Interesting Trials in England.

Te Aroha News, Volume II, Issue 86, 24 January 1885, Page 6

Interesting Trials in England.

The discussion of the Coleridge case was first entirely dirocted to the strange conduct of the presiding Judge, and attacks upon him appeared to be so popular that our sensational newspapers gave columns of correspondence. The second itom of interest was the amount of money which the Lord Chief Justice allowed to his devoted daughter, and the vulgar contro vcrsy is still proceeding as to whether her allowance wa- regularly paid or not. A good deal of the malignant interest with which tho case is regarded is duo to tho somewhat Peeksniflian reputation which his unctuous piety has given to Lord Coleridge. Mr Bernard Coleridge is endeavouring to arrange a compromise with Mr F. M. Adams, the barrister, to whom the jury lately accorded a verdict for £5,000. Mr Coleridge ha 3 offered to pay all the costs of the prosecution and XI, OOO cash to Mr Adams to settle the matter Mr Adams, on tho other hand, plaintiff in the Coleridge libel caso, does not favorably impress either by his appearance or manner. He is of large stature and proportions, apparently about 50 years of ago. Ho was guilty of wearing in court a heavy chain outside his frock coat, and displaying several rings on the fingers of his left hand. The law reports have been read through tho week with groat eagerness The eftbet left by Miss Forfcescuo's trial is immensol/ in her favour, and she is now universally acknowledged to be a good and truewoman. It is even supposed that she really cared for her ninny admirer, and most people think he lost the best wife he could ever be likely to have.