Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-03-21

MY lord, lear have made an incorrect
answer; misunderstood counsel. IL<J'
The OhefJustice: will take the answer
you have given, and then you can make any
explanation you may think proper.
Witness My lord, talked of marriage,
but did not propose it. understood Ser
geant Armstrong as having asked me if l
proposed marriage, which did not.
Sergeant Armstrong: State in what terms
marriage has been spoken Of. | spoke of it
as, under the circumstances in which ] was
placed, thing | could not enter into or en-
gage with Miss Longworth. was in the
habit Of seeing her at General Straubensees
hut for about three or four weeks. did not
during that period propose for or make an
offer Of marriage to the lady.
Did you during that period repeat more
than once what you have already stated as
TO your circumstances 2 After consider
able pausel said it once for all I never
went back of it. .I-..., ti-., -..it ...,sr d, A.,
Do you recollect. whether you did repeat
it2 left it upon the one statement.
Dou you recollect having absented your
self during that period for any time from
General Straubersee's hut2 l recollect no
such interval.
Did you propose to her there secret mar
riage2 did not.
Did you 90 on your knees and implore her
to go where and get married2 l did
not. iF.H H III.
Did you 60 on your knees at all while on
board the steamer2 After a good deal of
hesitatiOn.l No, my lord.
Had you to get up from your knees several
times as sailors had to step across2 No, l
had not. There were very few people on
board.
Did any familiarities take place between
you on that Occasion2 Yes.
Sfata what tbav Hrara and xyhara G;tt;rr,
on the raised poop of the vessel, | sat with my
arms around herwaist, and kissed her several
times, and attempted to take other liberties.
The Chief Justice: What were. they7
Witness: Toward attempting to take pos
session of her. r.ts IL HH
The Chief Justice: In other words, you
attempted her virtue2 .TOgI TTrHl
Witness: did (sensation); shall explain.
The Chief Justice here intimated it as his
opinion that ladies ought to leave the court.
THE ladies', with the exception Of the per-
sonal friends of the parties, having left the
court after good deal of apparent reluct-
ance, the Chief Justice having had to per-
sonally demonstrate with some of them in-
dividually, pointedly informing them that if
they had any modesty they should leave.1
Sergeant Armstrong called on the witness
to state the nature of the attempts to which
he referred. He proceeded to do so with
great minuteness and deliberation--the de-
tails being unfit for publication.
] first saw her next at the Ship Hotel,
Leith; Miss M'Farlane was with her. saw
her for some little time alone before saw
Miss MFarlane; about an hour or 80. next
saw her at Edinburg, at Mr.. CANDLES.
saw her there repeatedly. rode out with
her. She remained there about two months
or little better. m ~ .s
I Did you, at that time, or any time in ed
inburg, propose Scotch marriage to the
lady2 l did not. 1 did not tell her what
was sufficient to constitute a Scotch mar
riage. She did not say she should be mar
ried by Catholic priest, and that she would
think it a sin if she was not married in the
church. l did not say it was the parties
themselves who conferred on each other the
sacrament of marriage and not the priest.
did not at any time read to her and get her
to read with me the marriage service out Of
the Prayer-book. i did not say "this makes
US husband and wife by the law of Scotland" :"
She never said to Miss M'Farlane in my
presence 1--WE have married each other" |
remember her leaving Edinburg and going to
Hull.
, Did you sleep with her there4 i did. Did
you sleep with her at Thomastown2 / did,
From Thomastown we went to MaIahide,
through Dublin. We were at Malahide for
five days, at Sbaw's HOTEL 81 Fr717
Do you reeollect giving any name at Mala-
hide? l do: gave the names "Mr. and
Mrs. stuart" While at Malahide we occu-
pied sitting-room on the hall floor. We
occupied the one bed room and slept to-
gether. On leaving Malahide we went to
Newry. We put up at Dransfeld's Hotel
where we stayed two nights. think gave
the name of Power there, but don't recol-
lect. We occupied bedroom there and
slept together, r. ..-r r.....-
THE MAJORS MARRIAGE.
We went from thence to Rostrevor, to
Sangsters Hotel. reoollect the Thursday
after we arrived there, and reeolleet going
to Warrenpoint on some Sunday, whether
that one or not l don't remember. ] went
with her to the door Of the Catholic Chapel
but did not attend service. l have some
recollection of her speaking to the clerk, or
some person about the chapel while she
was leaning on my arm. / recollect leaving
for Dublin about the llth of August, and
remaining for one night. 20
Did,ypu tell her you were going to Dublin
for priest-that you could get one for ESQ;
but that you thought it too much to pay /
did not. y 2 1iaIf lhE'I'J
Did she tell you on your return that she
had seen priest who would marry you, but
that dispensation was neeessary2 She
did not.
Did she tell you that she had been to the
bishop and that the dispensation had been
allowed, and that you could be married the
next morning? She did not.
Did you tell her that she ought to have
paid for the dispensation, and that YOU
would send it to Mr. Mooney Q did not.
lt.was not arranged that should 90 to high
mass the next day with her. did not 90.
went to chapel with her shortly after my
return from Dublin. a a -
Did you 60 into the ehapel2 did.
Whom did you sect Mr.. Mooney. I had
not seen or known him before. .s-ast D
Do you recollect what priest Mooney said
when you went into the chapel 2.u Where
was he when you went in2 He was on the
right OF the chapel as you enter, at the upper
end. He was outside the altar. He had
some conversation about our being late, say
ing that he expected US sooner, and had
nearly given us up. We gave an explaus-
tion, saying that it was further than we ex.
pected from the house to the chapel, and we
had gone part of the way by boat.
State what next occurred. He SPOKE 10
us both as we stood in4rOnt of him. He said
that he understood we came there to give
our consent 10 one another. said wished
him TO understand that | was not there for
any purpose of my own, but for this lady's
sake, or words to that effect. He
asked me what my religion was replied
| am not bigOted. ] am (hestation)-he
asked me again, are you Roman OatholicP
| replied, am Protestant but you Roman
Catholics don't seem TO know that we Poo
testants call ourselves Catholics. He then,
or during this conversation, was moving
round placing himself inside the altar-rsils.
BE bade usBneel down before him / rather
and looked round; listened aud
said, "TheTe must be witnesses to this.p He
replied, Where are none" He vent to lock
The door of the chapel. fes.1 ui rs,t4 .fL f.-l
AdJuror; Who locked the .doOr2 Mr.;
Mooney. g aa...r.r ..s3 -sr ~.
To Sergeant Armstrong;, While he was
locking the door Miss Longworth appealed
10 me 70 say nothing more. Mr.. Mooney
came back from, the door, placed himself
inside the altar rails We knelt down before
him him and went through a.pOrtlop of . mar
riage service. w 'Aii - Al 4 N
cRcss TX ANIMATION OF THH MAJOR.
On the Court resumipg, the defendant was
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