The Express.
London, England, 1862-04-08 00:00:00

CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT.

Mr. Glad, Ili els part d lie. ltmlisto Cathwins
W ellaotirs shamed with Ls
Haat bwr toosearhashand,
alive, ler i1V11411.1
that ahe Mr INNIS ha. ed.
deuce di boa sloe-
where la Om& OM beg peer:test
tenor emies. The edreemiesese d the elle
.repeatedly Won the public. Yn. Wilma hal ae keg
back se Joao he the bat year came to 1111 s pantry.
and appeared to an indictment charging bi with
aeoweicy in substituting a child u that of mr Ilmased,
who bora tenant for life of an estate, so as to makethe
child temitatds-tail. Mr. Serjeant Shoe awl liras other
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learned rare' had been engsted for her defers ; bat in
the seas tire the cue had been removed by the pie.
eirentios, by writ of certiorari, into the Queen's Beach ;
and the trial being postponed, she returned to IL Lou,
near Paris, where ihe resided with her husband, Captain
Wilson, until the month of October, when she yids muss
over, with a view of appearing at the trial, whoa the was
arrested cm theoherpat berry. 81118 had been Induced to
pros her ore in the hands al MINIM Davis, as her solicitors,
their Landes agent, Haab aadng for them. 17 to this
tire the husband bad Ile, snd the t,
Mrs. Wilma, in her slated rot she believed the
sear of Captain Ware hid gone over to Paris, end
armed his arrest for debt, and one of the terse of hie
MUM was the esorike °lbis wife tad la reeequenos of
his withdrawing hie proem:tics she bed been left without
mains, the orniege dead endue eddeb ie we entitled to
25W. ayearhad been pried I. the bands ci Mr. Hathaway,
the solider of her lemiband, pad he reetito TA= up to
snails the bursa to see mire ft.
Y given a pore of attorney to eat for bimetal Mr.
ratmeaylisil usd It to be rondo he hie. Them were a
number of vidardneusafildavila is dust of the eggilkatirea
for the postpensaiset, and detailing the ainsagratei ander
which the charge of bigamy was made and the evidence that
could be obtained from Toronto. _ _ _

The Recorder asked when the bigamy took Plooo.
Mr. Cliffard—TM marrisp with Clotobed took Saes in.
1848 in Came, and the marriage with Captain Wilson in
1858. The learned counsel then proosedisi to show that
the aeldavits stated that evidence could be obtained from
Toronto to show that the marriage was illegal, sad that she I
was at the time of the second marriage a smile seemed,
althoogh she had been the wife of a Captain Gordon,
who timed in Canada. The learned counsel submitted that
the bag delay that had takes place had arisen entirely. from
the want of means on the part of the delemiant, owing to
the course taken by her husband, and that if the trial
was postponed evidence would be forthcoming of a material
character to the defence at Mrs. Wilson.
Mr. C. Pollock, on the part of the prosecution, com-
plained of the delay in these repeated applications for
postponements ; the case bad been postponed by the ma-
gistrate two months, and again at the last mission. The
Wined counsel said be was instructed to ooppppooseM any fur-
ther postponement, and read a number of afodavita to show
that the delay bad been wilfully creasiimed, and that if any
further postponement took place no evidence would be
forthcoming.
The Recorder said he could not end in any of the affi-
davits what step had been takes to obtain evidence from
Toronto since the 6th of March. If counsel could furnish
ea affidavit on that point it would be desirable.
Mr.Cliffard having replied on the objections of Mr.

IhP°ll7kirearder said he woad read over the affidavit. DlOre
carraliy, and aive hi deridon tomorrow (this day).
Robot Francis Poirfie, a gentleruanly-hxduag man, ap-
pareatly betimes fort and fifty years of age,
it
to take hi Wel for ur, its having wilfullz_sed
ocaveplly node a false statement at the office of tile
General of of the Arehblitop of Oantahary In Doetorirota-
mesa, with • view to pre rs • martyr horaa
Mr. didard and Mr. Poland conducted the prosecatioa;
Earjeant &nautili* wee wearily retained, with Mr. F. H.
Lew* es behalf ofte tlefesdant.
lir. Maud, is spewing the lass to the jury, said that
the precast charge von *mei noir es eel perlimasat
that was pared is the !sip of irk% Melee* Geis* IV.,
and the object ei while *II the ptelastles et faudhse, sad
to rerlere Wag plea briers won=
lb siummi et Visk pereste. Therkesee
Is dr deterhot wee, that es the Mit he do-
ries* • Hems at Derese'reursese far Ye ttmeeiase with
• yams lads said las Amer Wei& who wee oily 18
years et eips,. aid diet be reads es eßirrit epos that noon
der thst ihf him of the yeas)* hid aressated to the
ales, shish was wet tree, and II we km uddes this fare
reaseerss that the past dome we prerred Naiad

Teem' pest wee them eves el the proeurieseat of the

[TWOPENCE

Hasse by the defendant, sad that the marriage took place
at Lambeth Munk on the 6th of emery, under that
license: One of the witticisms stated In croismanunation
that the &fondant was a penes at respectability and gtod
wafts.
Mr. G. England, the father of the pow lady, was then
exaneed. He sad—My damper wig Weems years old
last July. It is not true that I ever assented to her MIX.
riage with the defendant se be hr alleged in his affidavit.
He aged to visit at my home and paid attention to my
daughter, and in January last year I bad a con-
venation with him upon the subject and wrote down
is my diary what took place between us. The team
read the eutry he referred to, which was to the following
effecei—" Friday, January 25, 1161. Mr. Fairlie had •
keg conversation respecting Linde. I told him that if he
takes no rims in that direction for two years from this day,
I wall give him the tame powers as Dixon (this referred to •
Apothegm who was courting another daughter), to use his
powers to win the affections el my daughter, but on no
account to make any attempt to rive the way before that
time." I showed the defendant wet I bad written, and he
=rsolsmsly that he would hill the apuemeet on the
d • man and a freemason. Upon the faith of this
rrl permitted him to continue to visit at my house,
oiteerved that he was net keeping faith with me, and
Meath was still paying attention to my emotes, and I
spike to him upon the subject, and °heaved that he was
net fulfilling the seeditises be bed premised, and begged
him to are to continue his attentions ; tad told him that
if he did nail sheath MOW* him to omit to visit at my
hems. TAP conversation took pies in Septembes last,
sod after %W time the defendant did ast come I. the
beam lity doesitter went to the Crystal Palace on the
4th Joarmay, ameespasi ulster mil Mr. Dime,
mid I did sat Veber* siterwards that
the 11M511111111,114 to the t, and that she bad gem
away with him from the Crystal Phlace. In Jainism I
thought the defendant was in (Spain.
• The witness was cromexamined s tousle:table length
by Serpent Ballantise—He said that of comae his object
in the meant priteadiag was be (amid his else-law of
perjury, sad be considered that, soder the eissimetances,
he was quite justified in appealingto the law ft pretectioe.
He muddle was aware that after the marriage thy defendant
sad his dinghies west to Spain, sot daring time absence
he prefirred the present bill of indiafteat speak the de-
feaftt, and he said be did so by the Maim of Mr.
Nadas, the magithate. bad no pro-
prty is Der own right, and be he
dilZ would take care
UM she should never have a of bit money
heft what bad occurred. The diegint was perfectly well
aware that his daughter had no property ia bar
doe r
i
g
h
t
,
and that allher expeastions were from hth. Theof
gave him a bracelet last year for hit dimpOtir, and witness
gave it to her, but did not tell her who bad mot it to her.
That bracelet was now in his own pose ion, cad be would
take pod are that she should never have it. His daughter
left the bracelet behind what she eloped, and this was
how he became possessed of it, and he meat to keep
it. The defendant did not give his daughter • valuable
watch and chain ; but he remembered that be told
him that be intended to make his daughter • pre-
lent of a watch on her •
eighteenth biribdsp, whirl was
his custom with all his children, and the defendant told
him he hid a very good watch and chain, and he gave him
111. for them and afterwards made a preempt of them to
his daughter. He was on very friendly terms with the de-
ftest, and be used to call him Father Tom. This was in
denies to the if Coll sea Bairn. The defendant used
to be ailed and he called his daughter Lily, and
withers was atherTom. (d laugh.)
In sosowto further questions that were put by Serjeant
Ballealiso, the wither mid that he had run away with
his present wilt, who was the mother of the young lady
in question, and that he had a wife living at the time.
He added that he lived with this lady for several years,
but could act teeny her until his wits died. The mo-
Anent, however, that event occurred, he married her.
Serpent &Mantas submitted that. after the fact that had
PP beta elated, there was as end of the case. The pro-
siest°, was not the lawful father or guardian of the young
lady, and the defendant amid not therefore be said to have
faintly slated that he bad the torment of snob parent or
pardies. He would have been perfectly jostled in de-
closing that them was so proem connected with her who
had the power to give or withhold his consent to the mar-
riage, and he eastemleithat his statessect that be lad the
ecaseat of the father was perfectly immaterial.
Mr. Giffard trips/ at tome length that the act of parlia-
ment wee la tesed to apply to every person who stood in
the =laths el mama gsdlas to the party who was mar-
ried ander me theaftiences.
The Possrer loft the court to confer with the Common
Seem* tee pelat, and whoa be retuned be said that
as a rule be was always unwilling to step toy ease
Imes spell allaw t but in the present instance, where he
fad sitio whatever upon the question that bad been
iliellnamail heel& say the Can-
nata Se*sest entirely concurred with him—he thought that
ere so. In his opinion the charge had not been
• is fact, the allegation in the Indictment that
the preemie" was the natural and lawful father of the
young lady bad been negatived ; and he should therefore
direst the jury to acquit the defendant.
A verdict al Net Guilty wee accordingly recorded.
There was a slight attempt at applause in the court when
the verdict was delivered, but it was repressed by the
officers.