SLANDER BY A JEALOUS LOVER......Part #2 HEAVY DAMAGES. The defence was that the defendant sincerely desired to marry this plaintiff, MISS DIXON, and that he would be the last man in the world to make any accusation against her. He declined to sign the statements, said MR. SHEE, because the officers had put down their own impressions, and not his words. The defendant was put into the box, and he persisted in the statement that he had never cast any imputation upon MISS DIXON. He was led to believe, by what MRS. DIXON had said that the match was broken off through the interference of ARMSTRONG, and he complained to SUPERINTENDENT GRAHAM of his inference in a matter of that kind. He said that SERGEANT NOTMAN, instead of putting down exactly what he (defendant) said, put down what SUPERINTENDENT GRAHAM was saying at the same time. He also contended that he never told SUPERINTENDENT GRAHAM at Troutbeck that MISS DIXON had informed him that ARMSTRONG had misconducted himself with her, and alleged that the document produced in court must have been written in the office at Kendal afterwards. He further stated that he told SIR JOHN DUNNE in the office at Kendal that the statement was not what he had said, and he denied that he had ever told him that it was true. MR. MATTINSON (to the defendant): In other words, you suggest that SUPERINTENDENT GRAHAM, SERGENT NOTMAN, and SIR JOHN DUNNE are lying ? ........ Certainly. MR. MATTINSON: Did you tell MR. JONES, a magistrate, in a letter that the young lady told you that she had been too familiar with ARMSTRONG ? The defendant, on being pressed, admitted writing such a letter, whereupon MR. SHEE said he must withdraw from the case, as he could not go on with it. HIS LORDSHIP: Quite right, too. It is a surprise to me it has gone on so long. MR. MATTINSON characterised the conduct of the defendant as infamous, and commented strongly on the effrontary of the defence he had set up, accusing every witness on the other side of perjury, and asked for substantial damages, so that the jury could mark their sense of his conduct. HIS LORDSHIP told the jury the only question for them was to assess the damages, and they need not consider what the defendant's means were. MISS DIXON was fortunate in having escaped the clutches of such a man as the defendant. The jury awarded MISS DIXON £250 damages and ARMSTRONG £100 _________________________