The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-12-22
CONSPIRACY NOT PROVEN.
THE END OF THE GoocH CASE IN TILE ENGLISH
COURTS.
From the Pail Mall Gazette. Dec. 10.l

THE END OF THE GOOCH CASE IN THE ENGLISH
COURTS.
from the Pail Mall Gazette, Dec. 10.l
The sittings of the Central Criminal Court were
resumed yesterday. The Recorder, in charging the
Grand Jury, said there only one case remaining
to which he considered necessary to direct their
tenton, and that the charge made against Lady
Gooch and of her servants OF conspirng to foist
a spurious child upon the husband of Lady Gooch
his real child. The appeared to be of the
most extraordinary character; for. regarded the
principal in the transaction, Lady Goocn, il
seemed that there had not been tho slightest
attempt at secrecy. She hal, the contrary, openly
avowed to the medical and also to the house
keeper all that she intended to do aud had persisted
in carrying out hcr intention after having been fully
cautioned W. to the consequences. IL was utterly i'm
possible that the act could have succeeded tor 1t
seemed to be perfectly well known by several per-
sons what intended to be done; but this would
make any difference in point of law. supposng IL
should be made to appear that a conspiracy for the
object mentioned really intended to he carried
out The difficulty in the case. however was this
the servant appeared to have only been
gagged shortly before the time In question.
and all that she seemed to have done to
tell several lies the principal point against her being
that she had stated that Lady dooch had been dev-
cred of child ON the particular day mentioned. IL
did not appear; however, that the servant had any
knowledge of the object for which thu false state
n.ent made. and IL also appeared that she had
made the statement at the request of Lady Gooch:
and, although she had no doubt told wiful lie,
there the least evidence to show that she had
the least idea that any criminal object was intended
to be carried out, and under tbese he
did not sec how the charge against the defendants.
which one OF conspiracy could be supported.
In charge Of conspiracy it was absolutely necessary
to prove that two persons engaged In the trans
action: and If the evidence would not support the
charge against the servant in this particular case
Lady Gooch could not be legally charged with con-
spiracy because person could not oonspire, and
there must be two persons at least concerned in
order TO establish charge of conspiracy. In order
to establish the charge Of conspiracy, therefore, il
was necessary that it should be established that
all the parties should be acquainted with the
criminal object that intended to DO car.
red out; and as II did not appear by the evidence
that the servant In the present had the slightest
knowledge of the object tor which Lady Gooch had
requested her to make the false statement, under
these circumstances he could not that there
any evidence to support the charge of conspiracy
against the second defendant. All she appeared to
have done was TO have made the statement Lady
Gooch told her to make, and the telling of q
lie was sufficient to make her responsible and 1t
therefore appeared to him that the charge of con-
spirscy would entirely fail
The Grand Jury at the Central Criminal Court
came into Court this morning and returned mo true
bin against Anne Louisa Gooch aud Anne Walker
for misdemesnor.