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that property on her, tthough(that very_impru
dent,. and that there was no necessity for it, Nid I
said so to him ; he did not come to any terms of Sq-
tlement." • t
On, his his .cross-examination by Mr. GI n ns, he said,
". My Father died last-February ; my sister had no
fottune ; none was intended for her, nor expeOcd
by can aver that my father died in- vet-
good circumstances ; Mr. 'MorriSon was to have
married her without any fortune—My Father :left
behind him nine children,'aild iny 'sister was, to have
no .pecific property. do mean to say that Mr.
Morrisoi}rrepreenttfd to me thar'he had -.I Sol. clear,
of his business, and that he Proposed to settle this
on my Sisjey, I 11:;(1 no reason to believe Um to be
a liar.; but I thought that was a weak propOsition
of his. I believed then,: and. I believe now, that
he has isol. independent of his business, if he has
.not, he is what You (meaning Mr.-Gibbs, who had
said that his Client was A great fool and liar if
he said this) hive just stated, him to be.--His
• estate consists', ire seyerat houses.----If there was
any account between -him and my father, it was
before my timei .and I know nothing of it."—
Here the Witness repeated his examination in chief,
at the request of Mr. Gibbs, as to The ring and, the
licence, and abobt the Defendant
,telling him ho
was worth 1501.. a-year over and above his bus
ness, and contirMed that testi'ms4.; and added,
thought the prOposiiion of, settling all his prOperr,
on her was a foolish propos.ition. "It was- the
most weak idea I ever noticed froM
are men of brighter,' abilities, certainly than the
Defendant.He is a little odd in his manner--I
think he is very•odd ,and I think I have stated an
instance' of, it.—he is unquestionably in a sad'state
at present.''
--He Was stated to Me to bein so Weak
a state of mind, that 'his Attorney could not see
hint with any effea on -the stibjed'of this Aftion."
On his. re-examinatiOn by 'Mr. PAKIC, he' said; I
saw him on_ the Mondayrafter it was said, his At-
torney could not Jeceive- proper instrtia.ions from
him,, at his own shop.' appeared then to be
better than I had reason to exped, after what I
heard.

Mrs. Susannah Andrews-HI am the mother of the
Plaintiff; I know tl4e Defendant very well ; I have
known him from his inttncy. He has been- in the
habit of viaiting mily for..,abOut three; years
'last past, 4*.a suitor_.tO my.daughter. He applied,
I be-lieve„,..ii my absence, to my husbari, for leave
to pay his addresses'to my daughter: This; however,
I only .heatdirom n' husband. I remember in the
month of April last, .he brought on the sudden, •a'
Licence for marriage with my daughter—l saWlhe
ringon the table also ; I said to:hiM, Mr. Mbrilson,.
this is a new business it is a matter in Which I
have not been consulted. I meant this in reference
to -him in not asking my consent to. marry my
daughter: He said 'to me, Mrs. Ikndrews, are you
agreeable to this' proposal ? I ,said yes, certainly-
-1 was: He asked me if I would give nij: consent ?
I. said, certainly I did, knowing that, my daughter'sN
,affe6tion was -fixed on him, and Wishing.them both,
to be happy. The Licence that was laid-before my
'daughter by the Defendant was afrerwards obtained
from. her by. t.heßeadier 'Mt. 'l.',lotrison desired me
and my.daughter to go and see the house which he
intended to -live in with my-daughter after mar..
riage. I weot by his invitation to see the house
myself ; and it met with my approbation, much
more. so indeed than I expetied, The ;Defendant
never yisited -my daughter after .-the Beadle had the
Licence.

On her cross-exatnination by Mr. Ginrs, she
said the Defendant visited my daughter as a suitor,
but never spoke, to tue on the subjed until the ring
was produced; he never "asked my 'leave-4,ong
before that, I understoOd -he meant to make my
daughter his wife ; I thought he should have asked
me as well as my husband; and I was'ft little piqoed,
that he had asked my husband in my absence; for
leave to. address my daughter in marriage : I
thought the compliment ought, in point of form,
to have been paid• to me, in company with my
husband, and not to him alone.—The whole transac-
tion, hoWever; is quite. odd—he has aced like an
unaccountable man, as it has turned out he
altogether,7,74l am certain lie is an unaccounta-
ble' man ; and he has made himself a misera-
ble man through his own miscondua, and he has
very, nearly got rid of his misery and of himself
by it.—l apprehend, if he had married my daugh.
ter, this misery would not have happened. In 'the
former conversations I had with him about marry-
ing my daughter, I was not piqued, because he had
not, brought things to that pitch which he did 'by
producing the Ring and the Licence.
'Mr. Justice BLANc.—" You have now got
the Witness to a matter of mere etiquette, Mr:

The Witness then proceeded.--L" The Defendant
and my. daughter never had any difference together
—but all on the sudden the match went off like
smock,.. without rhyme .or reason. He absented
himself from my daughter withdut any "reason.--
I had once a conversation with him, but no
quarrel. He had abiented hiniself for three
weeks from my daughter,, after the ring was.bought
and. presented— After that he came home, and we
had.some conversation together. He-acknowledged
tha,t he had not -aded rightly, and ,he invited me to
comeover .the next day, and see his house, which I
did, and he sent for my daughter: We afterwards
took a walk together up the City Road, for' about
an hour ; and he and my daughter were in perlea
good humour with each other. I hate a lady here
who will prove that. After this, I never saw him
at our House."

[She added some things about the Ring and
Licence, which were not very material, and there-
fore, we pass them by.]
Joseph Haws, the Beadle, proved, that he was
desired by the Defendant to apply to the Plaintiff
(in April or May last, but could not tell the day),
for the Licence ; that he did so, and that she gave
it to him, and that he delivered it acccrdingly to the
Defendant.

It appeared in Evidence, that the )efendant was
married to Ann. Gardner, on the 9th of Aug. iBo
Mr. GIBS then addressed the jury-on behalf of
the Defendant, and urged, all the topics that he
thought of use to his Client : tha: he was very
foolish indeed, as appeared by the evidence against
him; he was described as an unaccountable man,
that he was not possessed of ikny such property as