JOHN GRANT, EXAMINED BY Mr. JEKYLL.
He has known her 26 years, she bore a most remarkable good character, and they were look’d upon in the neighbourhood as the most affectionate pair in it, and I really conceive there was not a neighbour in all that country, who could have any suspicion that she was capable of doing a dishonorable action; they had an ample fortune.
Mr. WISE, EXAMINED BY Mr. PELL.
Vicar of Wargrave has known them 17 years, I have had frequent opportunities of seeing Mrs. P.—no people ever attended church more punctual; I always believed her a most respectable woman, and that she and Mr. P. were an example to the parish of moral & religious duties, and by no means capable of being guilty of any dishonest action.
Rev. Mr. WAKE, EXAMINED BY Mr. BOND.
I am curate of the parish in which they live at Bath, have been acquainted with them 8 or 9 years, from the time I became curate I have been pleased and surprized at their constant attendance at church, and have always admired the religious habits and conversation of Mrs. P.—if I had been desired to name a person capable of a deed so foul as that imputed to Mrs. L. P. she would have been the last person.
WINTHORPE BALDWIN, ESQ. EXAMINED BY Mr. DALLAS.
I have been well acquainted with both several years, I have always heard the best of characters of her, as most affectionate to her husband, free from levity, vanity and extravagance, and incapable of committing a crime of this sort.
W. H. WINSTONE, ESQ. EXAMIN’D by Mr. JEKYL.
I have known Mrs. Leigh Perrott five years, she always has appeared a woman of the highest honour, and the last person I should suspect of an accusation of this kind.