm
prisoned, Mr.. Guerin was suddenly taken Ill
OF complaining of sharp shooting pains which
as racked his body, and supposed himself pois
u oned; but happily recovered under the pre-
scriptions of Doctors Berger and Mason, wht
10 were called in to attend him.
A large number of letters from the defen
dant, Strozzi, TO Mrs. Guerin, and from Mrs
Guerin to him, were produced on the trial
amounting to between ore and two hundred
re They are probably the most curious spcci
mems of love letters ever produced in cour
"a of law. Some of the defendants letters, par
IS ticu!arly those which he first sent, are writ
II ten with delicacy; but as the intimacy of tn
II, parties progressed, they assumed every dit
nd ferent shade, and many of them are too indie
Oh cent to bear publication.
sn The counsel for the plaintiff called til
ne following witnesses:-
es DR.. BrinnaH testified to the plaintiff
NJ n arr iage with his present wife. She wa
about Is years old at that time.
a John H. Mchaels, an intelligent lookn
lat lad, aged about IA years. This witness sol
is the paper on which Mrs. Guerin had writ
hS ten to the defendant; never saw any improp
ne err conduct in Mrs. Guern; knew Gueri
~ very well, and lived next door TO him.
an Mrs. Briggs.-rhe defendant boarde
dc some time at the house of the witness, an
ne ran off without paying his bill. After he ha
gone, she discovered the papers and letter
e. producedn evidence, which she I'VE to tn
r plaintiffs counsel when she learned that thi
NJ action had been commenced; among then
e. E. was Mrs. Guerin's contract to marry Stoz2
d. after her husbands death. There was an
Us other contract of Mrs. Gucrn in q large
IN, IN, penalty than hs,-a penalty, she believes,
~ ~ two or three thousand dollars.
~ ns Francis Guerin.-is acquainted with Mrs
~ Guerin's hand writing; the letters produces
-, in court, purporting to be Mrs. Guerin's AM
AZ shown to the witness, were in her hand wri
"u ting. The witness is SON of the plaintiff b
". VI former wife. He suspected the intercours
..hhs between Strozzi and his step-mother, from
III, u, what had been told him by his little broth
~ err, who is about nine years old, and VIII
'oh used to carry letters, money, and other thing
~ to Strozz Two weeks before Strozzi wa
s. arrested Mrs. Guerin attempted to destro
nc herself by taking laudanum, and after h
was arrested, his father was taken i'll yer
&C. suddenly at tea, and supposed himself POI
III soned. His father was not subject to sudde
u fits of illness. Drs. Berger and Mason wer
"Icalled in to attend him.