The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1867-06-21

fore Christmas; but paid him no wages
as / could not afford it. He assisted
me, in return, for his board. He left
my house the Saturday before Christ.
mas with the avowed intention oi
visiting his grandmother, who lived in
Goochland county, about fifteen miles
from Richmond. He told me he would be
back in few days. I did not see him
again until the 18th or goth of February,
when he came in my store. He was also
in the store q few days afterward. He
took his clothes away on the 26th. I re-
member the date, as sold out on the 25th,
and he left the day after. He said he had
been in Goochland to see his grandmother,
and in Fredericksburg to see other rela-
tives. He did not tell me what he intended
to do, and never mentioned his marriage.
He always acted as single man.
The question whether he had acted to-
wards ladies as married man elected OBJ
.jections from prisoners counsel. Colonel
Young responded by stating that his object
was to prove that Phillips had so far con-
cealed his marriage that he had frequently
been absent from his wife, only visiting
her at long intervals, and that going now
to see her he had palpably misstated his
intention. He had traced them to town
only few days before the body was found
in Drinkers woods, and that the prisoner
had deceived every one with whom he
came in contact in regard to his marriage.
1t was now for the purpose of showing
whether the prisoner had conducted him.
self as a married man or not that this vital
and important question was asked.
Colonel Johnson repeated his protest in
the most earnest and excited manner, elo-
quently insisting that such triiling and
irrelevant questions should not bel asked.
If the evidence was received, he desired
the reporters who were to publish these
things to the world particularly to state
that it was admitted under the continued
protest of the counsel for the prisoner at
the bar. He closed by stirring appeal to
the court, invoking it yet to change its de-
cision.
The witness resumed: I never saw the
prisoner with lady more than once or
twice. He told me at one time that he
had addressed young lady, mentioning
her name. / do not remember how we
came to talk about it, but he told me in
confidence. He told me Of a young man
and lady who were engaged to be married,
and the young man in question had re-
quested him Uhe accused) to address the
lady, and he did so merely to oblige his
friend. He said also that he was CORE
spending with a young unmarried lady out
of town during last fall. While he was
with me he always acted like an unmar-
ried man, but conducted himself very pro-
perly.
He told me after he had taken his
clothes away that he was staying with his
uncle. When he first came to town, on
the 18th, he told me that he had just ar
rived from Fredericksburg. / saw him
frequently between the day that he came
and the day on which he got his clothes.
Cross examined: Phillips always bore
an excellent character while with me. He
was instrumental in my going into buSi-
ness, and we expected to go into it to-
gether, but were disappointed in getting
the money. He said he had visited the
young lady with whom he tlirted both
during and since the war. | thought him
perfectly trustworthy, or would never
have kept him in my employ.
The prisoner looked steadily at this wit
ness during the whole time, scarcely
turning gaway for an instant.
The Court adjourned at balfpast 5
o'clock Z. NJ, after sitting Of over eight
hours. The examination will be continued
at 10 o'clock this morning. Several wit
nesSeS for the prosecution are yet to be
called, and we learn that fourteen have
been summoned for the defence.