Kings Bench, Sittings after Trinity Term,

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1790
Henry Cecil, Esq. against the Rev illiam Sney!
"#r Criminal C#nversati#n $ith %lainti&s ife.
This $as an acti#n #f !amages against the !efen!ant f#r
having se!'ce! an! !e(a'che! the %lainti&s $ife.
The !amages $ere lai! at TE) TH*+S,)- .*+)-S.
/r B#$er, C#'ncil f#r the %lainti&, state! that /r Cecil is a
gentleman #f high ran0 an! family, an! %res'm%tive heir t# the
Earl #f E1eter, als# a /em(er #f .arliament.
Thirteen #r f#'rteen years ag#, he marrie! /iss 2ern#n, his
%resent $ife, then a y#'ng la!y, the #nly !a'ghter an! heiress
#f /r 2ern#n, in #rcestershire, a gentleman als# #f a very
large f#rt'ne.
"r#m the year #f their marriage, 1773, 'ntil the time $hen the
in4'ry $as !#ne (y /r Sney!, n# t$# %ers#ns c#'l! live in a
state #f greater a&ecti#n #r greater harm#ny than /r an! /rs
Cecil5 he ha! n#t the smallest s's%ici#n #f her in6!elity, an!
treate! her $ith the m#st ten!er a&ecti#n.
7n the 1790, the !efen!ant came t# the %arish #f Han('ry, in
$hich /r Cecil resi!e!, in the character #f C'rate5 He $as the
s#n #f a res%ecta(le gentleman, the y#'nger s#n #f a family in
Sta&#r!shire. +n!er this !escri%ti#n he $as li0ely t# (e treate!
$ith attenti#n an! %#liteness5 he $as acc#r!ingly intr#!'ce!
int# the family, an! #ften !ine! $ith the %lainti&5 an! (eing in a
%##r state #f health, $hen the $eather $as (a! he $as
c#nstantly acc#mm#!ate! $ith a (e! in the %lainti&s h#'se,
an! $as treate! in every res%ect as a gentleman, an! as a
%r#%er g'est t# visit in his h#'se5 ('t it sh#'l! seem that s#me
intimacy ha! s'(siste!, f#r s#me time %ri#r t# 1789, (et$een
/r Sney! an! /rs Cecil, fr#m the facts $hich 7 am a(#'t t#
state.
,(#'t the mi!!le #f 9'ne last, /rs Cecil %revaile! '%#n her
h's(an! t# g# #n a %arty #f %leas're t# Birmingham, $hich is
a(#'t 18 t# :0 miles !istant fr#m

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/r Cecil;s h#'se5 it $as intimate! t# /r Cecil (y his la!y that
the !istance $as t## great t# g# $ith their #$n h#rses, an!
theref#re that it $#'l! (e (etter t# ta0e %#st<h#rses. /r Cecil
c#m%lie! $ith the req'est. He, /rs Cecil, an! /r E!$ar! Sney!,
the !efen!ants (r#ther, set #'t f#r Birmingham5 /r Cecil
ret'rne! (ac0 t# Han('ry al#ne, in the evening, an! /rs Cecil
$as t# have f#ll#$e! him, in c#m%any $ith /r E!$ar! Sney!.
hen /rs Cecil ha! remaine! #'t m'ch l#nger than her
h's(an! e1%ecte!, he (egan t# (e an1i#'s a(#'t her, ('t ha!
n# i!ea #f $hat $as g#ing f#r$ar!5 an! as she !i! n#t ret'rn,
he ma!e $hat enq'iries he c#'l!, ('t c#'l! n#t 6n! her #'t5
an! this enq'iry $as ma!e m#re !i=c'lt, (y /rs Cecil an! /r
Sney! ass'ming 6ctiti#'s names.
The m#ment that mr Cecil ha! !isc#vere! that his $ife ha!
el#%e!, he left his h#'se, an! has never since ret'rne! t# his
frien!s, an! n#$ resi!es s#me$here (ey#n! the seas.
/r Sney! an! /rs Cecil $ere after$ar!s !isc#vere! t# (e at an
h#tel at E1eter, 'n!er the name #f /R ,)- /RS BE)S*), an!
then at an #(sc're village in -ev#nshire, $here they live! three
#r f#'r m#nths in l#!gings5 they then q'itte! that %lace, an!
came t# >#n!#n, $here they n#$ resi!e5 in se%arate l#!gings,
in!ee!<<<<<<< ('t visit each #ther every !ay.
?#', @entlemen #f the 9'ry, $ill feel the nat're #f this s#rt #f
in4'ry. ?#' see the sit'ati#n #f the %arties, an! the ran0 #f /r
Cecil, an! the necessity #f his ta0ing care that n# s%'ri#'s
iss'e (e im%#se! #n his family. ?#' $ill atten! t# the evi!ence
$hich 7 shall n#$ lay (ef#re y#', an! give s'ch c#m%ensati#n
in !amages as s'(stantial 4'stice req'ires.


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E27-E)CE "*R THE .>,7)T7""
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/r ellsBThis is a tr'e c#%y #f the register #f the marriage #f
/r. an! /rs. Cecil. They $ere marrie! #n the :A! #f /ay, 1773,
at St. @e#rge;s Han#ver<Sq'are.
7>>7,/ 9,)SE? S*R)
illiam 9anseyB7 live! as a ('tler $ith the %lainti&, near f#'r
years an! a half.
C. -'ring that time, ha! y#' any #%%#rt'nity #f #(serving h#$
he treate! his $ifeD
,. 7 al$ays th#'ght he $as a very g##! h's(an!5 they
a%%eare! t# live very ha%%ily t#gether, an! he treate! her $ith
ten!erness an! a&ecti#n.
C. -i! y#' 0n#$ /r Sney!, the !efen!antD
,. 7 !i!5 he $as the C'rate #f Han('ry. He $as C'rate there
$hen 7 came t# /r Cecil, c#ntin'e! 'ntil the m#nth #f 9'ne,
1789.
-i! he visit in y#'r masters familyD
,. ?es, Sir, freq'ently.
C. -i! he ever stay all night at y#'r master;s h#'seD
,. S#metimes he !i!5 he $as s#metimes there at s'%%er5 an! in
(a! $eather he sle%t there freq'ently.
C. -# y#' remem(er y#'r master an! mistress g#ing t#
BirminghamD
,. 7 remem(er /r. an! /rs. Cecil g#ing t# Birmingham in 9'ne
1789.
C. hen !i! /r Sney! leave Han('ryD
, .,(#'t the en! #f /ay #r the (eginning #f 9'ne, 1789.
C. H#$ far is Birmingham fr#m y#'r masters h#'se D

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,. ,(#'t eighteen #r t$enty miles
C.hen !i! y#'r master ret'rn fr#m BirminghamD
,.He came h#me the same night, ('t /rs Cecil !i! n#t c#me
h#me $ith him.
CR*SS EF,/7)E- B? /R ERSK7)E.
C.,t $hat time !i! y#' ever #(serve, in the time fr#m the
m#nth #f 9'ne, 178G, $hen y#' came int# this service, 'ntil
/ay, 1789, $hen /r Sney! left Han('ry, any assi!'ity #f /r
Sney! t#$ar!s /rs Cecil, #r #f /rs Cecil t#$ar!s himD
,. They $ere freq'ently $al0ing #'t t#gether5 they $ere f#n!
#f 6shing.
C. ?#'r master 0ne$ this #f c#'rseD
,.7 s'%%#se s#. /r Cecil $as s#metimes $ith them5 ('t they
$ere #ften t#gether (y themselves
C./r Cecil 0ne$ that /r Sney! an! /rs Cecil $ent #n th#se
6shing %arties t#getherD He 0ne$ they $ere secrete! a g##!
!eal t#gether, an! 'se! t# (e in %rivateD
,.He 0ne$ they 'se! t# $al0 #'t t#gether in the 6el!s5 7 !#
n#t (elieve that he 0ne$ they 'se! t# (e in %rivate t#gether.
C.-i! n#t the %lainti& 0n#$ that /r Sney! an! /rs Cecil 'se!
t# (e #ften t#gether5 an! $as it n#t the c#nstant c#'rse f#r
t$# yearsD
,.They $ere very #ften al#ne.
C. -# y#' remem(er /r Cecil;s g#ing a$ay an! leaving his
h#'seD
,. 7 !#.

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C. -# y#' rec#llect $hat %asse! there (ef#re his leaving the
h#'seD
,. 7 !# n#t.
C. Ha! n#t /r Sney! left Han('ry, an! g#ne t# Birmingham,
in the m#nth #f /ay, 1789D
,.7 (elieve it $as in /ay #r in 9'ne.
C. -# y#' remem(er his (eing !eliri#'s in a feverD
,. 7 !#.
C. hen $as that D
,. ,(#'t a $ee0 (ef#re he left Han('ry.
C. Has he rec#vere! fr#m that !eliri'mD
,. 7 0n#$ n#t5 7 have seen him since, an! he l##0e! $ell <<<7
never sa$ him l##0 (etter than $hen 7 sa$ him last.
C. hat !i! y#' meanD ?#' sai!, 6rst that this gentleman
$as !eliri#'s in a fever5 then 7 as0e! y#', $hether he $as
rec#vere!D ?#' sai! y#' !i! n#t 0n#$5 an! then y#' sai!,
y#' 0ne$ he $as $ell, $ith the greatest 'nc#ncern in the
$#rl! H..>##0 t# the 9'ry, Sir HH?#' say y#' never sa$ him
l##0 (etterD
,, By his l##0, an! his face, an! his fresh c#l#'r, he seeme!
t# (e $ell.
C. -i! y#' ha%%en t# 0n#$, fr#m y#'r master, the
c#nversati#n that t##0 %lace (et$een the 'nha%%y
gentleman an! him, %revi#'s t# the time #f his leaving his
h#'seD
,. 7 !# n#t.
C. Has /r Cecil never t#l! y#' ,that he ha! n# s's%ici#n an!
that he !i! n#t 0n#$ anything #f any in6!elity in his $ife,
'ntil this gentleman himself Ithe !efen!antJ t#l! him #f the
sit'ati#n he $as in $ith his $ife, $hich $as the ca'se #f his
leaving han('ryD
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,. 7 !# n#t 0n#$.
-# y#' mean t# s$ear, Sir , that y#' never hear! this
circ'mstance menti#ne! in y#'r %resence5 that the 6rst time
y#'r master hear! #f any attachment (et$een y#'r mistress
an! /r Sney!, $as $hen he came t# /r Sney!;s sic0 (e!
an! $hen he t#l! him #f it $ith tears in his eyesD
,. 7 $as n#t in the r##m.
>*R- KE)?*)HH.-i! y#' ever hear y#'r master say anything
a(#'t itD
, . 7 never !i!5 7 have hear! it fr#m the servants.
/R ERK7)EH-# y#' 0n#$ $here /r Sney! $ent $hen he left
Han('ry.
,.He $ent int# his fathers carriage.
C.-i! he g# t# BirminghamD
,.He $ent the Birmingham r#a!.
C.hat state #f health $as he in at the time he $ent a$ayD
,.He seeme! a little (etter.
C. as n#t his c#m%laint at the time a fever an! !eliri'mD
7 (elieve s#.
C. as /r Cecil %resent $hen /r Sney! $ent int# his fathers
carriage at Han('ry Hall, in the m#nth #f /ayD
,.?es Sir my master $as %resent.
C. 7 as0 y#' '%#n y#'r #ath, sir, $hether y#' have any reas#n
t# (elieve, either !irectly #r in!irectly, that /r Sney! , (ef#re
he left Han('ry<Hall, %lanne! the scheme #f /r an! /rs Cecil ,
an! /r E!$ar! Sney!s c#ming t# Birmingham #n the :0
th
#f
9'neD
,.7 have n# reas#n t# 0n#$ #r (elieve, this $as a %lan c#ntrive!
(y mr Sney! f#r the %'r%#se #f getting this la!y fr#m her
h's(an!.

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>*R- KE)?*)HHhave y#' any reas#n t# thin0 that this $as a
scheme f#rme! (y /r illiam Sney!D
,.7 have n#t, my >#r!5 7 cann#t s$ear m#re than 7 have sai!.
/R ERSK7)EH. . ?#' say, y#' rec#llect y#'r master an!
mistress, an! /r E!$ar! Sney! g#ing t# Birmingham in a %arty
in 9'ne last5 n#$, '%#n y#'r #ath, Sir, $ere they n#t g#ing #n a
visit t# /r Sney!D
,.7 cann#t tell.
C.ere they n#t g#ing t# BirminghamD
,.They $ere.
C.H#$ came /r E!$ar! Sney! t# acc#m%any them t#
BirminghamD
,. He ha! (een s#me time in the h#'se.
C.as n#t the a!'ltery #f this $#man, /rs Cecil n#t#ri#'s in the
h's(an!;s family at the time they set #'t f#r BirminghamD
/R B*ERHH7 s'(mit t# y#'r >#r!shi% that this is n#t
evi!ence.
>*R- KE)?*)HH7 thin0 this q'esti#n may (e as0e! K hether it
$as n#t a matter #f n#t#riety that she $as false t# her h's(an!s
(e!D
/R ERSK7)EHas it n#t n#t#ri#'s in y#'r masters family, at the
time, that this a!'ltery ha! (een c#mmitte!, an! that it ha!
(een !isc#vere! t# y#'r masterD
,.7 have hear! that it $as !isc#vere! t# my master.
C.Then y#' have reas#n t# (elieve, fr#m the c#mm#n re%#rt #f
the family, that the a!'ltery #f this la!y $as 0n#$n t# her
h's(an!D

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,. 7 (elieve it $as.
/R B*ERHH.7 s'(mit t# y#'r >#r!shi%, that this is n#thing
li0e evi!ence.
/R ERSK7)EH..7t is my !'ty t# try if 7 can, c#nsistently, $ith the
r'les #f evi!ence, get at this fact, n#t #nly that it $as n#t#ri#'s
in the family, ('t als# that this n#t#riety $as acc#m%anie! $ith
the !isc#very #f it t# the h's(an!.
>*R- KE)?*)HH7f y#' can, #(tain an act'al !isc#very #f it.
/R ERSK7)EHHH.Have y#' n# reas#n t# (elieve that /r Cecil
!i! 0n#$ #f it (ef#re he $ent t# BirminghamD
>*R- KE)?*)H..-i! y#' ever hear it s%#0en #f in y#'r masters
%resenceD
,.7 !i! n#t.
/R ERSK7)EH-i! y#' !isc#ver n# alterati#n in y#'r masters
a%%earance (ef#re he $ent t# BirminghamD
,.He a%%eare! the same5 he !i! n#t seem t# (e ill<a&ecte! $ith
anything.
/R ERSK7)E, T* THE 7T)ESS H..)#$ 7 as0 y#' Sir, if, since it
$as n#t#ri#'s t# the family that y#'r mistress ha! (een g'ilty
#f a!'ltery, h#$ ha%%ene! it that y#' !i! n#t menti#n it t# y#'r
master5 %artic'larly, since y#' !isc#vere! (y his a%%earance
that he !i! n#t 0n#$ itD as it li0e the 6!elity #f a servant, n#t
t# c#mm'nicate s'ch an a&air t# his masterD
,. 7 ma!e n# menti#n #f it t# my master.
C.H#$ many servants has /r CecilD
,.Three #r f#'r an! t$enty.
C.)#$ Sir 7 as0 y#' , $hether these servants !i! n#t 0n#$ an!
s%ea0 #f it as a fact, an! $hether it !i! n#t engr#ss every %art
#f their c#nservati#nD
,.They !i! n#t s%ea0 #f it, (eca'se they $ere n#t all in the
h#'se.

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C. Then y#' ha! n# reas#n t# 0n#$ that the h's(an!, /r Cecil,
set #'t f#r Birmingham, t# in!'lge his $ife $ith a 6ght #f this
gentleman, t# ta0e her 6nal leave #f himD
,. 7 !# n#t 0n#$ that he !i! that5 ('t 7 0n#$ that they $ere
g#ing t# Birmingham.T
C.,re any #f the servants here that $ent that 4#'rneyD
,.)# Sir.
,)) 27)7C,), EF,/7)E- B? /R B*ER.
/RS 27)7C,)HH.7 an! my h's(an! are servants t# /r
Th#m%s#n, $h# 0ee%s the h#tel in the Ch'rch<yar! at E1eter.
C.-# y#' remem(er any %ers#ns c#ming t# y#'r h#'se , $h#
calle! themselves /R ,)- /RS BE)S*), ('t $h#m y#' 0ne$
since t# (e /R S)E?- ,)- /RS CEC7>D
,..erfectly $ell.
C. -# y#' rec#llect in $hat cl#aths /r Sney! cameD
,.He came in a %e%%er an! salt c#l#'re! c#at5 a(#'t the mi!!le
#f 9'ne last year.
C.-i! y#' 0n#$ /rs Cecil D
,.?es, Sir, %erfectly $ell5 7 0n#$ she came t# my masters h#'se,
an! $ent (y the name #f /rs Bens#n.
C.H#$ l#ng !i! they remain at y#'r masters h#'seD
,.Three #r f#'r !ays.
C.)#$, !'ring the time that they $ere at y#'r masters h#'se,
!i! they slee% in !i&erent (e!<cham(ers, #r in the sameD
,.7n the same, an! in #ne (e!HH7 left them ine r##m t#gether,
$ith the can!le ('rning5HH.they !esire! me t# leave it an!
sai! they $#'l! %'t it #'t.

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C. -i! y#' ma0e the (e! in the m#rningD
,. Sir, 7 !i!.
C. Ha! it the a%%earance #f t$# %ers#ns having sle%t in itD
,. there $as n# #ther (e! in h#'se ma!e f#r /r Sney!.
-E"E)CE.
/R ERSK7)EHH/ay it %lease y#'r >#r!shi%, an! y#',
gentlemen #f the 4'ry.
7 am the C#'nsel f#r this 'nf#rt'nate !efen!ant, $h# n#t (eing
himself in a sit'ati#n ca%a(le t# give me any instr'cti#ns, 7 am
#(lige! t# rise '%, alt#gether 'ninstr'cte!, in his !efence,
having n#thing ('t this little %iece #f %a%er that states the
%lea!ings in my han!.
7 m#st heartily c#nc'r in the #(servati#ns $hich have (een
ma!e (y my learne! frien! #n the s'(4ect #f a!'ltery.
Either , as it c#ncerns religi#n, #r m#rals, #r $ife %#licy, it is the
('siness an! !'ty #f 4'ries t# chec0 it5 an! 7 !# ass're y#' my
>#r!, 7 !# n#t mean any Lattery5 ('t 7 say ,that there is n# man
$h# has a higher res%ect an! venerati#n than 7 have f#r the
manner in $hich y#'r l#r!shi% has al$ays c#nsi!ere! these
ca'ses $hen they have c#me int# C#'rt (ef#re y#'5 an! 7 thin0
it 'nq'esti#na(ly my !'ty here, $hile 7 am !efen!ing an
'nha%%y man,
)#t t# stri0e at the ha%%iness #f s#ciety, (y a!vancing any
thing $hich the ha%%iness #f man0in! is s# m'ch inv#lve!.
7n!ee! this ca'se is an a$f'l m#n'ment, that virt'e is its #$n
re$ar! an! that vices an! Err#rs (ring their #$n %'nishment
al#ng $ith them. 7t is an a$f'l m#n'ment, that the r'les #f
Religi#n an! /#ralty, an! the vari#'s restraints they im%#se #n
#'r (ehavi#'r, instea! #f (eing im%#siti#ns an! restraints #f
harsh an! %#$erf'l tas0<masters, #%erate as acts #f %arental
(enev#lence an! a&ecti#n, an! that everything $hich $e are
c#mman!e! t# !#, ten!s 'ltimately t# #'r g##!.
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This 'nha%%y gentleman has felt it. He $as a very y#'ng
man, an! fell int# the snare #f this $#man, fr#m $h#m the
%lainti& $ill (e relieve! (y y#'r ver!ict.
This ca'se is #nly the f#re<r'nner t# that !iv#rce $hich he
$ill (e entitle! t# receive (y the %r#cee!ings #f
.arliament5 f#r 7 !# n#t mean t# charge /r Cecil, either
!irectly #r in!irectly, $ith having c#nnive! at this criminal
interc#'rse $hich t##0 %lace (et$een this 'nha%%y
gentleman an! the %lainti&;s $ife, #r t# charge him $ith
any imm#ral #r in!ecent c#n!'ct $hats#ever.
This in4're! h's(an! is entitle!, (y y#'r ver!ict, t# (e
release! fr#m th#se #(ligati#ns $hich m'st (e very
!istressing t# him.
@entlemen, y#' have n# evi!ence here #f that $hich is
the great sting in these cases. ?#' have n# evi!ence
(ef#re y#' #f the se!'cti#n. 7t a%%eare! in evi!ence,
in!ee!, that this y#'ng C'rate c#nstantly $al0e! #'t in
!i&erent %arts $ith a $#man $h# might (e c#nsi!ere! as
a matr#n. She $as %#ssesse! #f n# %ers#nal (ea'ty #r
attracti#ns5 ('t $h#, fr#m the ran0 an! !ignity $hich she
hel! in the c#'ntry, as the $ife #f /r Cecil, ha! an
#%%#rt'nity #f !ra$ing int# her snare an 'nf#rt'nate
y#'ng man , $h# %#ssesse! an han!s#me %ers#n, $hich
ha%%ene! t# attract her attenti#n.
@entlemen, $hen the !efen!ant rec#llecte! the sit'ati#n
t# $hich he $as re!'ce!, it %ierce! his min!. He fell int# a
!eliri'm5 an! it is a fact a(s#l'tely n#t#ri#'s, that n#
%ers#n in the family !reame! #f anything li0e a criminal
interc#'rse (et$een these %arties, 'ntil it $as c#nfesse!
(y this 'nha%%y y#'ng man, in the h#'r #f sic0ness, $h#
$as !esir#'s t# ma0e s#me s#rt #f at#nement t# the
%ers#n $h#m he ha! in4're!, an! t# #(tain his
f#rgiveness.
He $as n#t the aggress#r HH('t $as !ra$n in (y the
all'rements #f this la!y.
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@entleman, can y#' c#nceive, that f#r a m#nth (ef#re, the
a!'ltery #f this $#man $as n#t#ri#'s in the family, $here there
$ere s# many servants, an! that the h's(an! sh#'l! (e the
#nly man $h# $as ign#rant #f itD
,lth#'gh #ne servant might c#nceal it f#r fear, an! an#ther
fr#m $ant #f 6!elity t# his master5 yet it is c#ntrary t# all
e1%erience t# s'%%#se that in a family c#nsisting #f s# many
!#mestics, n# %ers#n sh#'l! (e ins%ire! $ith s# m'ch h#n#'r,
$ith s# m'ch allegiance an! 6!elity t# the in4're! master as t#
inf#rm him #f his $ife;s (aseness. hy !i! n#ne #f them
a%%r#ach the h's(an!D.....Beca'se they 0ne$ he $as alrea!y
acq'ainte! $ith it M
7 !# n#t mean t# ta1 /r Cecil $ith (eing that 'nc#ncerne! man
$hich he $as !escri(e! t# (e (y #ne #f his !#mestics. 7t is n#t
tr'e that he a%%eare! al$ays $ith the same face.
He $as !is%#se! at #ne time t# an act $hich $#'l! have tie!
him t# this $#man f#r ever. She fell !#$n #n her 0nees an!
im%l#re! her h's(an! t# all#$ her #nce m#re t# g# an! see this
!efen!ant, t# ta0e her 6nal leave #f him, an! t# give '% his
em(races f#r ever5 an! that she $#'l! then ret'rn t# her !'ty.
*'r 6rst %arent t'rne! t#$ar!s Eve , an! the %lainti&, f#ll#$ing
his e1am%le, $as $illing t# f#rgive his $ea0er half.
This la!y set t# 6n! this misera(le creat're the !efen!antH.a
%ers#n lying in his (e!H.The m#ment she f#'n! him, she %'t a
$hite c#at '%#n him, cla%%e! a false tail t# his hair, an! carrie!
him #& $ith#'t !elay, t# Th#m%s#ns H#tel at E1eterD
@entlemen, my learne! frien! has c#n!'cte! this ca'se very
h#n#'ra(ly H..7 am s're ,he $ill n#t c#ntra!ict me in $hat 7 am
a(#'t t# say, (eca'se he 0n#$s it as $ell as 7 !#, an! theref#re
$ill n#t #(lige me t# call $itnesses t# %r#ve itK $e (#th 0n#$
that the !efen!ant is #ne #f many chil!ren5 that his father has
very little %r#%erty, an! is 'na(le t# %ay large !amages. The
!efen!ant himself is a C'rate, $ith#'t any %referment
$hatever5 an! if y#' $ere t# give the ver!ict f#r !amages
anything li0e that $hich a man #f f#rt'ne $#'l! (e #(lige! t#
%ay5 he $#'l! (e 'tterly 'n!#ne an! r'ine!5 an! n#$ he
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7s left an a$f'l m#n'ment<<<!e%rive! #f his reas#n, l#st in his
health, an! misera(le in the e1treme.
7 h#%e, @entlemen, y#' $ill remem(er #ne thing<<<that in this
case there is n# evi!ence #f se!'cti#n. The !efen!ant felt f#r
the h#n#'r #f his frien!, as $ell as f#r his #$n sit'ati#n.
@entlemen, 7 shall tr#'(le $ith n# m#re #(servati#ns #n this
s'(4ect<<<This 'nf#rt'nate !efen!ant is entirely at y#'r mercy<<<
an! 7 am s're y#' $ill !# that $hich is right (et$een (#th
%arties.