Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-06-23 00:00:00

I could. C.

ht made

examined by Mi. Chambers
the communication referred to about' h• month . or six
weeks before the commission. I was ermined upon the

subject of my suspicions by the cthnnmissioncr mind the
jury; they had reference to my wife's infidelity. I had
suspicions previous to and after my confinement at Moor-
croft. Mr. Wainwright's investigation and his report quite
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removed my suspicion i)fi nl-

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ample, and more than sufficient
my confinement, by the sale of

£5O from nie with which to support hers

:hildren

I can't say for certain ; she might not ha

tlO ; cer

tainly not more than £5O. She sold my stock, amounting
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to £1,500; I had on My farm in ales, in my occupation.
There Was an agreement that she was to have £lO a. -Week,
and sign a deed of separation that had been prepared; but
she had refused to sign it. I belieVe she said, a few days
after my discharge, that she had no money, upon which Mr.
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Wainwright gave her a cheque for £2O, and Ziwomised her
£lO a week. I can't say whom I suspected my wife had been
intimate with. The .first suspicion I had of her was fromher ex-
cited state at Conway, and her manner and conversation with
t. gentleman who came into the coach there, and I refused to
I might 116-e 'suspected her. with
people in the hotel at Welehpool.

go on in consequene

reference to some of the

I thoue

heard her voice Outside th

door, an

'mining about,

and that she had been guilty of some impropriety. . Two
men were watching me at the time, and I suspected my
wife's fidelity with them. In the mail coach I did not make
any remarks to her that I thought I saw people running
into each other's arms. In 1857, before thiS occurred, I
am certain we lived unhappily together. " I should say
we commenced living unhappily about twelve months
after our marriage. I am not aware that in-' 1856 I
occasionally ordered the carriage in the middle of the night
and drove about the country with my wife. I never did so
simply for a drive with my wife. I had no suspicion that
persons wanted to poison ine. I know an inn kept by Mr.
Lloyd, in Wales, where I might have -Sired wine into a
chamber utensil. It was execrable Stuff, and unfit to drink,
and I might hate thought that was the best thing to do
with it. (Laughter.) I did not drink much at Lloyd'A---
about five or six glasses of brandy and water. I Was able
to manage myself on those occasions, and make purchases
.at`the shops. I did not harness the horse and put it in the
fly when I was about to return to Kent. I recollect putting
my hand into the pocket of a traveller's coat 'there, and
took out a waterproof coat which I iniagined to 'be mine.
I found out my mistake afterwards, and: I ' returned it.
I believe I was conseions of what I was about that right,
and on the following• morning, 'when I was taken in the
fly to Carnow. My wife was excited, but I did not have
any unpleasant words with her on that occasion. I was
on my way to Kent. I had no objection to her accom-
panying me, In the coach I did not say anything t.
people rushing into each other's arms by the side of the
road. What I said to my wife, who is deaf in one ear,
was, " Did you hear what the eoachman said ? " She
"No." He asked the guard, "Irow did they meet?
Did they rush into each other's arms ?" After we had got
to Welchpool, I proposed to, take my wife back to her
mother, because I did not consider she was in a lit state

to travel, from excitement, and her intimacy with the
gentleman referred . to. The cab was brought round
to the door, and afterwards driven away without us
I did not afterwards sit in a cab without horses for five hours.
but I did for a quarter of an hour, to rest myself, having
lked -'t till I was tired, waiting for the horses

wa._ anou.,
to be put into it. I have no recollection of Dr .d
speaking to me iu the fly. It was
Harrison was fetched in the night
who was sleeping in the adj( _mug room to fetch
him: This was previous t:.l the men being Set to watch
me. • I told Dr. Harrison of my suspicions about my wife
and the gentleman in the coach. J did not tell Dr.
Harrison that my wife had had au impropei intimacy with
the people in the hotel. lam not aware that i Old him
about Mary Jones: I might have had an impresgiciZ
that Mary Jones had laid, down by my side in the night
and walked about the room. I told my wife I thought
so, but I did not say so to Dr. Harrison. This was
before the men were set to watch. I could not under-
stand why the men were placed at my door on the third
LoUrning candles all night. It was the first night
I thought •Mary Janes was calling to me, and I aceoun!
for it from the noises in my head at 'the time.
afterwards found from -Mr. Wainwright that Mary Jong
on that night, was twenty miles away from Weict,-
tlid not tell Dr. Harrison that Mari,
about. I had my
!mu pit.

At my. request that Dr.
. I desired a traveller