The Express.
London, England, 1862-03-21 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, FRIDAY EVENING, MARCH 21; 1862.

Major Row go to the house where Mrs. Potter resided, and
that they went out together io a cab.
Mr. Hawkins then adduced the following additional eel-
deuce for the plaintiff.
Mr. Ron mid—l am the person whose name has been
mentioned, and I am a married man, and live
in the Hampateed-road. lam acquainted with the defen-
dant, and waited him occasionally. I used to visit
KR Pater when she lived at Bedford-place, ffensingtoo,
and I have written to her, and she has written to me. I
*oppose I wrote the letter that has been produced. but I
should like to look at it. [The letter was handed to the
witness.] It is my handwriting. I swear that I never had
any criminal intercourse with Mrs. Porter.
Crone-manned—l wee friendly with Mr. Porter, and I
obtained his commission for him. We were upon terms of
friendship. I was not attempting to debauch his wife at
the commencement of our intimacy, but afterwards I did
attempt to debunk her. I regret to lay 1 took all the
means in my power to obtain pomeedon of her person. I
am a married man, and have one child. I set to delibe-
rately to debauch my friend's wife. It always takes some
time to accomplish a thing of that sort.
t Ballaatine—Yon man to know all about it.
Did the give you any eacoaregoment 1
Major Ross—l MOST that she did not.
Serjeaot Ballantine—And never allowed you te take soy
Ebonite with her?
Major Rom—Upon cue occasion she was angry about her
children, and I put my arm round leer waist end kissed her.
I did the lame thing to her on sound 0001a10011 afterwards.
That was the nearest wreath to criminal sionandon that
ever took place between us. Letters have weed between
us, and she has written several letter to me.
Serialist Balleatioe—What has become of those letters?
Major Ras—They are all destroyed, but I have bad notice
to produce them.
Serpent Ballantine—Theo we are to understand that you
deliberately attempted to debauch the wife of your friend?
Major Rose—l did not consider he was my friend at this
time. Before the discovery took place Mr. Porter fre-
quently spoke tome about his wife, and was very curious to
know where she me, and I said nothieg to satisfy him until
she had gone away from Kensiaglion, and then I told him
that I knew where she had been.
Crossuzarnination continued—l should not hare been
here to give evidence if I bad not been subpanaol by the
defendant, and I did not know until yesterday that 1 was to
be called as a witness for the plaintiff. I have not bad
any communication with Ms. Porter since I have been at
Maidstoce.
Berjesat Ballantine (bolding up the letter that bad been
medoced)—l suppose it is true that you accompanied Mr.
Porter and his wife to Willesden?
Major Rom—Yes.
"=t Ballantioe—And that you found it di to
to her beautiful eyes?" (A laugh.)
Major Ross—Yes. Her husband was there.
&Onset Ballantine—But, notwithstanding the difficolty
that existed, you still continued your efforts to debauch ler?
If_Ross—l did.
t lialkaties—The hothead kept too close, thee?
IT•WRces—He was away from the tent for • short doe,
but I ainnot say bow bag. I did not " time" him.
Berleimt Ballantine—l supplee you exchanged gloms*
white the Methaod was away!
C R 41—We did.
Hallantine—Pray, what are you, Mr. Rces,; has
I Miss a major?
al= A printer and publisher.
t Hallaatiae—Did _ yea always call bin. Poster
• your owe beautiful angel?" (laughter.)
Major Ross—l had called her so before, but it wee not
aTastihabitsaats eici eo.
Ballantine—Do yea lids& she believed what pot
sod ?
=arses—Well, I think she rather doubted it.
Ballantine—You mean that the doubted her
intheel (Laughter.)
—Yee.
libillthilne-11 Ma Old yea Ray in this letter, " I
the pie et sal. Lou alone and holding
yea in sert:e rits in a loving entices. Did you do so !
I did.
t Ballantine--I see that you also say that ion
• sot exchange • look with the lady became the hjsat
al a bushaad prevented it. Was that so !
Z:iißoes—Yea.
11 Ballantine—And you deo say that you child
not deep all night for thinking of her. Was that the cane !
Major Row—Yes.
Serjeant Ballantine—So that while lying by the side of
your own wife you could not deep for thinking of the *ifs
of another man!
Maier /tom—Yea.
literytont liallantine—ls it Ina that yon took off her
bonnet while you were in the that at Willesden ?
Major Boss—Ms. Porter mid that she felt faith, and I
advised her to tabs of her bonnet, and assided her to
de '
fledso. eant Halhatiae—You did sot kiss her at the same
dim Mol you?
1 Mr* Sari Iced
ao epportnaity to do so, blows tar.
1h - brd . , ,=. _., yea have no doubt now
Mid did writ* this letter to Porter ?
- Roes—No, sad I am only astonished that I eter
vs written each a foolish letter. (Laughter.)
' 111thisant Ballantine—When woo it you and bawd that
Ms towhead had discovered this letter ?
Major Ross—On the same theta.
Sapient Ballantine—Peen what wares did you discover
the tact?
MOE Rosa—Well, it is of no um thelying the fact that I
Pal#
_from Mrs. Porter. She sent some one to my
lmanme to tell um thaishe wanted to speak to me.
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ilrearthe—Asa your wife the time. •
Ma Sese—fie we not. Sloe never came there.
Delhattaa—DH Mrs. Porter know that!
Ma did.
.a.
ScSe MaYeMine—Had Yrs. Porter been at your place
of business before?
Major Rem—Yee, her husband brought her there once,
and said he thought she would Us to me the operations
that ware going on there.
Serjeaut Ballantine—What took place hottest!. you and
Mrs. Porter after you went out to her ?
Major Roes—We walked about for some time. and I
advised ber to return to Bedford-Oath
Berrant Ballantine then prothe to sum up the delis-
dant's case in a most iiit speech, and be urged that
upon the faeta Were the *.y-lt was impossible they could
entertain say rethonablo death that Kra Pat/shad been guilty
et adultery with Major led, and he commented in most
severe terms epos the anithet of that gentleman, and the
MOON in which he had unblushingly admitted his vil-
Imams conduct towards the defendant.
Mr. 'Hawkins, in the mom of a very able reply upon
the whole ore, reminded the jury that whatever opinion
they might entertain of Major Roos, or of his conduct in
the transaction, the only pathos they hod to decide with
whether it was made oat by athiststhery evidence that Mrs.
Porter had been guilty of adultery with him, and he sub-
mitted that there was no such evideoce in the cause, and
that they would not be Sod in casting Mn. Porter
forth upon the world anddestroying her for ever upon the
evidence that had beenlaid ore them on behalf of the
defendant. He then commented upon the conduct of Mr.
Porter, And said that if his wife had acted with levity and
in a meaner inconsistent with her position, which was all
that he at tout appeared to have alleged against her, in all
potability this had been brought about by his own
conduct towards her before their marriage, and
that if he bad treated her as every honourable
and right-minded man would treat a young and virtuous
girt to whom be was a suitor, and whom be intended to
Mein bis wife, instead of oarreptieg her mind and seducing
kie =kr the eirearartamm that had been deposed to, her
dodos' mud so doubt have been very. different, and the
posood pandd and disgusting inquiry might have been
arreL •
aid Jodi. a% in sammiag up, said that the real
imam de lay had to deride was whether it had been
gethenably made eta to their satisfaction that Major Ross
.bed Moo guilty at lottery with the defendant's wife, and
It they were madded of this foot, the defendant would
ad be liablolualhe law of aglowd to pay for
on nemenedes to per, to recover which was
the 'Wet dpresent rodon. He then said that in
ems elf this kind the result of his experience led him to
meth the observation that very little reliance could be
rag: trio:it...lt: irerrhatialca:l souPatliralbedcad:sy
notaeruple to swear to that which was Wm, in order
that they might comps from the cousequences of their own
guilt. In the present owe, so far as Major Ross was con.
owned, he oertaialy thought that the jury would not be
iodised to place much reliance *spoil the evidence
of a witness who, himself a married man with a
family, admitted that he deliberately devoted himself
to debauch the wife of a me with whom be was
on friendly terms, and while received by him upon those
harms sought with steady sad deliberate purpose to destroy
his hippie/se for ever. The learned judge thee called the
alasotton of the jury to all the aeatented point* is the case,
wed particularly to the letter that bad been writtenby
Major Roes to the wife of the delandut, and be asked them
es reasouble men and persons &squinted with the
1:01112 the weld, and with human sadivsa and actions,
Sir napli awe to any other oonethelon than that the man
I .he watt sash a letter must have been en terms of guilty
1 with the person to whom it was addressed.
retired at two o'clock to deliberate upon their
After being in their room until six o'clock, they
erne tato court and said that derma of them were agreed
upon a verdict, bet the twelfth Imam was a dissentient,
ad they wished to know whether- the realist of the eleven
could be Wham
The loosed judge oessultel the comma on both ridge,
and Mr. Hawkins, on the pert of the plaiatiff, careated to
lath the verdict et the them Prem. The other giele,
however, would not agree sad the jury coosequently via
retired,
retired, refreshment' having been supplied to them.

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MOWS v. OITAWAT.
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WI ; Ss. Nib, Q.C., for Ike iefhweat.
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