The Express.
London, England, 1863-10-31 00:00:00

THE POLICE COURTS.

G UILDHALL.
Henry Davis, just, at present carrying ois business ea a
hosier at 63, Grey-street, Newriastle-oi-Tine, appeared on
reamed, charged with having committed wilful and corrupt
perjury in swearing to the truth of the oestenM of as affi-
davit made by him before Dr. Robitsoa, we of the surro-
gates is the ofaos of the Vicar-General of the Archbishop
of tbstorbary, for the purpose of obtaining • liceuse for the
mdemaisatios of marriage between himself mid a young
lady, Mies. Lisle Usher, whom age at the time of the
asinine, which took plan on the 25th of Julie, 1662, was
bNiyeen 16 sod 17.

Mr. Batley oonducted the prosecutica ; and Mr. Bush
Cooper and Mr. Leagfcrd defended the primmer.
The circumatence• of the ease were fully reported in our
coins:um oa the former hear*.
Fennel proof of the marriage having been taken,
Mr. Immo Lialter was called. He rid—l sent a gentle-
man down to the prisoner at Newoestle with a 114110 of
mosey, with the view to induce him (priwaier) to live with
my daughter spin, and my son afterwards called oa him at
his father's house with the same object. The Grit was
about awe or six mouths ago, sod the latter was about three
months ago. The prismier mid hie father than said that he
(prisoner) should never lire with his wife (my daughter)
%I n, and that it wee that induced me to wish to separate
partieakrly as the prisoner had previously said be
wished for a divorce. I bed so other alternative ender
three eircumstaeose than to adopt the mares which the
recent Cambridge case has aerated to me. When I
sew that case is the newspapers I watt to Doctors'.
ammo= and szatniaed the affidavit, the magenta of which
I then became aware of for the first time. That was the
Let 1 hoe* of his sweeriag that my daughter Liasie bad
as father Balsa. The sipasture "Hy. Davis" to the
pariah register produced is in the prisoner's handwritiom
sad that of "lassie Ledger" is in the headwriticg of my
deughter.
.111 r Beelay—l have a letter which hes come into my
hands ainoo the lest exeminatiom and ea It throws coosider-
able light apse this fate with regard to the prisoner's
atethess in secretly marryiog this yowl( lady and sub's.
quo* raipaillatiog her, I propose to reed it. It been no
dale W that of the postmark, which is Jely,lBll2 ; and it is
addremed to the primmer et Gravitaed, where ha resided for
• few weeks after his marriage : 'Deer Beery, --We are
slosh phased that you have at hat tetra the ant step of
ad'dyke, hat it is for your own bettellt, not mine, that I
ise yes. You will see the ultimate result. It give. us
mace pain sot to be able to do es we wish for you and
peer deer Lizzie, bat it is for both of your good, sad we
most to all vpsaninee 'Ai like the. Limiters of Jceeplins.
Thieve lea hattU to be &vest, sod I wilt win if I vas ,• but
yea must do all I
Amy, sad without hesitatioa. Hoping
dear Limits ems in a proper light se well as yotuself,
Ikm so more to sap at peseset. Au joie to yea sad dew
Legate kirhstiart. Ara pear ewer km* perm*

• God Mew you both. •
go" David wrote that Us bed pole le her amt. (Quite
r.
lir. Zomba. for the defense. satomilbod QM the above
leper wee the My to the whole roes, as It obeyed that. so
der from is being a quarrel betimes lime Fem. Nom yid We
wily it was a mhoaderMaedieg betimes their reepeetive
pewit. ; sod that the prweet preeeediegi Imola waver
have bees oiatitated tf the &towboat bed eoesseted to live
Eia wile ea the hems osed. If. eetwored the toe-
d both parties la gettingprop worried le the dies& al gad.
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4; PIING, OCTOBER 31,

lady in bteakiog her husband's confideece by giving his mi. I
vats letters to bee father. This wee the secret of their
separation. He contended, on the authority of "The Queen
v. Chapmao," that the surrourte not being in a judicial oirsa-
city be was not a public officer, which deprived the offence
Of Use serious character of perjury, and made it a private
effete* on the part of the defendant rather than a publio
wrong. The only person injured was the father of the
yams lady, and he was willing to compromise it by the
offer of 3001. ; and his subsequent conduct altogether tended
to a 000dosatioe of the defeodant's cooduct.
Alderman Hale said—l think in this case Mr. Leiter ben
acted throughout with very considerable judgment and for-
bearance. fbia young man was the friend of his sous, and
u their friend found his way into his house, but as soon as
Mr. Limiter found that his object was to many his daughter,
be very naturally, and very properly, considering her age,
she being then little more than 14 years old, objected to his
visits and forbade him the house. But knowing Mr. Lialter'e
habits defendant gets into the house in his absence, and at
length succeeds in marrying the daughter unknown to the
father. Mr. Lialter shortly after waii rdceived a letter from
the prisoner ; but what dk be do? He did not change
his naiad about this ton-away match, but went to
Mr. Lewis, of Ely-place, who told him that nothing could
be does, as the marriage had taken place. So far he did all
he could to show a wrong had been done to him, and that
he had tried what remedy be had against the prisoner. After
two months, however, this young girl was taken ill, and
almost at death's door, but instead of her father preveetieg
her from rejoining her husband, it appeared that his father
and brother carried her to her fathff's house, and there left
her, the poisoner immediately afterwards repudiating her. It
is quite clear that the father of the young lady subsequently
tried to make tbe best of the matter be offering • sum of
money to the prisoner, and it is equally evident
that be at that time repudiated his wife alto-
gether. and it was not until all efforts to pro-
cure a rpooaciliation had been tried in vain that Mr.
Usher, on seeing the Cambridge cue in the newspapes,
sought a remedy by the present proceedings. I think be
bee taken a very proper course, as this is • very different
case to the Cambridge case, which also came before me ;
and I have but one duty to perform, which is, to com-
mit the primmer for trial for the perjury and for the com-
mon law offence of making a false declaration to deceive a
pablio offleer.
The prisoner, after receiving the nand caution, said the
statements of the witnesses were very much exaggerated,
end some of them quite untrue.
He was then committed for trial, but admitted to bail
I. two sureties in 1001. each, and his own recognisance@
is 2001.