, 1872-12-26

maggie, Jon are my wife before heaven, so help
me God" Miss Maggie put her arms round his
riage, in the eye. Of all the witnesses m present,
among whom were not only the whole Wilson
family, but number Of their friends, was re-
garded as having taken place with al proper
form and ceromony, under the peculiar pro7is-
na ions Of anss The Scotch sat law xh s rs is Ee
ance Ut Clergyman or magistrate to maka
marriage perfect. Tho health Of the newly may-
RED couple was DRINK By all present, and, in d,ta
course of time, the bride and bridegroom retired
ward the Major and Maggie lived together at the
house Of the BRIDES father AZ man and vita for
some months the Major was up to h1s eyes in
debt, and his creditors occasionally sought to ar
rest him, but tha claims On such occasions were
Major On the Cd Of April, 1857, and there was the
nsuai talk Of its 'fbeing yeryl it's father The
Major was very fond Of his child-:he bought
lots OF toys for it.. and brought people IN dozens
to see what he called his young heir. In 1869,
afte: their return to Scotland The Msjor died.
Mrs. Stewart did not long remain widow, and
her second husband is lieutenant Robinson.
The father Of her first husband also soon after
wardi died, and his death WAS followed by that
Of tie son OF the widow Of Major Stewart.
Shortly before the child's death, the widow.
in conjunction with her second husband, ir
stitute1 sdit against tho second son
the then deceased Earonet, asking that
marriage with the deceaEed Major Stew
might be- declared lawful. and that her b.
should le installed as heir Of entail to the es-
tates Of the family. After this death OF the boy
this actin vas continued for the purpose OF se-
curing t1p widow share OF the property, and the
other day it came up for trfal in the Lord Or
dinary's Court at Edinburgh.
The facts which have above recounted we're
stated in Evidence by the brother OF the plaintiff
and by gleat number Of other Witnesses. 1t was
also shown by something like score Of Witnesses
that the Major in 3 number Of instances, had
duced her 10 his friends in that character. He
was jolly reckless, dissipated person bus
death WAS caused by violent attack OF de1irum
tremenB, ant the case, up to the time that the
evidence for the defendant YVES commenced,
seemed to be conclusive Of the gunuineness OF
Of the defendant was, however, that no such
marriage as TINT described By the planti1's wit
nesaes had evertaken place !; that the Witnesses
who had testifed to 1t had wilfully perjufed
been recognized ~ Major Stewart in any. other
character than that of his kept mistress.
Father Rigg, Of st. Mary's Roman Catholic
Churce in Edinburgh, stated in evidence that he
knew Major stewa,t during his Life intimately,
course with Maggie Wilson. "He never told
me-" said he, "that he was married to the gi9l,
and told him that marriage would be proved
against him BY his Intercourse with hec he re-
Piled that he was IN his guard and that the
get something in writing from him, but
used the words, r the7 tried to entrap me INTO
marriage; he never spoke to me Of the girl VIII
son in . respectful manner he said on one oc-
casion that ahe VAS lov pig and swore like q
trooper; the Major said hat the girl had had q
child, which he believed vas his he asked me
to baptize the child, whicl did for the chl!d.s