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

s October or November; !. had at that tim
executed my will; 1t was signed the sam
month believe had consulted Gotsfor,
about the will !. used to see him frequent
ly; / drew up something, but not under hi
instructions wrote the paper in his pres
ence, read it over to him and sealed it up
| did not write from his dictation; TIL
words were my own told Kate bought,
what was going to do with Gotsford thi
was thing separate from that will, and t,
De carried into effect if lived.
/ THE DOCUMENTS.
Witness-I left the documents with Mr.
Gotsford, sealed up in one packet.
The Solicitor Generals that what yor
refer to in your affidavitl A sealed d0cu
ment written by me relating to my cousin
Doughty
Were there twol Witness-There were
Did Mr. Gotsford when you saw him on
coming back say, "If you are Roger Itch
borne you can not have forgotten that be-
fore leaving England you left in nv hands
sealed packet, marked my private wishes
and intentionsF you asked what it was,
and he said, IL can't remember" and Cots
ford then said, ut was to this effect, that if
| you married certain person YOU bound
| yourself to carry out certain arrangements
| at llchborne;' he said he did not remember:
is that correct! He did not remind me of the
sealed packet; he asked me if remembered
what left with him. and told him.
Did you hear him swear that you had
burned the packet! He swore first that he
burned it in 1874, and them most positively
that he destroyed it in 1859
You cannot mean 1874! Eighteen hun
bred and fifty-fOur mean
You swore in February, 1868, that the
document was to be acted on in one event
which you knew had not happened, and
one which you hoped had not happened.
what was the event which YOU knew had
not happened! Ny returning before her
marriage, l suppose; 1 don't know what
event L referred to; it must have been
that; but | won't swear to il; il was the
event of my death, suppose, which knew
had not happened.
The Lord Chief Justice-You said Just
now 1t was your not returning before her
marriage, and now you say it was your
death-which was It'll
Witness-lt must have been nv death: |
swear positively the event was nv death.
which l knew had not happened. | could
not remember, 1 could not remember ex-
actiy what 1t was when Iswore in chancery
What was the event that you had hoped
had not happened! l have very great re-
luctance to say; if you press me the result
must be on your own head.
What is the event you had hoped had not |
happenedY think you ought not to corr
pei Inc to answer that; it is not for my own
sake at all. $40.
What is the event that YOU had hoped |
had not happened! The confinement OF |
Miss Doughty.
DO you mean to swear before the Judge |
and jury that you had seduced YOUR cousin |
Nate most solemnly to my God swear
that had.
=, This lady tpointing to Mrs. Radcliffe)!
The Solicitor General-Let it be distinctly
understood that Mrs. Radcliffe is here by
her own wish
Mr.. Sergeant Ballantine-You know YOU
nave no right to say that
The Solicitor General-When and where
t happened at the mill
When Not long after came from Ire
and.
When! About the month of July or
August.
What year! 1852
Give us some nearer date than that. The
after end of July or the beginning of Au-
ust. The mill almost faces the house
house.
This was July or August, and you left in
larch following. Do you mean 10 swear
hat you left her with child! She wished
D impress that upon me.
When you saw her in the village. Won
ever saw her after that, you sayl No, it
AS not there. l must have seen her after
ard.
When In November, or about Novem- /
err.
Where AT Tichborne don't remem-
er where exactly. ,
Is that Richard Tichbornes handwriting :
landing him a letter)i 1t is nv writing.
hen shown another he said he would net /
wear to it unless he was allowed to read it,
fter reading some portion he said he would :,
Dt swear to it, and as to another he said he
d not believe it to be his handwriting. and q
to fourth he said it had a great resem- /
ance TO his handwriting. After being
essed he said it was his writing: and he
we similar answer as to another. +
The Solicitor General look at that sig Y
lture, and the signature only Is that I
Dger's writing! i
Witness-That's mine. This also is mine.
oviding it is not fac simile. For the last h
nr years, my lord, have had detectives o
lowing me wherever have gone; and n
erefore, wish to be cautious :,