The sun., 1878-11-27
TIE CRIME OF LADY G00CH.
CHIRLEs REIDES TERRIBLE TEsIP-
TfIJON IN dCTUIL LIFK
rrocu,tnK Auoiher's Babe mud Trying 60
PAIN ~ DT up"r her r1usbnna-A Chi'dirss
W oman. Clutch at a Large Enheritnhce.

" omhh1s Aiutth ht Asnftc hnhtetthAccs
Tur ~ Tsiion 7tnes
Annie Louisa, Lady Gooch and Anu Walk
or nurs,. arpearcd before Mr.. Newton yc-it.r
day ia answer to summonsos charging thom
with having unlawiully combined conepircd
cOntudoratod and agreed together 10 palm OF
on Sir Francis Robert Sherlock Lambert Goorh.
of Benacre hall. wungford. Suffolk. and ~
Churlea street. IL rkolcy square IA hsow child.
BON Of the body Of the said Lady Ammo Louisa
Gooch. n strange child. with iniont to dcirnud
md deceive. Lady G1oeh. accompanied by MIR.
Gagc, solicitor. entered the court room and
was allowed o sent At the solicitors table. Sho
il small woman. apparently about 81 years OF
ago and was closcly vcicd.
MIR. Iowis said. appear on hchalf OF sir
Francis Gouoh g. place before the Court certain
facts. wiih the Wow of your arriving mt de-
termination ~ 10 whether an Information
which has been laid before you ia vol founded
or not Tho charge | have to mako against
Indy Go'eh Is iAatof conspiing. with porson
nnmrd Walker. to palm off upon Sir Francis a
chid not his own. with the view TO disinhort
his relutiv,s oit'c fortune thor would become
entitled 10 at his death. and to pass that fortune
To- o -trnnE child instead OF his proper hoirs. ]
ue"l hardly ny 'hat sir Francis 0opch ha4 no
iceliug Whatever in this prosecution aud that
If any explanations can be gvon which are
consistent with the presumption Of the iuno-
ccnr' oi both l'endan's. ne will bo glad TO hoar
l'r'! an iu irtru that your worship hnH Ar-
rived TT ihr con"iu-i"n thht thc case need ~ no
further. Ia that eN"rt he will know TINT ho has
don. hi duiy O.. his relatives and also to him
salf III having pla cd the facts which led 20 these
Proceedings before YOU.
lti-antNir'm"b pnniul matter to prosecute
onr's n.,n wife. tui think Shall he nho 10
show that sii Francis had no alternative Lu TO
Lrug th' taati'r iore tho Court Under the
VIII oi ni- iaiher. SIR Francis inherited an es-
a. at ~ doc a ~
brother; he had a Younger brother. aud aitcr
liu tie widow ~ the elder brother. succeeded,
At tho ggn oi ~ r Francis met his present
w,,o. aud -h lrflt aitorwnrd married her.
You Will ilnl from the evidence there was
s Eromhsr m VT y" Sir francs sS or Nr0a ndWy W ESSSSoSrr
Nrooh from iuhCriupg the property by means
ol tho strange child which Lady GoOch desired
to palm OF upon her husband
Afi-r th" MARI age and during the absence
OF Sir Fraucis from London child was born.
which died seven MONTHS afterward From that
iendUd that III" was going tn have another
child but IN that month she represented to Sir
Francis that ehe was oncein'c, and that she cx-
pc'tol to i" confined In the following May. la
this interval they went to Brighton. and sir
Francis. having strong doubts to Lady
Hooeh statement. insisted on her being exam
med by medical nan thore. Lady GOoch saw
n doctor, and thc stated that his repor, was that
sill Dissatisfied Sir Francis had his wife OK.
amined by the family doctor. who denied that
Hho wls ia the family way In spite of this do
ninl, Lady Go)ch insisted that she wus in tho
family way. ani IN appearance grow stouter
but this will De accounted for by the fact that she
was In the habit of padding herself with under
garments. -" ngan represented to Sir Francis
that she wes IN TIE family way and would be
rOnnued IN September or October; but he told
her repeatedly In the presence Of lady who
was house Seeper and coinpanion-Miss Gar
rod-that he did not believe her. and that he
thought -ha had snne design or scheme. which
he Cntrcai,d her iY give up
Francis. Isdy GSSih Told her housekeeper that
she was not 10 the family way, but that SHE was
delermin"d iha, The estate should not pass 70
Lady Eleanor 6ooch that Sir Francis could
not live long that there were already two dow
agors who lived out II the estate, and that there
would he nothing lett for her in tho event Of
Sir Francis dying without son; that she was
therefore determined e. hay" child under any
circumstances 81 thni. In the event of the death
OF Mir Francie, ehe would not be left without
Lady Gooch made oil sorts Of ofrsrs to Miss
Garrod TO aid her ia the plot. She offered her
jewelry II she would only stand by her aud
said sie would give her nlun year when she
always been an honorable woman. and nothing
SoHld lnIuse her t. Ltay a dishonorahle part in
this business. ~ far from doing So she Darn
estY entreat.d Lady Gooch to abandon her
scheme. and pointed OUT the wickedness Of the
course she wac pureuinS But nothing appar-
emily would divert her from the course upon
which size he'd entered.
sir Franci-. at last. told her that unless sho
gayo up her sign b" would not live with hct.
A few davs before ihr tin9 she alleged she was
10 he confined she .amr up 20 London, whom
Sir Iran communicated with his mother and
50 thAt cNiurnsc should be- forthcoming il She
proved g. hl 81. iito 10 tho SUM time telling
Mis- g. trrli Aty'r t. 'cVNr her.
Tie Court will iuduHtirom FIRST To- last Miss
Garrod KY. .Sr ltan"i, informed Of nll that
occurred. IhnN cRn.r ~ London. and there
IGdy G.,-h WA watched. Lady Guoch went To-
M institution N Gra Cu!Ain street and mad.
I'm titiiti1n ~ I, 1tfI nn, th., nio1o,,cr H.
rectrd her g. Mr. Main who had n frw
T. ehid f af,or s5iaa p' dIay T.G shS ' CbanSd 1,1d
iron Mrr. Maih. l-aS Goorh then sent to