The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1861-11-19
BROOKLYN.

A siSGULAR SuiT.-A singular casc
tried before Justice Adams on Saturday. M
Robert Bolton, proprietor Of the Bedlorl Youns
Ladies' Institute, in Wcstchcstcr County, sued
Roswell Graves for money alleged 20 he iue for
the tuition Of defendants dau shtcr, aud tssti-
fed that Mr.. Graves daughter was a pupil at
h- school. num the 9th Of September, 1860.
until about the 5ih Of February 1861, when
she was removed without any notice lning given
to the protrioto-. \ circular was put in evidence,
in which the terms pc annum for tuition (not
including cNtrls) are set down at slW plya-
lie sem nullly in advance and witness testi-
f,d that def,ndi ant owed him one half years
tuition and some extras.
Mr.. Wnslow, counsel for the defence put
Mr.. Edward Jones, A-scmblymen elect for New
York, ON the stand, to show the practice oi the
school, and the reason Mr.. Caves removed his
daughter. Mr.. Jones' "A it il allcgci testified
that in January last, h. hal a daughter, IL
years old at the Bedford Young Ladies lusti-
tutr; ,hc was rorm-mate Of Mis-. Crave, and
died there; first heard of while going 20 his
place oi business, when livery stable man told
him that his Child WIS dead; first heard il from
Mr. Bolton, some week or ten days after she
was buried; knew nothing Of the child. sickness
until after It's death; Bolton, when asked why
lie bad 10, communicated tho i1Ct OF her sicf-
| ness to him, said he did not think he WIS sick
| ut all; the inmate. of the house hal toll him
| that deceased WIS required Ia - iutO the par
| lur he dav she died. when so swollen that her
Jrcss v"iiIj ma, meet within six or EIGHT
| inches lchind. she died in bed with her school
| mate. and there was 10 one else with her: he had
tried, nut without success 70 SEQ he physical,
| who attended her witness leu mny4 az, ',Vea ol
| at The manner in which the 'h'l' had leon
| trcattd-ihIt had troubled him moro, in fact,
| than her death he made these facts known to
| MI GtaNcs, ann TON MN u ne hAi any l'clIhs
| whatever Tor his chil, ne w.uld .ake h'f away
| immcl''Gly 'nd, ms 'hliiien hai zen noE-
leeiei IN ~. ana alter d'uh M. Hrat,' VA, NaJ
| Gstt nNhed, ana went immyualely 10 the ~nVo'
to see tot himself he 'oll MN 70 te' ms ulusn-
ter away from 'nr -h""i "n'rc VI, 'oul, - , An
| unliammcl'd OPINION non! het wy ul,''i 'aNva
WHO attended 'h' cum S'iI 'n'. Nv Wv "nJ d''
,"Ii'' o. n' tNl',HiIiI'n Nv Ivy "a" "A
loon 20 '"' ''E t'" n'' i'''s ~ -, -
| dtd from pure ht-'t'l ana tue 1hl''ea'nen "
| physician her e'ho"Nnll'' hi"In"' WITNESS
| hat she wrote ot her sickness, put her letters
| we've destroyed the very DAY before SIZE uieu
they changed her room-m'!c' because tney
thourh' Ms Graves was paying her TOO mucn
attention ,....,,,....,.., ....,
c,r so !, +. ',rr,,j a,I HI, counsel A reed 10 a
| non.sul
MURDER CASES BEFORE THE CoURr or
OYpn Ann TguNfSHR.-Tho Court of Oyer
- r.r,,i,,or ,,,s.o,,,Il,I x,s,ord,, This
anu iV'".' ,.'.1.''i yv.ti,.,,, r,,,,,r.
ui'"u Jury WIS ",..'i - ir In,
-. IA.
IN murder Counsel "a' a'sished niin ~ i m.
Court ana t'' tl'sonI' P,,N''u % bu'' lac
Was REMAINDER lot tfla' llo'ui' GaSgS, . 'o'"'t.
EhPg IN hE9 on MI ~, ilu ni, "A
,u ,nM cue was scduced in ireland, and
service in a family IN ,bn ri, ioun,,y enc went 70
Excitement and desire to conceal her .i,m. ~. mS
distress being inendlcss and among strangers.
| She wis induced 10 throw il AMI If ia 80
Gn, H',J tA' ~ leu a. 'tanGr Of about twenty
represented fy ,o,,ny'i ing defendant was
guilty Of mai.sl.lghter i'm IN" .' so',nI Ilea Of
The District Attorney, therefore. statri IN ,bs
Court that he was satisfied from his knoll i' 10
OF the Gaze, that the ends of publjc ils,,c, NJ,
not require tho extreme penalty of tho law. ,bst
this woman appeared to be rather sinris',,;nJe
ed, without friends, ana what .hc Jii WA. lam,
under great and severe temptation. lie wa,
| accented IA, III, -, i"o PL' lug
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