New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-01-20
THE FORREST DIVORCE CASE.
..,iue N. Forrest ". Edwin Forrest-Ed-
tahs. rorrest vs. Catharine y. Forrest.
UpERIOR COURT-BEFoRE JrDoE UAALLI.
~ TwrsrY. SEVENTH DAY.---Moniay, Jan. IL.

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~, Broadway ny occ.pla u IS the SAT- hsi
ID snow WIN. VI. Do'y rave done 50 aoou.
sS,.srs cannot say pce1fely a. 70 she tiihe
rave heard people speak 4sa,"sI hm ano peopie i9i
The general speech, } should say, was bad
s.rm ,be general speech aoCd, him would believe
h'i gtasrss 4 Berfne swora ~ Nr Van B.-Am a
sotcher II market have d -Hsh' dc4na.n;an WIN
M Dot, have so Tor fOrr o. tFc years have hea'd
ronsicerahe about the man ~ 70 MS general chaI-
Il ctsr as far as out COOf speech, but little depend
nee suppose, could be placed supposed the gen
srsl character IS ratner uafav 'rao-e.
Rob,yf fgsgfh, sTOrn-fy Ir. Van B.-Am IN
o,s,er dealer krO8 Wa y. Dply Rave done 50
Eur or Eve wears cannot ty until since this case,
have heard anything Indifferent OF hun
BE- w NC-Ffom all I en- and heard OF Nr.
Dots. except SINCE he has been examined here
would believe him On oata.
b. w. Van B-since me tliai have heard some
PEOPLE speak favorable and sone uniayoraole.
Mrs Frances n. Germainc, s6Orn By uT Van 49,
Reside Al Troy am widow my nusoan1s name
was John u. am sister OF Mrs. DemlDg | was IN
this City the fall OF as and stayed at my SISTERS
Mrs DemMg's.
Q.-NaS yOur attention called at any time 10 duy
thing al Mr. Forests house
A Or t4ac, was about rel iag. and saw gen.
,leman wIth light complexion 20 not knoH who IL
was with his arm round Mrs. touests snoulders
,he,rb backs we're 70 the NlLl0w they were IN that
,osition ABOUT 5 minutes 10 Nas between IL ana IL
O'clock al night the lady mad 0een pointed OUT 10
me as Mrs Forrest / hal seen her IN the garden,
and had ESQ - en- her Inc IOraly with dr. fOi-
rest the lady went to the taOC aud turned and the
gentleman followed her the renamed IN mat pO-
stlon or minutes, and ltn ne room her lace
was then toward me and SOW her distinctly. by the
gas light, which was over The table tney lett the
room together the gentleman passed his arm round
MIS- Forests waist and ihey 80 LEFT the room the
gentleman was not Mr. Forrest Mr. Forrest was not
IA town he vas from town. playing an engagement
do not SnOg where when tney moved round 10 the
tAble could also see the gerileman's lace called
the attention to 1t Of Mr. and Mrs Demng had
not looked but for moment Whcn calico 'hemi
they III AN adjoining room
Q-WeIe you t0d VINO the gentleman was
Objected &c by Mr. O'CoDOr The Court SAID Mr.
Deming could state. Mr. Ven Buren, said Nj De
ming IN ns testimony has state 70 be y T. Wills
The Court thought that suftc elt
By Nj OC--I was at ny sisters that time year
II was tie fail OF the year very seldom go 10 tue
theater was not that fall have seen Mr.. foTesI
on the stage once between Two and three years pc
fore this II was my usual renng hour, very little
after al IL vas my retiring hour kne" MI. L.
was playing an engagement. by the papers cannon
say where DO not thLS ever sa" any other laoy
IN that library have only seen her younger sister,
Virginia, members Of the family besides Mrs
Forrest
EhzobeN D,a,ing. sworn By W Van B.-My hus.
bands rane IS EgDert Demng resided IN fall OF
AS in Twenty-hrst ST., where / am new the garden
fence Of Nh. IS house came against ours Mrs.
Germaine called myself AM Mr- ID. 70 see Mrs For
rest and Il gentleman standing IN the nOraIy the
gentleman Was etdHuLht Ut' Hti WIN MS oih
thrown around her shoulders their backs were to-
ward they then changed thelr position and
went round The table, which brought their faces d.
recty toward me the gas-iIght was directly over
the table could then see Their faces distinctly plain
previously could their backs and the position IN
which theJ stood the lady was Mrs Forrest the
gentleman was n Z Wills.
4 By Dir. OC-Had never spoken to MIS-: tOHest
or TO n =. Willis had often seen Mr.. Willis be-
fore never been III the same room, In company
with him have frequently seen nm IN the street
have seen Mrs. Forests youngest sister never
seen any other female belonging 70 herfarnly never
saw two ladies at once IN that library could very
distinctly see into the library Of an evening when the
gas light Was lit There is a French window that
opens 10 the piazza like door 1t was through
thai saw them the other window was also open
We have lived in the house DO nearly four years
was INST supenasd last Setufdt,.
By M Van knew Mrs FarroN by her being
pointed out TO me, and seerg her IN the library
with NJ. Forrest
By Nj. O'C 1T was the fail of the year cannot
say which month 1t cool weather we kept
window closed
7Aos q. S.n,fh, recalled BY Nr. Van B.-Made
the diagram here shown OF house IN 22d-st III was
shown 10 the jury when YOU stand III nan OF lnifd
story you can have iull view oil the ki'cheh
stairs ,..
the difficulty between Mr. Forrest and Mr.. Macreaoy
was mentioned she SAID they did not disagree on
that poirt She agreed with Mr.. +. that the manner
in which he had used Mr.. Forrest he could not for
give hiw she agreed with Mr.. Forrest IN relation
to IT, except as TO the tone OF the card ne issued az
phadel phia il was in January, lsi9, the January
previous to the Apnl OF Their separation she SAID
she thought the language OF ne card stronger thsh
she admired.
Thnt heard of the ntenled separation IN Janu-
AIRY Mrs Forrest told me-. ihe witness SAID ne
was wrong as TO the time, u " as somewhere about
March when they though, ~ starting again on the
bucmr AT Font nili, which had been covered up Tor
the winter j Nh Forrest never spoke TO me ABOUT
By an OC--The convors zion as to Mr.. Mac
ready was az the time she Sposc 10 me OF the sepa-
vtlon there rs one fence dividing Mr.. + S house IN
Twenty s,cOnd.St. from Mr. Oemmss IN Trenty-
first ST.
BY a Jror-Should suppose II 10 De about 100 feet
from the rear OF Mr. FORESTS house to the rear OF
Mr.. Jennings house The depth from 22d to 2lsl-St
70 about 1876 feet, OF which the Two houses occupy
about 90 feet.
by ne court--The line Of vision from the center
Of the rear of Mr. Forests house 70 the nearest
rear window OF Mr.. Demins's is an elevation OF
about 25 feet.
Geo. Roberts was called by Mr.. Van B.-Winess
did not answer
Mr.. Van b said be would here rest, reserving he
testimony OF DR.. Gregory, Of Connecticut, who pro-
missed to be here, and probably NIL.
MI. OC. read from page 2S5 # the printed book
the sffidavit of Chas IL FIencn, IN employ of Leeds
suctioneefs of Wall st said on ri Nov, 1919. Mr.
+ purchased two sofas and gave orders for them TO
be sent 10 his place IN WeStchester Co., which was
done. This is IN reference y residence
Mr. orc. then offered 10 read the deposition OF
mson who mas testified M Van L. said they bad
sent IN relation to The commission, hut could get no
account OF the matter rUe cause was, no DOUBT,
the commission not having been executed by the
partes to whom addressed The person IN the com
mission IS Ferry, while The Signature Is Terry. IL
VAS to Horace Ferry, and signed Ores Terry. MI.
UC. CoHtended II was the same party. Mr. Van Is.
said even thing about The commission IS OF char
acter that ought not To be admitted unless regular.
1t is iueconclls1le rs 90 time and clrcp instances,
and is IN contradiction q her husband and the other
Witnesses iiom these. Nr. &C. said thai would be
IN their favor. As To the commission they could
send 1t back II necessary.
Mr.. orc. thought the commission regular, as thee
Is but one Mr. Ferry, cOnnSe liOI-a1aw. ~ Norwalk,
and at two points of this the name IS evidently Fer
~ the onl, difference is as 10 Horace and Ores.
The COuTs thought l. m'gGt De read, the name APP
pears to be the one intended. Nr. Van L. objected.
his ace position, the Court VII see. IN which the
counsel Tor defendant should have been present
Mr.. ON did not nov read T.. Would read IT, he
aid pc haps, IN the course o! the morning.
Nc orc put IN evidence four letters, beng con.
sxualion OF Mr.. T. - Mrs 4.
BcSroN, Oct Ia. lStS.
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