Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1859-07-21

tAat 1swas recorded in the reeister. Curiosity
induc "a me to turn back and read il. ~ 'iT
:" You both saw and read il, ,, - continued Ser
geant .Wrangle. FJI 20 -.
"a both saw 1t and read it, replied Er.
Nilberforce. t-~s H--uELW-8 -
. Then you testify that II was undoubtsdly
fhsre2''i'5'..s - ,,.. ,,--,a --,.z'I7 90
sss.Most certainly it wasn ,1s .eze - 80 80
goodness to remember that he il upon his oath. -
cried Sergeant Siftsm, imprudsntly bobbing
=. S,rr'' wss Che indignant rsbuks Of the
clergyman. sYou forget to whom you are
speaking, he added, amidst the dead silence
Of the court. r7e -.aF g.. .,ai,af p 49,, 81
seosn you. remember the words wrisen.s'
resumed Sergeant Wrangls. So s.jy-E-r,s :
- The entry was property made; in the same
manner that the others were, Of that period.
Robert Carr and Martha Ann Hughes had
signed 10; also her brother and sister a. wit
nesses.' DIE ' -'"A| q 's |!
:" You have do doubt that the entry was
there, then, Mr.. WiIberforce''r' observed the
my lord, y cried the reverend gentleman.
somewhat nettled at the question, "I csnr be-
lieve my own eyes. am not moro certsin
that I am now giving evidence before your
lordshiP. than am that the fnarrisgs was in
the register" rnEH ft.. lEH - -
g 1t is not in now" said the judge.
=" No, my lord; it must have been cleyerly
= q The whole leaf, presumed" said Sergeant
Wrangle. ~ - 49, -
Undoubtedly The marriage, entered be-
low Robert Carr's was that Of Sir Thomas Eal-
ing; I read that also, with its long string Of
witnesses: that Is also gone" ,r s.. +.
:" Can you account for its disappearance?n
ask ad Sar0aant Wranula -
Mot in the least, wish could; and find
out the offenders" rr'E --.
The incumbent of the parish at that time
is no longer living, believe observed Ser
geant Wrangle. - 49,
= He has been dead many years." replied
living since then. But 1t was not the incum-
bent who married them; it Was q strange cler-
gyman who performed the ceremony, friend
Of Robert Csrr's." ...-- :, q .. ~
How do you know that" snapped Sergeant
Siftem, bobbing up again.
- Because he signed the register as having
performed it," replied Mr.. Wilberforce, con-
fronting the Sergeant with q look as undaunted
as his own. - .r '5 w
What cared Sergeant Siftem for being con-
fronted! 'How do you know he was friend of
Robert Carr 81" went on he. as ~.
- In that speak from hearsay. But there
are many men of this city, older than am,
r.
and Robert Carr were upon exceedingly inti-
mate terms; they can testify it to you, if you
choose to call them" ..r
Sergeant Siftem growled and sat down.
ALLOW me to ask you, SIR" continued Ser
geant Wrangle, whether the marriage, being
entered there, is not proof ofits having taken
place?" '....-.. ..
/" Most assursdly, " replied Mr.. Wilberforce.
"a proof indisputable."
But courts Of justice, judges, and jury re-
quire ocular and demonsfrative proof. 1t il
probable there was not q soul in court inolu-
ding the judge and Sergeant Siftem, but be-
lieved the evidence of tho Reverend Mr. Will
6erforce, even had they choose to doubt that of
Lawrence Omer; but the rgister negatively
testified that there had been no marriage, and
upon the register, in law, must rest the onus of
proof. Had there been positive evidence not
negative, Of the abstraction of the leaf from
the register, had thu register itself afforded
such, the aspect OF affairs would have been very
different. When the court rose that night the
trial had advanced down to the summing-up of
the judge, which was deferred till morning;
but it was felt by everybody that the summin ng
up would be dead against the client of Mr.
Fauntleroy, and that Squire Carr had gained
the cause.
The Squire and his son Valentine, and Mynn
and Mynn, and one or two of the lesser guns Of
the bar, but not the great gun, Sergeant Sif
TEN, took late dinner together, and drank
toasts, and were as merry and uproarious as
success could make them and Biyerton out
side, echoed their sentiments-that cute old
Fauntleroy had not q leg to stand upon.
Cute old Fauntleroy-'cute enough, good
ness knew, in general-was thinking the same
thing, as he took a solitary chop in his own
house. After the meal was finished he sat
over the ire in q dreamy mood, he scarcely
knew how long, and full of vexation.
An hour or so previous to that, Henry Arkell
was in his home, not at his lessons, as was Gus
t)msry at that hour, but idly talking with his
mother, when Cook esley. the second senior of
college-schOol came in, Mr.. Wilberforce having
| sent him to inquire after Arkell.
'Ohi 1 think my head is little better to-
| night, Cookesley," was his reply.
"Such a game" cried Cookesley evil
berforce has been at the assizes all the after
noon; he had to give evidence about that re-
gister business, and Robert worked himself in
to q passion, trying to domineer over US upper
boys, but Of course we were not going to let
him. Isn't Aultane in fury. though, about
the medal business
"Is the Carr cause over?" interrupted Mrs.
Arkell -
.'All but the summing up of the Judge and
the verdict, ma'am," replied Cookesley 1T
is virtually over, for, in consequences of the
| abstraction from the register the verdict must
60 against Mrs. Carr. Mr.. Wilberforee saws
| il is cruel injustice upon her and her chill
dren.'
1.-The verdict would have been for her, had
not the leaf been taken out Of the register"
cried Henry, lifting his head.
''Of course it would, for it proved the mar
| riage, People are saying that if there were