The Express.
London, England, 1868-04-24 00:00:00

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of t beg husband had esetidnly ad expressed us
pretences for New M per Cents. (Laughter.) Me Wahl
balm told Mr. Haskbeees that Dan had wa Isis finer a
dimmed rim glees him by the &sperm of Ronda.
Did to rentember saying ate weld be a mother MANN
or that she bad • what right to do as she pinned while
her money. Home went to Blight= the next der
or the day following. Never saw him after that
until he returned from ?delvers. Was net at tble
time fond of ROOM Certainly not, ewer (stophthicall_yr.)
Meant deliberately to say she bad no attachment to hbe
whatever. (Letter of Horns of the 18th of (Maher reed.)
She received that letter. Observed the repealing.
Thought nothing of the expressiou, "Worthy el yew
love. She wrote to him on the 13th of October se
follows :—“Now, my son, I mast ant begin to get awry
with yon. How could eon possibly take a cold balk
which lam sure is the worst thing you could do. . . .
You must excuse me if I tell you at our first acquaintance
I rather felt a repugnance towards you when you said.
Mother, I shall so love you.' I said, and drew away
from you, The lees of that the baiter ; I shall love year
child.' Now I am quite altered. I feel s
anxious on your amount, and afraid yea
should be ill, or anythhog should happen to you," he.
Believed that her husband kid told her he was his son,
and therefore she felt • mother's regard for him. She
wrote to Wilkinson the letter of the 9th November, asking I
him to draw • will in Home's favour. Every word in that
letter was dictated by Dan in a trance (erophatically)—not
copied. It was dictated on the Bth of November, after
half-past nine o'clock. Dan took it away. He had a
handkerchief over his eyes. He wished her to write, and
she did. She /et an answer from Wilkinson. Did not
remember writing any reply. Did notrecolleot anything
being dictated on the 10th. Thought that Dan, in a trance
told her to burn her will. Being shown the letter of
the 10th, in which she told Wilkinson to leave uo blanks
io the will, did not know whether this was dictated. Did
everythieg under the magnetic influence of Home. (Sensa-
tion.) The word " only " was struck out. Supposed it
was struck out it request of Home and his friends. Could
not explain why dictated " Lyon only "in contradiction
to his own wish ? Confirmed Wilkineon'a statements as
to his conversation before the execution of the will, but
said there were about three times as many words there
set down as were spoken. She did not speak so strongly.
No one had made remarks about her sanity. It was not
in consequence of the report of her madness that she had
Dr. Hawkidey. Never told Mr. Jencken so, nor Miss Cox,
nor Miss Heighten. Had no doctor at that time, nor any
porticuLir solicitor. When she made the will she had no
dislike to her husband's relations ; she never had, nor did
elm ever tell any one so. Did not know Mr. Shorter. Did
not remember going to the Athemenni and entail Dan at
breakfast, nor Dan reading a newspaper article about
her ; nor her saying, ' And a jolly gooil job too,
my boy." This interview took place at Westbourne-plans.
I She had the are of the book. She tore out part of it
Could net say when ; it was about December. She after-
wards wrote her own narrative in. She kept a truthful
loaf in it about the handkerchief. She destroyed it,
because it was untruthful and distasteful to ber. Some-
thing like that she was in love with him. Dan told her
not to tear it out. She kept it for a time, and showed it
to Shorter. She destroyed the originals. It was copied
before Christmas. Dan did not object to Mrs. Pepper's
lodgings. There was some allusion to Dan and she living
in the same house. Did not know what people might say.
She did not think it was proper. Believed such an allu-
sion was made ; she treated it with contempt. Did not
remember whether it was Mrs. Tom Fellow.. who spoke
to her about it. A oopy of the letter of the 7th, in which
she said she wished to give him " a little surprise," and to
add 6,0001. to her former gift. She always tore up the
copies. That was en every occasion. She supposed
skte understood the words when she waste them.
She was then under influence—a mystic influence.
She was under such influence that she scarcely knew what
she was doing. The draft was spelt out by the spirit Amt.
When the knocks came she said. " Yon go too fast ;"but
Dan said he knew what was coming before it came. She
did not like that ; but it did not open her eyes. She re-
membered going to the brokers ; and on her return she
remembered calling at Mr. Jones's. He was an author—a
spiritual anther. Sbe did not remember caressing Home
at Jones's officio • certainly riot; it was • falsehood.
Denied Mrs. Je;oken's narrative ; and said it was false.
Did not say to Home that Mr. Jencken might, as he was a
barrister, have offered to draw the deed without a fee.
Had no advice from Mr. Jencken. Being shown the letter
of the 9th of December, 1866, relative to the transfer of
the 6,0001. Consols, mid it was either dictated or copied,
she could not say which.
Mr. James objecting here to the protracted nature of
the examination,
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said, in such a case as this, ho did
not think Mr. Matthews's cross-examination either unite- I
pessary or unfair.
Cross-examination continued—The marginal note strik-'
ing out of the draft the words, "Aril all my
husband's family and friends are well provided for" WAS
in her handwriting. Being shown the letter of the 11th
December she said she wrote it under the influence of the
medium. Supposed there was no draft of that letter.
Did not know whether it was dictated. Bevies Wain-
aon's answer read to her, she said ninety-nine parts of his
statement were not true. Told Wilkinson it was the
spirit of her husband that prompted her ; and that it wail
net her own act. Wilkinson said. " I don't want to hear
anything about the spirits, I want to hear what you want
to do yourself." Being shown the letter of the '23rd of
Deoember, in which Wilkinson gave her a warning, she said
she could not say whether she wrote it from dictation or
from a draft ; one or the other, she could not say which.
Obeerved upon Wilkinson's letter to her, that they were
all got ap for the purpose of the law nit which he said
must take place after her death. A series of letters in
which she expressed her wish to benefit Home, saying
nothing about the spirit of her husband, she said were all
written under the same influence. She was not in her
right mind—she was spiritually mad no doubt. Being
premed as to why she did not speak about her husband's
spiritto Wilkinson, she said be toidher repeatedly that she
was not to mention the "spirit "to him. She further
said she disliked the deed (i.e., the settlement of the
30,000/. after her own death on Home); she disliked the
man, and when sbe acted as she bad done she was mad.
Denied having called up Clymow, a female servant, at five
in the morning to poet a letter, and said she was most on-
truthfuL
The crass-examination was not concluded when the
otuurt rose at four o'clock.

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Jusiioes Bylas, Keating, and Smith.)

THE CONEOL/DATED BANE (LIMITED) V. WITH.
This matter Game before the court upset a special ease
and also upon demurrer, and the fade wen shortly the.
The plaintiff sued as adoreee of a bill of exchange for
15,0001. which bad been given to raise moseyfor avail-
way matpany. The traninetion was untied out by a
bretty litananakeTettirgetkrith Mneers. baelene tolltesybowelziandra
Dank. It was afterwards arranged between the patties
that a part only of the debt should be paid, and that cer-
tain aecurities should be taken fee the payment. One
question now raised was whether the plaintiff' were boned
by the arrangement which bad been entered into. Another
point in the ease was this. The railway company had no
MPt power to wept the bill et eachaege•, but the ques-
tion was raised whether Misted could affect the plaintiff',
who were bona fide owners for value, and whose know.
ledge ainiply moulded to this Mat the bill had been given
for matey advanced to a railway company.
/tr. W. Willie= appeared for the plaintiffs ; and Mr. J.
Browne, QC., for the defendant
Thenearkwithout haying the consul for the defendant,
pre judgment for him.
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