The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1869-08-15

When he mounted the table, on which witnesses
give their testimony in ireland, the clerk of
! the Grown proceeded to administer the cath.
just as he Concluded, Mrs. Leonard roared al
! theatop of her voice, .Don't take the Book
until -you return the william that levelled our
cabin the money he thought to buy yer sowl
With Obedient to the order, and before
touching the testament held out 10 him BY the
'crier,' Leonard thrust his hand into his
pocket, and drew forth five ten-pountI notes--
having sliakeu them so that their nuniler7
night be seen, he Addressed Sharp-.ffere's
the money ye gave me to keep myself and
Mister Brown away from this trial, took il
| that yeu mightnt suspect what was about
l knew that If wasn't at Mister Browns side,
he'd be made away with; in spite of all yer
care, carried him off safe from his jailers, and
though IN damage my own flesh and blood,
ptsi here now, ready and willing to tell the
truth" Another cheer resounded through the
court, and Sharp, having completely lost his
presence of mind, was extending his hand to
receive the proffered money, unit restrained by
Pincher, who sat beside him, The deadly
paleness of both mems faces, and the beads of
evinced the agony of their minds. Pennant's
COUNSEL moved ''that the notes be empanndedp
the witness Kissed the book, and then pro-
ceeded With his evidence, Id described how.
he had carried his sister and her female infant
to Castlemore, on the night after her confne-
pient, by an unffeqnentsd pathway across the
child had died, and that she was employed as
wet nurse ny AIRS. Martin, whose supposed
accouchrnent had taken place the same evening
that he alone WAS priyy to the arrangement
entered into between that lady and his sister;
and that, by the lattei's direction, he had
himself made coffin which he filed with
stones and rubbish, and then buried CON
timing tire body of her dead child. On his
cross examination, he accounted for lending
himself to such deception, and for NOT before
now disclosing the truth, By stating that he
thought it no harm to serve his niece, when he
wrongcd no one else, there being no other
telaiEgnpt for tbs estate thnt Mrs AlaFtla had
age he should have his spot of ground Tor
nothing; and he freely admitted that he
should never have said Il word about IL II
| Pincher Martin hadn't broken the bargain, ana
! put him to the road. Thepersonal resemblance
| betw cen the witness and the defendant was SO
| marked, that il added great weight 10 ms
! Testimony which was further cerToborated by
proof that cbild's coffin, in n state OF decay
| and containing only stones, had been found IN
! the place which he pointed out as that IN
! which he had buried 1t, 1t was also proved
that the family physician had never been III
/ attendance on Mrs Martin, either during her
pregnancy OF at her confinement. And nnaliy,
| il appeared that the child becoming III, the
nurseJ who was in reality its mother, insisted
| on its being baptized, and that the ceremony
was performed, not by the Protestant clergy
| man to whose flock both br. and Mrs. MARTIN
belpngeJ. but by the Catholic priest, and II
was natufally concluded that tlEe, fepatee
; mother w0ufd mover strr Iti'ttft stttf IL Stftf
cession, to the nurse, II sue was not colapeiiet
tt, submit iy seifae -eFeF&hslEllipG caSIses
f p Pincher. being unprepared for the production
of letters which he supposed to have been
destrayed 10y the fire at Castlemore, ana con
founded by tho chain of evidence .aaaues.
. against him, was unable to make n resulting
, | case The Jury at once returned Nefdtct IL
. favor of the plaintiff, and Remnant was ae
, clared Legitimate heir to the estates, finche
| threatened to move for u trial on tn
, ground that the verdict against han nat
: Been obtained by SURPRISE but Pepper Shove.
him copy of Johnson's dying d DEC 70
J ton, duplicating him in gliding the es
> cane of o. convict, and in conspiracy u
: murder, which had not been as yet laid befor
, the authorities, but he at the same time assnfe'
. him that Capt. Pennant was unwilling TO nav
= him punished. see him penniless, ana ina
Q il he hut gave a full explanation touching IN
n means by which he had obtained possession q
l. | or fabricated the letter from IpTq rowan
i i.FitzreraId which he had forwarded to Govern
e ment duplicating Pennant in the treasonabl
,, ! society of which that unfortunate nohlema
q | was the head and would further satlsiy tn
. rnortrages of which he was the holder--an
Ii allowed the verdict already obtained TO stan'
% aud thus save delay and cxpense-that IN sue
q case a sum of five thousand pounds should
4 pIaced at his disposal, and time be gwen hi
/ to Quit the country, before any proceeding
4 should be taken which might involve him
n the mcshes of the law.
Il submission. He complied with the terms pr
O posed regarding tue legal proceedings al
10 trays n written admission of how ne .had co
. SeaIed the confession of the sailor Bradle
In the document really enclosed in the cover, IN
to substituting in its stead fictitious letter W.T.
n ten by himself in the name of Lord Edwar
no This ayowal az once solved the mystery, WIFI
i'm cast such an uumerited suspicion on PGnnan
er loyalty and left no doubt as TO what the resi-
Tia must lie Of the Court Not Enquiry, WhlGh W
ne soon to investigate the charges which had
81 uuiustIy caused his name to be erased from t
Ig navy list. A.
he Alter making some necessary arTangemen
Sc Pennaut and the Ceiohel stArIsh tol I.o ~
th IL is unnecessary to describe the heartfelt
of the meeting between two persons who 10y
mt so truly and tenderly as Pennant ana
Ter afTectionate bride. AZ the same chutSn s anu
ID. the same day that Nike led Lady Clifton