New-York daily tribune., 1856-03-27
La w IN2ELLIGENCK.
INTERESTING TRIAL FOR DIVORCE.
TIE CASE or RICHARD cox AGAINST ELLEN
OATUFRISE COX.


Te a,tendance Of spectators in court yesterday was
very large snd the number who sought admission
were many tunes greater thsa that which tue rom
could contain
Atll!o ocolck. the counsel for tue paintiF elected
the suboined evidence:
Nathaniei T. Hicks, won. en- Lieutenant Of
a he Station H.u fsT March. lS55
Mr. Gerard ok"tel TO the wnt = y o. o"s who . To-
Mr. hAst sad be would examine the WINES. a. - ehs'
@ 10 you know Harry A C.rhsr, A have kno~p hi
three years have him frequently have ue's heard snJ
afer At tb. time he came TO the station H1u!.
rerson aeted who hsd assaulted him At he grocery store 10
Wilism T. Tai svors-I reside =, No q Horatio street
am ,sshnsEer have known Hamilton Boone nearly iouI
know genera characters have never heard anysns
lin except ooe or two oceaaion'; woad eOp@ler him
@ Have you seen that paper befOrs' A. Have.
M sehsfe-It letter of of Boone wrs
t's By ms1 wh9 know & 6 R, T9s %s{ fAo the witness
Caroline Meeter, :won,o Were you "a Court when Eliza
Pratt examined 4 was, sir' ,...... ,., .,.,.-
q DID bear aUy eonversa'on between her and AnotaeF
E}r Gerard objected to this evidence Admitted
q Where did the conversation take place A On toe other
% q on raf the DAY of Er- Prsrs examination Ys.
MIR ., 6 re sd ihsh or Other a. & a og me tns t 5
we called the yesterday the! sat each other
q Whist the oouver.ao6 A. They sit.ins close
side ney hsd te.ed Of them s.sed which Mrs Cox
other POINTED and said That is then the dFst ons sad
She has been house two or three tunes but have
he coyrIWhich ore said this A ons Of the two-I 4,
not know which
q How far you they sitting at the tune A One
v as sitting that we both leaned against the back Of
the saue chair. the other -; close 70 her
O. here DO you re-idel At No 3r Fourth avenue l
bsve been subIeIsed On both sides
CTssexanlbed-Q Are you relative of the Plaintiffs a.
My moiber. brother married hA moleI
AN acousiued with Henry A. CahsI knew him two years
ago dO know that am acqqsnted with he general ehsr
seer have heard people sesk Of him who tnew him h,
char good a. far a. know know no reason why
would not beiev. him under oath
question to whether he knew the person whom h senior
spoke Of coming rio bis store aid to know she was de-
The Court said would not b. admissible
Oeose b. Hall sworn know Henry A caiaaEt and Hap'
Boone bad krowledse OF lis general character
l would bot believe him under oath
Cos e,smine-I kne~ Boone time aiier the Merie,n
war; him in tbs City Of New York have met him in
NJ sy every saloon in Nelork inde ondent Of saloon. aud
with him "a great deal 1919; have been other
places thsn aoos hotels With him have heard hun spoken
by those bo knew him we'll Of whom were not IA the
habit of going to saloons did not zee him IN Mexico; va.
caPsin OF The hewYGrk vounos5 10, .,,u,i,., With -,
hart. sud not intimately sequaIned wth haaiIion n
Boone ,udge from what have heard don't think bis char
Cross sssminsdHa,e 20 bushes. at the present. lime
case being closed,
Mr. Gerard proceeded TO deliver tbs
ARGUMENT FOR The .DEFENDAST,
which vas tstsuuslly as follows
Gentlemen Of The Jury IN anayzins tho general evidence in
tbs will eDdesyoI not TO fatigue Joq by going over ~
desu ihs testimony Of oil the witnesses ia the cause shall
so % se sn S trerSs Ite sbS Se smd vii eoas
-ef he big bugs no have appeared and will endeiv0r
Ssg,e anS trust to your judsnsu shall take ihe sues
which you passed upon 70 try Iss7e. are framed upon
ths aeienoeu pu % ~, "a .r .d .g.i., ne, IN ,b In
I W lat
tho threshold Of this that the counsel instead Of confans
themselves to tho 4esu9n against IN !ady wanted 70 80
o far thought hsi II we met the afnlieres which
o bn. ss time ani yours whehe h dsend.n
life bad OF indifferent previous to her marrisse am
informed whether one or ne o'her hsl 20 70
tbs Therefore would meet the 50 eide i';nss which Tsrs
IT, and that IS enough TO satisfy the ordinary mind The
Judge supreme, and he rightly ruled s' insdmsbe lie
sn..y bns asanst snd second because
s aess geo ms sSs o%. b a 'i % wRn be made
his comrant, how could he ask US 20 meet him heTi
took s"0 her be made no compliant against her thea
bse1g' sgDy hsi ofsa t eSss som sa w & ai
the alesa' ons woulj be suT9ed y pe!uiy lua saod %
TO receive the testimony of e witnesses where it would be
difficult meet the i.e CHARGE. "ne'Ss being scattered
Il meauesi oHer prove ateeien charcteT when they
knew ell eou2i the evidence would be excluded and when
show thing which trsnsPred anterior 70 May Il 1851
E Ser 5 isdy They went to her sister 70 get fscts
ii ,Ley could =, last appeal this Court protection
sgast Dsrua,ion Of umofs and s;anst the repetition Of
osers bch tho has shut thna have seen
enough such action, atd that you are ready to Try
that las Been made against her-hat OF aiutery.
viii Sye You full swing Investigation The facts within
limits tl do not come uppcant as1ins Tor
mercy, ask justice only We dont ask sympahy there
by further offers to introduce Illegal evidence
for the puuose OF pTeueicng the minds OF this Jay
begin with the certificate ~ the marriage Of defendant TO
l.iG by tie Rev Dr. Hawks Calvary Chvrch and sss
ak ths Court charge that when these Persn married saoa
wss Of unwpsoLed character Now II '9ey can cast nay es
ub. feeling shalt approach the You are ssscd TO tear
ur certificate eni suLder whom God and ths law hath
joined together Il Wss on any ohei gIouhd tnn ths' o
adultery she would ask you 20 dissolve tbs tie II were de-
70 leave The Court room II she hep with brand Of in
fanny upon her Sd Curtis RepOr SOL in the
evidence be relied tie purpose proving identity
elsw dat this !. criminal proceeding ard MT evA
rot by wonsn The he is convicted aot njured
hsorene "A soon orgoon MOI 80 poor wonah' once
bsppress e1tiu aushed Therefore the IL" say: that al
Sd ard Ihsncey RepOrts and ao 70 ID Psie Reports
2 going the dea hat the adultery should be charged
wb reasonable certainty in 'He place and person foa
Try this The four frst issues il this case that she
United adultery with four men named In the NTH issue
sie charged with committing adultery with al men ID general
.nd DO msa in raTticuu (lsuahtsI The first charge
ssans, M Glhooy most respectable meehant Under his
cath this plaintiff charges hs; IN Msy, June Ja!y AI.u'i
sry February March an. April 1874 and also al iaoush 1852
that she com'ted adultery with Lin. He commeEees from the
be ioos hefat ihe sI DIVA to tour Jesi and h Do
the int as counsel say tha when the ceremony Sagons on
in Ci,sry Cfufch favored lover wa piesent Who was
that man GihSsey they Say wig & was most 'Sans onGusa
cy that bad with ih defendant shasns her hand
The only tne be say le s,ss "s.Ae % 20 hs = hbs a sc &c
pous pilgrimage 70 he grave oi he deso 70
railing erected around bis The next man ehsssi
wss oung man younger than Glhooey wnom hi. woman
ever WHO died Octobef 1881 Aai ye' hst maa
fIJ with a:s1 man iot '~I ySais S .c.I an 81 ~
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