The Express.
London, England, 1855-08-27 00:00:00

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MICTROPOLITAN COUNTY COURTS.
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BRISTOL EPISCOPAL CONSISTORY COURT.
SUIT TO DISSOLVE A MARRIAGE.

JACKSON 11. LONE (FALSILT CALLING lIIIIIIILF JACKSON.)

A coot wee held before the Chancellor in the Comtism;
Court of this eity, as Tends,* he 7th inst., to hem the eryt-
hema of counsel I. the above sal, which ham hese instituted
Br
by Mrs. ilie Bouncline IsakeOs, the promoter, a widow
lady, ri siding at Clifton, in order to teaks void sad set aside a
marriage @oatmeal by her son, William Joseph Jackson,
with the defendant, Jane Long, co the posed of lie him-
rity at the Use of such mistrials% and alio on anossat of as
nudee publication of the bash, them laving bus $ sup-
preuioa of the mooed Christian sane ea the part hike Isiah
with the knowledge of the defoadaat.
Mr. stone end lar Pridwet appeared as behalf of ai'
promoter. and Mt. Naials sad Mr. Edlis as behalf of the
dafosdaat.

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Mr.-
Stone said the set of pa:keenest to which he par
tieslsrly desired to draw the attention of the wart was the
4th Oeo. IV., cep. 76, sod the nodose to which he
wank dome particular &nudes wen the 2nd, 7th, sad
27th. The leaned comma then reed the above mentioned
emboss, the purport of which, briefly stated, omelets of •
definition of banns, where, when, gad how to be published ;
esaetments that notice of the true names and piece and time
of abode cf parties to be given to moisten; and that
marriage should be void when persons wilfully many
without due pabliesion of banns or legal 'Luau, Re.
Willis. Joseph 'schools, the moor, in August, 1854,
was living with his mother, Emilia Emmeline Jackson, the
promoter to the present suit, at Hichmonintill, being then
aged 17 or 18 years. la the early Diet of that month he
fint became sequainted with the defeedut, has Lang,
thins aged 24, by meeting •ad walkit. eith Mr as Darn-
ham Doers and other places, neer Ei Sus
after he became acquainted with her he mid Mr his seem
was William Joseph Jackson, and the ebtsuenstasees of his
mindities. Shortly afterwards, the pude' agreed to be
married, and Jackson told Lome that he Auld pat up the
banns st St. Mary Kedah& Chula seder the aims of
William Jukes, omitting his same of Joseph, in order to
wisest discovery of his friend', and she consisted.
The buss wore wordingly feblished at that church, on
three ausessive Sondem sad the parties were to have bees
melded ea the let November, but Mrs. Jackson barites
reedeed isseilnease of the intended marriage, put herself
be - with the vigor, en the preceding day sad
enessmied r Mum* it ; bat • few days aftenrasda Juic-
ers soda met the defendant and an arnagement was some
to between Ibsen that he should pat up the barns at 81.
James's shush under the same names as before, tamely.
emitting his second Christian sung ; in secordahess the
bmin were oublished on the 12th, 19th, sad 26th November.'
cad on the 27th the ma-rises was solemnised by the Rey. I
W. Johnson, sad an entry of nett marriage made. After :
sub marriage the parties did not cohabit lista the 10th
December, and such cohabitation continsisd until De.-1
umber 14, and slue then they had had no interview
or consignation whatever, inept once se 'wise is the
public streets. William Joseph Juksoo, the aim
himself, deposed to his bliss the only sea of Thomas
Jackson, a lieutenant in her Majesty's navy, and subse-
quently the commander of the steue.ship l'hoseiz, oat
of the port of Bristol. Wittier. lived with his mother,
the promoter of the snit, at No. 4, Richmond-hill,
Clifton, sad was apprenticed to Mr. Payne, of Tower-hill,
civil engineer. Was 17 years of ago and and., 18, when
about the Bth of August, 1854, he first became acquainted
with the defendant, Jane Lone. Met her on Derdhaes.
down that day. She was sitting on a seat, watching the
steamers go up end down the river. Witness enteral isto
ouversaUon with her, and told her the Kamm of the packets.
After some convention, be found her way hoots was the
same as his, and they walked home together as isr as
Clifton Church. A few days after witness met her again,
and they went for a walk together; he then told her that
he lived on Richmond-hill with his mother, that his father
was formerly the eaptais of the Phenix steamer, that his
same was William Joseph tukeee, and that he was
apprenticed to Mr. Payne, engineer, as Tower-hill. Alter
that witness was is the habit of meeting her two or three
Umea a week. They used to meet at the bottom of
Richmond-Mil, at half put *even o'clock in the evening.
Wilmer always told her that his same was Wildest
Joseph Jackass, and that he was 19 years of age. She
told him at drat her name was Fanny Carter, and that
she was ales 19; bat he afterwards happened to We the
initials J. L. on her hudkerehlef, tied asked her what
it meant, sad she then told Dim her same was Jane
Long, and that Fanny Carter was her sister's name. About
three weeks after they first became acquainted they com-
menced to talk about marriage, and in about a month she
mounted to marry him. They both knew very well at the
same time that witness's friends would be very auk vexed
at the marriage. At that time the defendant was living is
Maudlin.lans with her brother-M.ls*, Mr. Carter, and her
sister. Her brother.in•law had bees in buineas as a
pastrycook formerly, but was oat of business. Shortly
'lnwards they removed to King-squar• Avenue. Then
witness and the other talked the matter over as to whisk
multi be the beet church for them to get married at. Wie-
nese pecpos.d Redeliffe Church, and defeadut said she
should like it to tabs plus there, as it was a long way hue
her home. Wiener Mid her that a mac named Collins,
whe had been the eletreei of the Phenix, and haew him,
I lived in Themesaleeet, sad probably attended Reich&
Church, sad wish knew who it was if the beans were
published is the suss of William Joseph Jackson.
Wiesen smelted that if he were to put is the halm as
William 'Winn, of the parish of St. Mary Redeliffe, he
would set Ides. It was thee agreed between
the witness disdradent, that for the purpose of eon-
esalment, the benaselueld be pat is the name of William
hank emitting eleseseber dm name .. Joseph." On Ba-
=die 14th of Oilleher, asinaspenked by a young ma.,
Omer Mei Brows, wittiest west to give notice
tithe Imam Oa the way they met Jape Loag, and told
Ms what they were going to do, sad witness said he should
pat is his name as William Jukes. abase. She said "very
wet" Witness believed firmly that Jae* Lon knew he
hilleadod leaving out osits of his Christi= mum for the
impose of esseesiesent. Witness, seeompapiedby Brows,
west to Mr. Harwood, clerk of St. Mary IBeisted gave
sales of the haus. They afterwards 'snail is maw tailor
Hein Is Redstart-street, who, he the esasideratiou of a
Slay of brandy and water, agreed to say la 'sewer to say
inquiries that might be nage, that William Jackson and
Jars Lon had lived at hie house for some time. Witams
agreed with Jame Leap to sleet her at sight fo'cloek
on the atoning et the Bth of November, in order to be
as Riddle's ehtugh, at half-past eight, to be married. Os
the amnia, of that day, witness west into his mother's
bedroom, as was his coitus, to wish her " good morning,"
and, to his surprise, found her deemed, ready to go out.
She said she had received information of his intended mar-
ring, and had tau sups to stop it. Oa witness saying
that he was resolved to get married, his mother told him
that his master, Mr. Parse, would also be at the church to
forbid the marrtsge. Wham then determined not to go
to Radcliffe Church, hat to stay at home and have his
breakfast with his mother. Witness met Jus Loag some
days afterwards. She asked how it was he had not kept his
appointment, and after some convenstion, they agreed to
get married at St. James's Church. He told her that a
Person by the same of Morgan, living in the Honefair, knew
ire, usd that therefore he mut omit the name of " Joseph"
in the banns. She agreed to this. On Sunday the 11th of
November, they went to the boom of the clerk of 8..
James's, but he was out, and they gave instructions to his
daughter to have the beans published. While witness was
writing is his name, Jane Long nudged him in the side,
smiled, and said, " Yoe have left out one." The marrisgewas
solemnised on the 27th of November, at St. James's Church,
is the names of William Jackson and Jane Long. After the
marriage they all went over to Carter's house, and witness
stayed there tiU five o'clock, which was his usual how of
returning from Mr. Payne's. His mother was totally fano-
rant of his marriage, and isoutiused so till the following
Friday, when abe was informed of it by means of a letter.
She would:not at first believe it until she had been down to
the chuch and seen the register. When she found It was true
she was very grieve.' and &nary, and said witness need not
coins home that sight. He then went over to Carter's house,
and told Jane Lug and the others what had occurred. Mr
Cuter said witness could have a bed in his house, and he
and his wife would sleep on the sofa bedstead. Witness and
defendant slept together that night, and that was the first
time they had cohabited as man and wife. The neat day
they took lodgings in Wilder-street, and contieued to
cohabit until the 7th of December, when witness left her.
Witness had never seen Jane Long sines except in the
stns h. She had then swanked him, and called him die
visiting names, and he had been obliged to run away from
Mr.

Mr. Stone, in support of his wee, quoted th• ease of
" Wiltshire v. Prince " and " Toeless v. Aqui," mould-
ing that in these the principle was clearly laid down that
the haws should be clearly published, awl that all the
aunesof the parties, bath Christian and surname, should
be tweeted; that in the present case this had clearly I
Wen, wilfully sod knowingly, not done by the puttee, and 'I
the marriage was therefore r, uttered null and void.
Mr. rrideanz soeceeded Mr. Stone on behalf of the pro-
motet. His cited is support of hie ease Pougett s. Tom.
kilo." reported is Haggett's Continuity Reports, and re
stoked on the singularity of Jane Long towel( not baying
given ',Odense in contradiction to that of the promoter's.
Mr. Noah, for the d, fondant, cited the caw of " Wake.
fields. Wakefield," observing that all the evidence which
bore soon Jane Locg, so far as concerned her guilty
keowledge of the undue publication of the Dinar. rested
solely upon I the evident, of William Joseph I ohs's,
the minor lensed, and was sot supported In any par.
Want. Thistosog woman, Jaw Long, appeared bents
the wart, tor anything that had been there said, as a
young woman of unblemished reputation, against whose
chatactior sot • word bad been said. She was not, as townie
of the ewes cited, a woman of far more mauve sge than
her lushest), tint she appeared there as a respectable per-
son, the daughter of • respectable tradesman, alcioet of en
equal age with the person to whom she was to be married.
With referees.* to what Mr. Pridwat had stated as to the
singularity of the nesunminatiost of Jose Long herself,
tre learned counsel observed that a woman might be well
ensued if she deelined cawing an imputation of peelery
apes tits character of a tees wham she had takes tee her