New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-06-25

penaed 10 produce the document and aske
him if he produced 10. Mr.sGotsford simpi
replied NO." and retired. a. -
Mr.. Giffard Ito the claimant)-Are 20
able to repeat Substantially the contents q
that sealed packet am; but decline I
do so at present. a+Yt NJ
But you are able to do it, Alan.
Mr.. Glffard-Are you able to repeat tn
contents of that packet Yes, can repea
them-that is to say, the substance Blu
are there reasons why you do not desire t
40 so publicly! Very strong reasons.
The Solicitor General then read a pas
sage from Mr.. Sergeant Ballantine's open
ing speech as to the "sealed packet" place,
IN MIR .aiotsford's hands by Roger Tichborne
and another from the witnesses own evi
dence as to his acquaintance with Mis-
Kate Doughty.
The witness cOntinued-My Statement
there is true. 1t is hard to say when dis
covered that my attentions to Miss bought,
were not acceptable to her father: it NIGH
have been in July, 1882
! The Solicitor GENERALS that what yor
mean by the latter end of 1852, in your ex
| animation in chief
Witness-It is impossible to say the date.
have never confined myself to dates
throughout; would you not call July the
latter end of the year9 could not say the
month; / call July the latter end of the wear:
Il
latter end of the year; am in perfect CON
| fusion. les
| The Solicitor General-Stuffi You can
understand my question perfectly we'll.
| Iell me In what part of 1852 it was van
discovered your attentions were not ac-
ceptable Witness-I should say July or
august; am not going to swear it was
then; probably you know the proper date:
| do not.
The Solicitor General-You must know
Witness-I don't see how you can saw thar.
you seem to know great deal better than
do; have only one thing / can take nv
date from.
The Solicitor General-What is that
Wltness-That is my business: | shall not
tell you unless the judge says must nv
objection is that ii invOlves another party.
The Lord Chief Justice You must answer
the question.
The Witness-I was paving nv attention
to Miss Hales, of Canterbury, at the time:
tins was In September Or October; it must
have been about July or August that I
knew my attentions to Miss Doughty were
unacceptable to her father
The Solicitor General-How did YOU dis
cover it Ft
Witness-I don't see how it is possible for
me 10 say that; can not give you any no
ton of how discovered it; | last saw Miss
Doughty several weeks before 1 left Eng
land. 80
The plaintiff was further cross-examined
at some length as to the reason of his dis
his attentions to Miss Doughty.
and as to what took place when the affair
was broken off. He said he believed he
had an interview with Sir Edward Doughty,
and also with Lady Doughty, on the sub. |
lect. but he did not remember what passed. |
1t did not produce so much impression upon |
rny,, ,l,x.,,, - a.
Sir Edwards principal objections, he be-
lleved, was that lie 1.-THE plaintiff and Miss
Doughty were first cousins. There was
the witness said, sort of understanding
hat the thing had better be broken off.
There was not much talk about it. under
stood 1T was unpleasing and did not after
ward visit so often
LONDON, June 5.-There was a terrible
scene IN the court of queens bench this
The Tichborfie case-of which
lave already sent you full account SO far
vs. 1t had progressed up~to Saturday last
las already been crowded with sensations
md surprises; but ten words, pronounced by
he plaintiff this morning in his cross-exa-
gave such shock to the aris-
ocraic crowd which filed every inch of
he courtroom that for once they forgot
heir good breeding. You will remember
hat Sir Roger Tichbone, when an officer
7anderings, fell in love with his cousin.
late Doughty. Their attachment was dis
pproved of by the father of the young
idy, and the engagement between them
'as broken off. Sir Roger them made ND
is mind to leave England; but before he
'ent he made will and also wrote GER
lin paper of private Instructions These
Too papers he sealed up in an envelop s
nd gave them to an attorney named 1
otsford. When the claimant in this l
lit twho claims to be Sir Roger returned {
England, he demanded this packet of a
the latter refused TO deliver il, /
nd the claimant then said he could tell /
hat the packet contained. When this {
lit came on the claimants counsel sub
rnaed Gotsford to produce the packet; he Z
gain refused to do so. Little more was /
i'd about the packet in the trial until to-
~. The plaintiff was evidently disin- p
lned to say much about it, and lis coun- I,
In his direct examination did not ask Il
m many questions concerning it, To un- Il
rstand the scene which am about to de-
ribe, remember that this Miss Kate
oughty is now married and is Mrs. Rad
life; that she is one of the strongest OPP
nents of the plaintiffs claim, and that Il
day she was in court with her husband G;
lagIne, then, the effect when the plain I'D
I, crossexamined by the opposing $;
unset, and compelled to say, against NJ
) own repeated and earnest protests, what II
re the contents OF the paper accompany @,
the Will in the mysterious sealed packet W
last announced that he had sedpced his ST
usin Kate, and that the paper contained II
'tructiOns as to what was to be done in tr
case, after his departure, she should a,
Dve to be e,,ceinte This disclosure was 81
e bombshell exploding in the court O
I'm; it must have been unexpected by al
aryOne eXceDt the nartit s. lnost nparlv N
and the, effect was startling m
re Is the most Important portion of the ca
animation to-day. The witness, on Fri I'll
=, testified that he had been able to fix II,
date OF certain occurrence by remem- pC
ing that when it occurred he was paying hi
addresses to a Miss Hales. To-day he ia
d: IN
Miss Hales, to whom paid attention at to
was staying with her aunt, | m
nix; her mother or her aunt; don t know WI
name, but have no doubt that can of
you before leave the box Miss Hales' To-
ristian name do not recollect; my ac- tic
lintance with her was very short; / do su
think she had mother alive; she was to
ng with her aunt, not her mother
he Solicitor General--Now inform YOU he
t her mother is alive; will you swear dis
ever spoke to Miss Hales in your life 4! me
times; have spoken in ste
presence of the elderly lady she was ne
ng with, and that 1 thought was her do
t; this positively swear. tn,
bout what time before the engagement see
broken OFF was it that you first saw am
r cousin wa
bout November or December it was at an
hbOrne; told her it was quite impossi- int
L could marry her after what her father a !
said to me; | can't remember what she y
to me at the time; had just come back int