The New York herald., 1873-09-25

Heartlcss Case OF Breach or Promise-.
Damages E35O.

From the Liverpool Mercury, Sept 0.
At the Sheriff Court, Preston, yesterday the
Under Sheriff and a. jury sat to assess damages in
a case OF breach OF promise and seduction OF as
heartess a character as one could possibly i'm
agine The plaintiff, Sarah Cragg, rather good
looking Is the daughter OF a large farmer at Hut
ton, near Kendall, and the defendant John s.
Clarke, Is the OF q farmer at Slainbank Green,
near the same town. The courtship commenced so
long ago as 1s6O when the plaintiff was eighteen and
the defendant nineteen years OF age The defend
ant first met the pialntin at q ball at her uncie's,
marked attention. In 1853, while away from
home, the plaintiff received the nrst letter
the defendant had ever written to her. 1t
was very commonplace production and simply
intimated that the defendant could not attend ~
certain ball he had promised togo to, but he signed
himself "Yours ever J. Clarke, and at the top OF
1t there several verses OF poetry addressed to
"Her love-" The courtsnip continued without
anything worthy OF note until 1865. In June OF that
year sister OF the plaintiffs married and the
defendant was at the ceremony. In the evening of
ine same uay .ne ue,enaane , under solemn
ceeded In seductng her. She was living at this
time at Maldenhlll, and when she found she was
anxiety OF mind which she suffered In conse-
quence OF her condition brought on a mis-
his promise to marry the plaintln he
continued to excuse himself on one pretext OF
the arm was his own and that he would marry
her in the spring OF 1867. she oeleveu nii' H. anu anu
again improper intimacy took place. anu ha y, uue @
| course child was born. The defendant, when ap-
peaied to- refused to marry the poor girl, and she
was at length compelled 20 aniate tne @ chnm ill., , An
order was made the defendant ana tney ana
not see each other again for over eighteen months
| or more In 1872 they met at Kendall. at the
market. and the defendant urged the plain
,i,r to allow HIM to renew his acquaint-
snce an " with her. as he would come into pos
SaSsjon OF the farm in the spring OF 1873, and
was desIrous OF marrying her. He said sne
| had been brought up all her life to farming
nnTsuIts and ne thought she was likely to make
| him good wife. She refused to have anything TO
| 90 with him at that time. but in April OF the same
! year when they saw each other again. he renewed
his protestatons and she consented to bis again
writing her. He told her that he had fl, 900 inde-
pendently of his mother This father being dead at
tins time, as also the iather OF the plalntidl,
and that ne nad SUFFICIENT for them both 1t was
then arranged that the marriage shou take place
In the spring Of 1878. In May, 1872, they were
together at circus In Kendall, and returning to
the home OF the plaintiff they loued the family gone
to bed. Illicit Intercourse again followed, and
another child was born. Arrangements had been
made for the marriage Of the parties some months
before this event. but the wedding never took place.
| and week or two after an affiation summons had
| been served on the defendant he married anotne1
-YQaaRA Xaa WY RWagdea nc PlaiqlA1 &ssV.