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SERVANT'S CHARGE AGAINST LLANDUDNO TRADESMAN. C!N<SULAR EVIDENCE BEFORE LLANRWST JUSTICES. BENCH DIVIDED AND CASE TO BE REHEARD. The Lianrwst Bunch were engaged UtUtiI a 1at-c 1:0"11' on Mon.da'y in hearing a c&ae in wilioh Louisa Hughcs, 9, B-yn Brys, Gt&Q Conway, appLd for an application order against Mr Wiir lia.m Philips, fruiterer and greengroceir, Lic;*? E?reet and Market P'ace, Ltajidudno. Coi. Hi¡g.c,:} and the other justn.M p-e?cnt were Mr L. W. JeK.Petit, Mr Jo?m BI?kwaU, Mr W. B. Halhed, Mr W. J. WU- Lams, &d Mr E. Miils. /ir W. T,igse Ells appeared for the com- p;aulant, and Mr J. J. Marks for the defendant. Al.- Twiggy Mils, in. openiÐJg' the case, said tne de.Ctndant waa a se'rvant and had baen in L.he defendant's service for about five years, up to July 1st )sK.t. About !&st Christm.as t-he <ie:e'ndant arid h s v..fe wont to Birmingham, Wifiile t<. (o.¡pJawa.nt wernt to her home at Gian Oonway, Wi1'l"C she stayedt for fc'urteen days, returning. on January 7th to th? defen- c.ant's hou.;e. TI.e defendant had returned home earlier in the we-r.k; ?o tt.a,t CT) January 7th both were in. th- acu.e by ti.rn.ehcs. The hc'u;-e !Éood apart fro:n the business premises. Cu the foL<3AVtng morning defendant made a slat-emcat to a person who ca!!cd at the house. The facts were simpLe, but rather unusual cir- c-iulistar.c,,B were i'titr(,-c.,Lt-ced into the ca&e. In J,uill¿st.:e <:cm.plainant was prevailed upon by the <.Lefendant :L; his wife! to sign a document, stating that :iho deffendan h<Kl not been guilty of wrvr.g doing-. She was 'u.ndcr their innuence a,t th C.JHL; and frightened by tilMn in order to secure her s.gnature'. Tue defenda'nt prontised ta sec tjhat &he waa all right and th.at afber her sh? should return to his houae. Mr EJis v.'en.t c-n to &ay that the compiaina.nt's p-a.<ünts had been to see the c-,2fen,,iariit and he had not d&nied the girl's state.jne'nt relative to hig re.'qM'njdbihty. COMrLAINANT'S EXTRAORDINARY STOR x. 'Louisa IIughee, thù complainant, stated tiat -np I a'. the inc-.de.nb cajne to an tn (,'ctcber 6th and tüe (.id€in.d{:jti, was rcspon&tb.e for it. He had &n <;xte..&iYe business a-t.d cc<mp.€d a good posttioo in rne town. She had bc<n in ;-eniœ with de- f,c-ii,d,a4it and his wile for nye years; during that p'crio.d she had l:Ken well-treated and had al- ways been re-pe'L-tcd! by the fa-rnHy. She had nothing against the deie'ndajit '/p to January 7th la.->t, wn'en sle returned to the house. Soon atltcr sue had reured for the night, defendant c&iue into her bedroom and d!er:p te her prote&ta assaulted her. There waa no one in the nouse cx<ept eon)plai!u<tnt and the defendant. On tne foMowing' morning sha made a stateœ.c.nt to Joh.n J<mes, one 0(f the defend'ant'e ¡:: ,1,} H'<:S. .(ir Marks objected to the statement being allud,2.d to. Witness, continuing her evidence, said defem- ret.urned to Biriuingham the following cveTung to fetch his wife home. Nothing further happened uJit.! June 25th last, when henmotmr ca.rno down to see the defendant. At the tune &he was. with Mrs Philips'. baby. When she returned Mm PhiDips went up to her a.nd said 'What about this, Ad'a. {by which name the ebinplairiant was knowu to the fa.mi:y). witness rephed, "Weil, it is qutte true- Mrs Philiips said "If yo-u knew how 1 was thinkiYig about you aU night, you woutd not make all this .row. '?ou ha?e been a very good g'irl and we -will do cur k&t lor you a ::d you shai) oo<me back when yo.u have rcc'j\ered. Mrs Phuiips at. that po.nt minted and witne's3 hantkd her a drmk of water. Defendant t'ie.'i pu&hed witness aside and said "S<Mneotie nas been /S:lOV in.g this ?uto your head, Ada. Mrs PhiHip? recovered and ?old the defendant to go JJito another room, Baying that "she would setUe the matter with Ada. After he had left i.he' room. Mrs Phil- hps addressed her and said: "If you will sign a paper dc-ying everything you have said, I v.'iH let y?u f-top h<:7c, but if yo-u don't I will dismiss je'u'and see that yo?u do not. get another place. Witneas was fr..ght?ned <nd premised to sign a document. She \vpnt to her home on June 2ft.h when the defendant said to her: "Try and get your parents to do something a.nd 1 wiii do ,everyii..r,g, al! right. \Vitn went home w3th the z p.m. train and returned wit.h the 8 p m. trai.n. She saw ti.e defendiant on the following day atld to:d him her father would <I)o noth'ng unl he had it in biack and white. Defendant jepitcd "You had better as.k Mrs PbiHips w'nei!n<r ycu c--a.n go home ag'ain this morning and see. what yc'u can do. Mrs Philips granted her request and she went ho:ne with the 6.45 p.m. tra.n. Hei- father re!umed with her and they met the' defendant in Maddoc-strcct, when her father asked defendant what he was going to )do? Dete-ndant conRideKd for a Htt!c time and then s3.idi "Your wife caIietL upon me on Satur- day and brought w'fth her an utter stranger to me or I would have settled with '<r then. Her fatter replied "I can't help that. I have come dtown to-day to see yo'u as my daughter blames no one but you. Defendant enquired, "How much do you want?'' Her father repLied, "I will Iea\e that io you." Defendant then said "I know what I will do, I wii) write you a letter by next Saturday. I d'0 not care about iny&ctf. I am thinking of my wife and chi ldren." He added, 'Don't "-l¡.('ak any more about it mow. There is my wite's brother coming." He teen turmed to her father and <a;d "Are- you go.ng home Here is a bag of strawberries for your children, and he handed the ir..t to her father. Defejidant then tcid witness to g'o to hia Icuse i[ne;n repi;ed, ''Mrs 1-'h.iiEp.> says that I am net to go back umcea I a'ise. By .hatt she meant that witM's; wc.s to eign a paper exonerating the defendant. Sh'3 thought .he defendant was a rejiglous -njan. and tha<t he wcuid iu-iU hie pronii-e. Her father wouid: not ahow he'r to do o-nyhing uruess the defendaint red'uced h!s promises to Mr PhiJaps (dte'fendan?) 'told her "You so m; Ada.. It witi be all right. I will set'do ?he matter." She was under -he Í;mj:tr£.-os;on that every11hin,g was ee'tded satisfactOTiiy en Wednesdtay, June 29th. Bn.t Mr PhUfips said to her, "If ycu do not po to Mr Marks a.nd deny the charge against my husband y< u wi.[l have to c!ear OUL thia m.o.tn.intg." On the ruuJerS'ta(ndin that tiMy were going to do whajt waa r?ht towa-rds her she denied tthe charge '<ha had made against 'rhe defeiiidant. The defendant tolc). her that he wanted her to deny it for the sake of his wife and chHd;ren. lie then. made the SIGN OF THE CROSS on his face, and paid ho would go-a heir right, butt tha.t his "2 was to know rothmg about it. The d..ef(;T.dan. ,v,ai an official at the English Wesleyan Church. When he 'made .he sign of the em--c, he kn<x?ked hLs ticket, and toM her he wo-uid give her money. She aooompa.nied Mrs Phiihps to Mr Marks' omce. She was at the cmee alo-ne with Mr Mark:, Mn Phiilipa waiting in another departf:iie-bt. The solicitor wro'.e on a r,,ar)e, but asked heir no cj'ue&tions. When they entered the o<Ece Mrs PhiIJipa &aid to Mr Marks, "I have come with Ada, Mr Marks, who is going to deny wha<t, she said a,bc'ut my husband." Witnesa said to Mr Marks, "I cannot blame an'j.ono else. as God lenowa." Mr Majk.. showed her what he had writen, and eventually witne<=a si.gncdt the document, and denied the charge she had made again.-t rhe defendant for her mistress' sake. 'Mrs Philiipa then eaid she would see that no Larm ca.me to witne&s. Mr Ellis: What did she mean by that? Mr Maj-ks: Defa.cna.txm of defendant's char. tcter. \Vi)!nes3. cOTi.muing, said ahe returned to the

) LIBERAL ATTACKS ON UNIONIST BOROUGHS. ? t?-erpOQTs Recorder, Mr E. G. Hemmerdf, K.C., who Mpr??entcd Ea-?t Denbighshire m the !a.te ParU?m?Dt, has gone to Portsmouth to Cght ?9 L?pral tjxtt0e &gamst Lord Ch&rlcs Peresford. Above, Mr Hemmcrde M seen E0<.a.? jn" at Portsmouth, ajid listening to a navat man who took t'?e candidate to task for rua remarks about Lord Charles. o Reproduced by kind permission cf the Editor of the "Dtuly Mirror," London, and Mr Sil't photographcT, Portsmouth. -f"r-.

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STRAIGHT TO THE LUNGS The Only Way to Stop Coughs, Colds & Bronchitis. The onJy sarfe a.nd effective way to cure coughs, colds, or brcmdhitis, is to take a medicine t&tra.ight :Ln.to the lunga, and. the only way to get a. medicine into the Ituizs is to breathe it in This is the Peps way. With the discQvery of Peps, science has solved a problem whidh 'has puzzled the medical profes- sion for generat.Mma—how to convey to the lungs direct a medicinal a-gent whiieh, will strengthen the tissues, Ù:'>Stroy disease gùrrns, stop the ohest- rackin.g oo'ugh, and open. up the air-tubes that have beem blocked by bronchitis, asthma, and other chest troubles. The novel composition of Peps and! their direct action on the bronch.i&I tubes and 1'umgs account fcir the unparaJ!elled success of these u'on.deT'u! breathe-able tablets. The rich medicines which a.ro released in the fo.rm of fumes as a Peps tabLet disaolves in the mouth, mingle with the bre'afh, and are carried straight alomg' the air passages a.nd bronchKt.1 tiubea into tihe Imniga themselves. As they are broathed in these Pert; fumes soothe., heal, aJMl stre.nigthen the dJeho.Lte liining membrame, and a.t the aai!i)e time d.æItroy and Ctxp-ed a)U disease, g-arms tha.t have worked their way into the throat and chest. It sba.nds to treason that the Peps method of conveying the coj-reot medicine to the lungs by tibe direct and only natural way, i.e., by breath- ing, must result in a maximum of bement to the sutferer, and b3 immeasurably superior to the old-fashioned an-d too often useless practice of swallowing ifnto the' stomach druggy liquids which misa tho !)un,ga altogether. Stjoaig-I'ungcd, deep-ch'ested', cleaj'-voiced, and hetarty aTO the chILdren. -%vlhow motht&rE give them Peps n:.g'ht -,nd n'hornimg', while the bronchial comfort which Pep& ensure is a weJcomo revelar tion to the old folk who have suSeTed so long witih 'tha.t hacking, suffoca-tjng oo.u.g'h. The housewife, tho business man, stremuo-ua workers in a. thousand' industries find a true friend in Peps, tOO Tinique taHets whJoh hejd oougfha and) colds a.t bay; prevecit influenza, and kooJ) the ku4p IÍiree .Er<Mn th'e seatoe of diæaæ. __í' }-

NORTH WALES SANITATY INSPECTORS' CONFERENCE. On Saturday a sc.ssMnaJ meeting of tTie North Waics District Centre of the Sanitary Inspectors' A&sociation -as held in the Towji HaU, Banker. In t'h-e absence of tho Mayor (Mr H. C VJn- cent), Mr Pentir W'i!Uas reoedvedt .'n<i' "oomed the members, of whom there were about thh-ty present. After some rema.rka by Mr Wiiiiain Little, cMc.f sajiitary jnfpeotor, Handjdno, the åajr- man of the cectrc', Mj-9 K. J. P. <J-ton r<ad a practical and i.ntcrGst.Ing paper on in SuccessM Warfare Against TubercuIoRia" by herself and Dr. Orton, Pro'fefs<M' of Chemistry at the U.'niIvcrKtt.y CoUe'ge of North Wales. A mosb int-ercrting disuussion took place. The members were afterwards erttertained to tea by the Mayor, to whom, in his a.beenoe, a "hQ&.rly vote oif tban" WM accorded.

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house by herself, while her mistress wenA i.n<to her husband's shop. WtTeTi she came in she said to -wi<tnŒ6. "I will kec-p ycu hcc-e until the iast moment, and when eveirythin.g is ove<r I w:H take you bad: Nex., da.y, however, Misa Edmurds, one of her nlÏo:N:S8' aajistan-t dress- majkeM, told Mra Phillips tho.t all the people who fr<-quembcd the hi(.¡p blamed the defendajit for iN ) i:.3& conditicin. Thereupon Mrs PhUM-ps came d'Ownsf:ljIfS, ajvd' told w:'tneas she wa.3 to dea-r out that mornir-g. The defemda.nt cafme in, and said tl-.a, utUeos I pahli&hed a denial in all the pa-pera I would have to (j. She (w;<TLess), however, wÇluild mc't do so, as she t,he,ug"ht she had done enough by go.Ti.? to the solicitor's ofEjce. Before she left the house sho 't<?t'd the defendant that umless he did. eomethinj? for bpr cl1.3 W{);,J-d. place tho Clli'-B in the ha.n<I-s of a sœictor. and that she w<mJd KO to the Rcy. T. E. Ham, the minuter of the defend- ant's church, a.bc-mt; it. She went (Mt fmd met the defendant in the s<!reet. ajid he told heT she wo-uld have to go that day, a.nd thak he wcuJd give her jE5 t'o go on with. She then returned to the hc'uBe. where the defcnawa gave her the JE2. and aJa& 18s Wa¡g-05 due fotr the prøv:O'JB mo'nth, ajid another ISs in lieu of a mcmth's notice. Out of the 363, however, she owed Mrs PhiiHps 6s 3d or 6a 9d. and this sum was deducted from her w-e,-e& The defendant cabled Miw Edmumda to witneBS that he had pa.;d her the w?ea. Sh-e did not &h<?w the .S3, and she very much regretted n<ot dono ricl, She th'e.n rofmrned home, and s!iowed the mcney to her pa.renta. CROSS-EXAMINATION. Crœ.3-ex3Jminoo by M? Ma-rks: She had net tried to blame anyone ehe except the defend- aDlt, a.nd a.U ha- evidenoa waa quite true. She went to Mr Marks' o&ce wi<h M:a PhtJIips, but the latter had to go o.ut in.to tho hall when Mr Morks made out the paper. He did not her to write diowTi what she desired to say, but wha.t w<ia written on the paper waa rea4 to her. She eaid she was n<tt wiLLi.ng to sign it. She denied that Mr Marks had said that she shculd sign nc-'hing ujiJess she was widlin_- to do so. and pcrsijsted that he told her that Mrs Philipa wou-id ha.ve to de,ar her out that morfn- ing. Then ahe s3]d, "W&l!, I will do so .foa- the sa.ke 01 Mrs Phii'H'ps." Further pressed by JMr Ma.rkg, witness aaid, "When I came in)to your oSioe there was nothing on the sheet of pa-per. You wrote it down wh;ile I was there, and you said to me, 'Is thca what you w-aoDlt to sign?' and then you. i read it out." Mr Ma.rks then rea/d whaA wa<9 wtr-ii-len cti the dtxyume-nt and silg-noo by witness, which dedared "that the chafes die hod brouKht ag'ainBt Mr Philips were untrue." Mr Ma-rks: Did I nc' tell you that you would not be avowed to sign any paper in my ofEce unJess you were wrBin;? to do so. Witnc,g: I did Dfot hca.T you. Coctinuin?, the w:'tncss said the defendant, previo'us to lant Jan'uary, had a.lways be.ha.ved in a respectful ma.nner towards her. No one had put it irtto her head that she was to blame the defendant. No ccber ma.n had ever be- haved' in such a way towards her. Mr PhIUips sJept in his own- bedroom cji the ng'ht of January 7th. She did not know whether t:e had ever -J.P--pt at Clifton-road. She ret-umed to the hoiise on Ja.E.'ua.ry 7th be-"a'use she had re- ceived a. lette'r from Mrs Philips to do so to prepare the house for her return on the foMow- illg Mond.ay. Mr the defeBdamt'3 hro-ther-in-law. s:ept ait heT ma&ter's house until Ohristmas Eve. Defendant entered her bed- room about 9.30 p.m., or abcut hnlf-an-hour after .she had rc'tjred. He left her room some time during the n)i'ght. She acuid net tel! at what time. It wca June 25hh whe-a the first sug- gœtÏ(jJ1 that anything w'Tong was .made. When her cajtie down to see the dcfenda.Ttt witness had been to her own daughter, and Mi's Plù:Jl1l doctor had aLao examined She sigTied the paper ebMy for the sake of Mrs PhiUips and the children. When !e.. ving she told the defendant she would consult a solicitor unl'ss he did something for her, and ho rpp!i<-d, ''You will spott my bust ness. I will give you C3 to go on with." She did not draw the attention of Miss Edmunds to the jE5, but when she reached home she had f4 8s 6d. She showed the H2 and her wages to the manager of a shop at Llandudno, but he was not present to give evidence. She showed the JS5 to her mother and told her the defendant had given her the money "to keep quiet." She also shewed the money to her father on January 8th. Witness told the washerwoman she had dreamt that she would have a child and that the defen- dant that was his father, but she did not add that she was a)so to receive money. She did not tell the woman what the defendant had done to her, as she did not want to disgrace him unless something happened. She first gave her solicitor instructions on July nth. She had WALKED OLT WITH A YOUNG FELLOW before Christmas. She never told Mrs Phillips that lie was the father of her child. She d'd not admit that she had t Id an untruth about the defendant to Mi's I'hiilips in the presence of Miss Evans, one of the dics<makers; nor did she ask for forgiveness. She did deny the truth of everything she had said about the defendant as sh& was considering Mrs Phi'Iips more than herself. She did at first charge him and then withdrew the charge on condition that he would see that everything was done for her. The last time sJie walked with the young man referred to was on Clu-istmas 0 Eve, but she had seen him in the street afterwards; but had never gone for a walk with him, and when he asked her she refused as she did not want to go. Mrs Phillips gave her two tickets in February to go to a Rcchabite entertainment, but sho did not go. Re-examined by Mr ElHs: The defendant said to her in June, "Why don't you get married? I will give you a suite of furniture if y(/, do." The defendant wanted Her to blame another, but her conscience would not allow her. She wrote a letter denying the charge against the defendant at the dictation of Mrs rhillips before she went to Mr Marks' omce. John Jones stated that lie was In the defen- dant's employ last January. He went to the house for the stable key on the morning of Janua'ry 8th. The complainant brought it to turn. She was crying at the time. Last July the defendant told witness he had "committed a scandal on him." Witness dcTued it. Defendant then said, "You will have to come to Mr Marks' o'Hco and sign a paper to that effect." Witness refused to do so and defendant threatened to have him up for it. Witness replied, "J have done nothing wrong." Defendant wanted witness to go round hawking with the cart, but he refused to go, and was told to leave. He asked for his wages. The defendant replied, "Claim it," but he had not done so. Defendant told him once that the complainant liked him (witness), and that she was always talking about him and that she was a good girl. Cross-examined by Mr Marks: He did not know that his present employers wlre on bad terms w, tli defendant. He did not claim wages and had not gone to the trouble to do so. If he had not been summoned to attend the court, ho would have come all the same if he wajs aakcd. Joseph Hughes. the complainant's father, cor- roborated his daughter's evidence relative to his visit to the defendant. Cross examined by Mr Marks: He met the de- fendant on June 27th, but he did not consult a solicitor until July 10th as he expected the de- fendant to keep ins promise and write to him. M:?i Mary Hushes, the complainant's mother, also corrc.boratcd her daughter's version of her vi&it to the defer.da.nt, This coirp'cted tha evidence for the com- plainant. Tt!E DEFENCE. Mr Marks ?aid this was a case of great gravity to the girl, but was of far more gravity to the defendant, and It would be of the utmost gravity for every married man if such eases were to be established on -,h, uncorroborated evidence d[ a girl. He had never heard for such extraordinary evidence as had brcn offered by the complainant A medical man could say that under the circum- stances she referred to, it would have been a physical impossibility for her to get into that condition while in the state she declared herself to be in at the time The defendant held an omce at the English Weslcyan Church, and yet they were sskt'd to believe that his client, who had behaved in the most respectful manner to- wards the girl for five years, suddenly ran amok in the manner declared by her. He could prove that his client slept on the night of January 7th at the house of his sister-in-law. As to what took place at his omce, when Mrs Phillips and the complainant arrived he told Mrs Phillips thT.t lie would not allow her to remain ir. the room while the complainant had any statement to make. So she went to another room. He then asked the complainant what she wanted to put down. and then wrote what she said, and then handed paper over to her for her perusal. She replied that she could not read vory well. So he read it ut to her. She then said, "No, .1 must not sign it. I ought not." Mr Marks replied, "Ycu will have to sign

nothing- except of your own 'free will." .He added, "Lock here; is t.hL the truth or not?" and site replied "Yes" :.nd then signed the docu nM-nt. Thero wa9 not the slightest compulsiion, and thcrb was not one word inserted on the paper bat what she wished to be written down. William PhIIIips, the defendant, said be had been maj'rled seven years, end had two children, the youngest being 14 months od. Durang tht9 tim's he had been in busliness he had employed young wom)en. He 'was not the father of the complainant's child, and she told an 'untruth when she said 60. He had her examined by Dr. Woodbum, who told hie wife what was the matter with her. She would not let him examine her tiLe R.rst time he came. The complain aunt's mother, accom- panied by a mam, called at his shop about 4 p.m., on June 25th, end Mrs Hughes said to him, "I have come to eee you a.bout Louise. I suppose you know what is the matter with her. What are you going to do about it?" Witness thought she meant to ask whether he was going to Let her remain at hi house or not, and asked her what she meant? She re- plied, "Do you know she is going to father the child on you?" Witutesa replied, "What do you mean. I suppose it is a. case of &o- ajid-so again?" alluding to what had occurred to another of Mrs Hughes' daughters. She reptLied, "I will have to send you a solicitor's letter. Wait until Monday." Witness re- plied, It is a puck of lies. You had better come with me to Mrs Phillips." Witness ex- plained that he had an order or two to n'nish, after which he went home. Mrs Hughes was gone by the time be left the shop, although he Left five minutes after the conversation with her. Compla.ima.nt was out when he reached his hcu/e, amd-he waited until she returned. Eia wife told her to pack up her boxes and cLea-r out, as SHE WAS DISGUSTED WITH HER for concocting such a tale. The complainant at &rst said it was true, and then admitted tha.t &he had told a pack of lies, and that they had put her up to it at home. His wife again said sho would have to go. Louiae, thereupon, went on her knees, and askd for forgiveness, and declared that she had not told a.nyone else the story. Mrs Phillips then &aid, "If you are to etop here, you are to write down on a paper a denia-1 of the charge," and she did so. Witness did not know compltujnant's father when he met him dn Maddock-street. He came up to witness and &aid, "I have come to soa you, to see if you can do something for Ada?" (Louise). Witness replied, "What can I do?" He replied, "If you sign a pap&r she can say it was Jim. Think of your wife and children, and your business. No one need know anything about it except you <md me." Witness replied, "You a!re accusing me of things which I know nothing about. She knows very weU who it is. Why does she not put it on the one who has done it? I k'now ntohing about it." He repLied, "I will drop you a line between this and Friday." On Fnday, however, in conaeqm&nce of what Misa Edmunds had &a,id, his wife decided to send compla.inant out of the house that day. Wit- ness was returning from his shop when he met the girl (complainant) by Russell's shop. She &aid, "Mj-s PhiHips is sending me away. I am willing to send anything to the papers or to do anything I can." Witness retorted, "You ought to have said that before. You can do anything you I.ike, I have done with you." She th<?n said, "Come with me to Mr Ma,rks, and I will sign a paper for the Press." Witness replied, "If you want to do that, you will have to go by yourself. I have "nialied with you." Witness then went home. Mrs PhiIUps was unwell, and in bed. When he entered the bedroom, his wife asked him to pay the complainant her wages. He went downstairs, Mise Edmunds being there before him, and gave the complainant .61 9s M, the sum due to her. Including a months wages in lieu of noticte. He placed the money on the table. He never gave her any other money. He did not give her .83 that day, or any o-ther day. Cross-examined by Mr EUis The complain- ant had bce'n in his employ off and on for nearly nve years. During that time she gave every satisfaction, and waA very good to the children. Witness went to Birmingham on Christmas morning, his wife had gone there the previous Monday. He returned on the following Thursday or Friday, December 30th or 31st. His wife, however, stopped in Birmingham. Louisa returned on Fr-Iday, January 7th, as Mrs Philips had written teliling her to do &0. She came unexpectedly, as he did not expect her until Saturday, as hie wife had written to state ehe (compl.'in- a.nt) would be there on that dav. She came in about 10 p.m. He WM in" th.a kitchen writing at the time. He left aJmost im- medLately for Clifton-road, where he slept that nLght. He had not slept at Clifton-road before during that week. He went there on Friday n.ight, as he did not like to stay in the house, as he knew the character of the complainant's eistera. He had told his wife several times that he would not stop in the houBe with Louise a-loine. He did not return to his house until dinner time next day. The girt was In the house alone, unless she bad someone in with her. He, however, did not suggest that she had. He Brst heard of her condition from his doctor. His wife caused him to examine her. A friemd of his wife drew her attention to the girl's condition That was in June. The complainant also went to her doctor at Degainwy, but she Pad not told his wife or himaejf what was WM the m&tt&r with her. She had been ailing about th)e beg'UMung of the vear. HIS WIFE FOUND SOME POWDER the complainant had bec-n taking He never pro- j miseii to make everything all right for com- plainant when &he wrote out her statement. Ho 1 iOU P?P <TI .ie:mw ó!.t11 u aaioA ou pcq C" .d thing like that to go about, but she wrote it out of her own free will without any pressure what- soever. He did not suggest that her young man was the father o'f the child. He never had a talk with Louisa about him, nor did he suggest to her that she should marry him; it was a deliberate con- coction. He a.?ked the witness Jones if he had circulated the slander about him In the town, and he replied "No, not upon my oath." He never suggested to Jones that the complainant was a nice girl and that he should go out with her. She often had a ride with him (Jones.) in the trap. Witness went to his minister on the Saturday after the tale had been concocted and told him all about it. Martha Phillips, wife of the defendant, said the complainant had been very kind to her chit- dren, but she was A VERY UNTRUTHFUL GIRL. She never believed a word she said. In conse- quence of what she was told she got her doctor to examine the complainant, and he told her what was the matter with her. Witness said to Louisa, "You si!!y girl, what have you done." Complainant in reply charged "Jimmy" with the oifcnce. She first heard of the suggestion about her husband from himself. She had not heard a murmur about it before. He came home about 4 p.m. with the complainant's sister and told witness whit was said. When complainant came in witness told her to "pack up and clear out." Complainant said "It was Mr Phiilips." Wit- ness replied, "My brother was there at the time ajtd knew a)! about it." She replied, "I do net c<peet you to believe it; I do not expect any- one to do so." Witness then fainted. When she recovered the complainant had her arms round witness PLcl cril'-<t, "I withdraw. I am a Uar, I am a liar. I have kilkd her." She added, "Father and mother will kill me for this. My mother put me up to it." Witness then sait), "I must have it in writing." Complain-ant went and got a piece of paper from witness' writing- case and wrote down the denial. She the-n foil on her and begged witness to let her stop, and that she would be killed if Elio went home. Cross-examined by Mr EI!ia: Her husband would not dream of remr.ming in the house alone with the maid. The complainant was so unti-th- ful that he could not believe her even when she happened to tcl) the truth. She was also a thit;f in petty things, but she had been gcod towards the children. She told witness, "If you turn me into the street I WH.L DROWN MYSELF. Huve pity on me." Witness never promised to keep complainant at her house until the last moment. She never intended to let her return. She cou'd not thick of having such a girl in her house. Witness had implicit faith in the honour of her husband and could not for a moment ca&t ;my doubt upon him. .Charles Roberts, master painter, LIandudno (Mrs Philips' brother), said he slept at Mr Paillips' house while on their holidays. There never had been the slighter suggestion of any imprpprif ty between the defendant and the com- plainant. Louisa Roberts, PIas M.in:tordd, Cli'f ton-road, sister to Mr<! Philips, said the defendant slept at her house on the night of January 7th, arriv- ing there.tboutJ0.30pm. .Agnes Mary Edmunds, a dressmaker In the em- ploy of Mrs Phillips, corrobomtcd the defendant's tiiatcment relative to the payment of complain- ant's wages, and swore that the complainant re- ceived no '.tther money beside her wages. Com- plainant had never suggested to her that the de- fendant had done' anything to her. She had been in Mrs Phillips' employ for six years, and during that time Mr Phillips had always acted towards her like a gentleman. Margaret E\-ans, another dressmaker who had been in Mrs Phillips' emp'oy for six years, cor- roborated, and added that Mr Phillips had always acted towards her as a gentleman should. The magistrates retired, and on their return into court the chairman said "the bench was divided," and that the case would have to be adjourned for a re-heading.