Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-01-22 00:00:00

nobleman, and visited the lady frequently

servant

Sheppard said she was- on

marry Masters, but he would not have h

she wished. She even went to church witl

for the purpose of getting married, but they arrived there
too late in the day, and she returned home vexed. Thr

servants say that Sheppard and Masters were not at all
alike, and that the latter called at her house a week
after her marriage with Sheppard, and when he had
ascertained with certainty that she was married, he
went away and never returned. Masters was a piano-
forte maker. The sisters, following this clue, find
tee of him at the Messrs. Collards', where they
that he is in Australia. Another hint thrown out
that Mortiboy and Masters are one and

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daughter"s, holds the moiety of which Mrs. Sheppard
became possessed on the death of John Sheppard. The
Vice-Chancellor decided that the so-called Mrs. Shep-
pard was, in reality, the wife of James Masters, and that
she was in no way entitled to the £6,000 which she had
received and bequeathed. Mr. Mortiboy appeals against
that decision, and his appeal is the case now tieing heard.
He contends that Masters and Sheppard wee the same
man. Mrs. Sheppard was a Roman Catholic at the
time of her marriage, and having been cohabiting
with a man named Masters, she persuaded Sheppard to
assume that name. This is the argument of Mr. Morti-
boy's counsel. But a few days after the Ivedding, having
some notion that it would not be binding. as the names
were untruly. given, they went throng
again in their real names, and this time a marriage
settlement was prepared. It is incredible, it is urged,
that in the midst of the courtship with Sheppard,
the woman could have married another man without
S h eppard's knowing anything . about it. Mr.
Mortiboy and his servan't declare their belief that
there were no papers in the clothes- .sent to Mrs.
Haviland. A Mrs. Hayes, who was on visiting terms
with Mrs. Sheppard, states that Mr. Sheppard once
told her that she was engaged for a long time to Mr.
Masters, and when a family came to her house; shortly
before her intended marriage with him, she gave her
name as Mrs. Masters. She also said that she and.
Masters went to be married; and when she arrived at the
church it was beyond the hour. He- went into a violent
passion, and said she had purposely done it in order not
to be married. His violence was so great that she swore
that she never would have him, but would marry the first
man who offered himself. She said she went back home
to Mornington Placer when Shepherd said to her, " Miss
Wall, you said you would not have Mr. Masters, and
would have the first man that asked you. Will yon
have me ?" She immediately accepted him. Some time
in 1842, Mrs. Sheppard told her friend, Mrs. Hayes, that
she had met Mr.. Masters on horseback in the Park.
Soon after that occurrence, Mrs. Hayes showed Mrs.
Sheppard a notice in a newspaper of the death of a man
named Masters, and Mrs. Sheppard said that was the man.
she was to have married.

r the ceremony

The above are all the principal facts that have been
deposed to. The defendants's case (Mr. Mortiboy's) was
concluded on Wednesday evening ; and the decision of
the learned Judges, who have repeatedly remarked upon
the intricacy of the case, will be shortly given.