Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1804-07-14
SINGSUL.fR LdJY C.dSE.
TRIAL FOR 3IGAMY.

Thomas Hong S~nlas Hoag, late of Ha-
elias dictus yerstraw, in the county of
.fosrth Parker. Rockland, labourcr, o.
therwise called Joseph Parker. now of the
City of New York, cartman, on the Sih
of May, 1897, at the said city of New
York, was lawfully married to Susan Fcasch
and the said Susan, then and there had for
a wife, and that the said Thomas, alias
&c. SC. sc. afterwards. 10 wit, Oh the ash
day of December, 1900, at the county Of
Roctland, his said wife being then in full
life, feloniously did marry, and to wife
did take one Catharine Sscor, sc. &c.
sc.
10 this the prisoner pleaded Not Guilty.
Mr.. Riker. District Attorney, prosccut-
ed on the part of,,he People.
Washington Morton, and
Daniel ID. Tompkins, Esqs. were Of
counsel for Prisoner.
The testimony in the cause was as fol-
lows: The first marriage was admitte d Ly
the counsel Tor the prisoner, 10 be as stat.
ed in the Indictment, and that the wife
was still alive.
Or the florf Of khe Prosecution.
Benja1a ~ Coc, testified that he was
one Of the Judges of the court of Com
mon Pleas, in the county of Rockland -
That he we'll knew the prisoner at the
bar, that he came to Rockland in the be-
ginning of September in the year 1900
and there passed. by the name Of Thomas
Hoag, That there was a person with him
who passed for his brother; but between
those two persons there was no sort OF re-
semblance, that the prisoner worked for
the witness about a month. during which
time he eat daily ~ witnesses table, and
he of course saw him daily--that on the
25th day of December, 1900, witness
married the prisoner 10 one Catharine Sc
cor, that witness is confident of the time
because he reco.lecled that on that very
day, one Of his own children was chris
tened-That during all the time prisoner
remained in Rockland county, witness saw
him continually; he was therefore as
much satisfied that prisoner was {. homas
Hoag, as that he himself was Benz min
Coe.
John K,afk, testified, that he knew the
prisoner in 1900 and 1901, he was then
in Rockland county, and passed by the
name of Thomas Hoag, that he saw him
constantly for FIVE months, during the time
the prisoner was at R"ckland-that he
was at prisoners wedding that Hoag had
a scar under his foot the way that wit
ness knew it, was; witness and Hoag
were leapiog together, ard witness out
leaping HoaR--upon which Hoag remark
ed, that he could not leap as we'll now as
ne formerly could, before he received
wound in his foot by ,readng on a draw
ing llniIe--that Hoag then pulled Off his
shoes and showed witness the scar under
his foot, occasioned by that wound the
scar was very eptible-wilpess was
confident prisoner at the bar, was Thomas
Hoag.
Cafharine ConkIin Formerly Catbarine Sc
cor, since married 10 one COmkln,) testified,
that she became acquainted with prisoner
in the beginning of September 1900, when
he came to Rockland; he then passed by
the name of Thomas Hoag--that witness
saw him constantly-that prisoner short
Iy alter their acquaintance, paid his ad-
dresses 10 her and finally on the 25th De-
cember, married her that he lived with
her till the latter end of March 1901,
when he left her; that she did not see him
again until two years after--lhat on the
morning of his leaving her, he appeared
DESTROYS of communicating something of
importance to her, but was dissuaded
from it by person who was with him and
who passed for his brother--that lInag
until his departure, was kind, attentive
and alleetionate husbaDd-that she was as
well convinced as she could possibly be
of any thing in this world, that the prise
ner at the bar was the person who MARI
ed her by the name of Thomas Roag-
that she then thought him and still thinks
him, the hanJ:omest man she ever saw.
Lilere the prosecutor rested the cause.1
DEFENCE.
FDitneSS f6T P,iSOner.
Josehh ChadrDiek, testified, that he had
been acquainted with the prisoner Joseph
Parker, number Of years that witness
resides in this city, is rigger by trade
that prisoner worked in the employ Of the
witness a considerable time as rigger--
that prisoner began to work for witness
IN September, 1893, and continued to work
for him until The spring Of l8Ol--that du
ring that period he saw him constantly
thatit appeared from witnesses books, that
Parker received money from witness for