Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1859-04-15
General 1HtsrrIlanu.
From Colburn's New Monthly.
THE GRAND ASSIZE CAUSE.
nY THE AUTHOR or "AsHLEY."

commenced that morning. Monday, and the
great cause was on. Carr y. Carr.
Not that the cause was any thing so very
great in itself; only the good citizens of Rv-
erton had taken il up and magnify it into one.
1t turned upon the legitimacy of Robert Carr.
now dead if that could be proved. his Wild
ow and children would inherit the fortune of
his grandfather. if not. that fortune went TO
more distant relatives. Squire Carr and his
son Valentine.
Robert Carr's father whose name was also
Robert had written A document upon his
deatb-bed TO the eject that he had been mar
ricd in Riyerton. at the Church of St. James
the Loss, but tbis document had been mis-
laid until after the death of Robert Carr His
widow found il and dispatched IL 10 Mr.
Fapntlerov the Riyerton solicitor who was
conductinJ their cause. Mr.. Fauntlerov. unon
receipt of The important letter. sent a clerk
10 search the REGISTER of St. James the Less.
and there the marriage was found. duly en-
tered. This was the preyious autumn and
Mr. Fauntlerov bpgoed himself and buoved
up Mrs. Carr With he certainty of success !;
whom inst unor the eassi1c tho ,,n,cconntohle
discovery WAS made that no entry Of tbem mar
riaee was in the reoister Mr. Fauptlerov-
tboogb he had mot himself seen it-nsserted
that # had been there, and must have been
taken ont. and tho other sido hold IN II that
tbc marria,,o had ncyor ,,Ion ,lace and tho
entry had never been there.
The trial came on obont tvo in the after
noon. and il progressed eouablv nm to five
then there arose n 6erce discussion topcbing
the register. Mr.. Fauntlerov's counsel. Ser
rsant Wrangle declaring that the marriage
was there up to very recently and Mvnn
and Mvnn's counsel. Sergeant Siftcm ridi-
culing the assertion. Mvnn and Nlvnn being
the LAWYERS for Squire Carr. The Judge or
dered the register to be produced.
IL was brought into court and examined.
The marriage was not there. neither was
there any sion of It's having been abstracted
Lawrence Omer was called. Mr. Fantlerov's g
clerk. and he testified to having searched the
register. seen the marriage. and copied the
names of the witnesses to it, In proof Of
which he rendered his pocket-boof. where
the names were written in pencil.
Up rose Seaeeant Siltem. "What dav was
this. prav ;"
81 forget the precise dav.. It was in Oc-
tober."
"And so YOU think Won saw the marriage
of Robert Carr and Martha Ann Hughes
there :"
81 am sure saw If. replied Mr.. Omer.
"Were YOU alonc;"
81 looked over the book alone. Hunt. the
clerk of the church. was present in the YES
trv"
at must appear 10 the Jury as singular
thing that Won only. and nobody else. should
have seen this mysterious entry" continued
Sergeant SiNem
"Perbans nobody else looked forit tbev'd
have seen IL if tbev had. shortly returned
the witness who felt himself an a,grievod
man. and smoke like one. since half the town
had publicly accused him of having zone
down TO 81. James in his sleep. and seen the
entry in A dream alone.
"Does it not strike YOU. witness. as being
extraordinary that tbis ono narticular entry
profcsscd to have been seen by your ewes. and
by yours alone. should have been distracted
from book safely kent under lock and kew 80
pursued Sergeant Sifem. Il am mistaken If
IL would mot strike an intelGyent man ns he
ing akin TO an impossibilitv."
mo, it does not strike me so. But events
hard Of belief bapnen sometimes swear
the marriage was in the book last October
why il is mot there no,v IS the extraordinary
n,rt n ,be aa,;r -
II was no use to cross-evamiro the yvitness
further he was cross and obstinats and per-
sisted in his storv SERGEANT Siftem dismiss
ed him and HINT was called the clerk Of
the church. who came bobbling in.
The old man rambled in bis evidence but
the noint Of il was tbat he d;dn't heliavo anv
abstraction had bcon made not he II mnst
be farce 10 sunpose il a crotcbet of tbat
great lawyer. Fauntleroy how conld tbe
register he touched when he himself kent il
sure and sacred. the kew of The safo in a hid
inc place in the vestry. and the kew of the
church han,in0 mn in his own house ontside
his kitchen door His rector said il had
bocn robbod and in course he couldn't stand
ont m his hco as II hadn't bpt he we're ,non
his oath now and must sneak tbo truth with
ant sbrinIin,
Serrcant Wranglo roso Ma he rooan to
tell tbe conrt that bo never saw or read tbc
entry Of tbe n,arriago;
No he never Aid He hoard saw os II yere
there. but he never 1ookod
"But Won woro nresert ,ybon tho witness
Omer examined the register ;" ncrsistcd Ser
geant Wranple
master Omor wouldn't ba oot to examine
it, unless had been. nv lord and inrv " ro-