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lived in Sloane-street : she knew 

 the plaintiff, her three (laughters, 

 and one son : it appeared to her 

 to be a well-regulated family. 

 The husband of the plaintiff, be- 

 fore his death, carried on the bu- 

 siness of a tailor. 



Mrs. Susan Rogers and Mr. W. 

 Taylor deposed to the same effect. 

 Miss llannali Gibljcrson said, 

 that her mother had been a -wi- 

 dow since last July: she, licr two 

 sisters, one older and one younger, 

 with their brother, lived at home : 

 the witness completed her 17th 

 year last .luly, and her sister 

 Charlotte was a year younger : 

 last Christmas-day was the first 

 time she saw the defendant ; she 

 was walking with her sister Cliar- 

 lotte in Hyde-park, when the de- 

 fendant and Captain Seymour 

 came u)) and asked where they 

 lived : the witness refused to tell, 

 and the defendant and his friend 

 followed them home. To prevent 

 his coming ne.xt day, the witness 

 and her sister promised to meet 

 them in Bond-street ; but the 

 weather being wet, the defendant 

 came to tiie htmseof the plaintiff; 

 the servant, who opened the door, 

 told the plaintiff they were out. 

 The ne\t time she saw the defen- 

 dant was in St. Jamcs's-strect ; 

 the witness's sisters, jMary and 

 Cliarlotte, were with her : the 

 defendant stopped Charlotte, and 

 afterwards met them again in 

 Bond-street, and as tlicy ^^ere 

 going to tea in Berkeley-street, 

 he said he would escort them. 

 The witne.is aj)pointed to meet 

 him at ten at niglit, when lliey 

 came away, and tie walked home 

 with them ; sometimes he walked 

 with tlie witness alone. He told 

 her he was Icuvijijj Lyndon fur 



Worcestershire, asked her to go 

 with him, and promised he would 

 take care of her for life : he add- 

 ed, that he had never seen a girl 

 he liked better, at the same time 

 disclosing his name and address at 

 Ludlbrd. The witness refused, 

 but the defendant again ))ressed 

 his proposal, saying that the wit- 

 ness should never want a shilling 

 as long as he had one, and that 

 after his death he would provide 

 for lier. He begged leave to 

 write, but she said her brother 

 opened all her letters, but not 

 those of her elder sister, and the 

 witness consented to read his let- 

 ters under cover. He asked, 

 when they met again, if the wit- 

 ness and her sisters ever went to 

 the play ; and Charlotte, who 

 uas with her, said they could if 

 they had orders. Tliis passed on 

 the Monday ; and on the Wed- 

 nesday, the witness, walking with 

 her sister Charlotte in Jjurling- 

 ton-gardens, met the defendant 

 again with Mr. Seymour, whom 

 they had known six weeks be- 

 fore. The defendant again en- 

 treated the witness to leave her 

 home, promising her CAcry pro- 

 tection. Ca|)t. Seymour obtained 

 tickets for the piay in the way 

 home, whicli Charlotte accepted, 

 but the witness rejecfed. Oa 

 Wednesday niglitihe witness sent 

 back tlie tickets to No. 51, Cur- 

 zon-strcet, and on Friday morn- 

 ing the first letter was reeeived ; 

 in consecpienec of which the wit- 

 ness met the defendant the next 

 day in Bmiington-garden-S hav- 

 ing made some cxecuse to her 

 mother : Cliarlotte went with her. 

 The defendant and Mr. Seynioui' 

 were both there, and the witness 

 jiromibcd to meet him on Sunday 



