The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-02-16

IN GRANGE an man and vito was sufficient q
render their union a valid marriage; sne mac nsves
gotten q marriage license and knew notning OF
license: on the first visit Paris she ana Mr.. hynes
stopped nj the Britannia Hotel, and moved tnenee 20
whom no should finish travelling he would take hsr 70
America and make his home there with her.
DErEcTIvE TIM STAND.
Mr. Fullerton permitted tue witness 10 retire ana
remarked the Court that he had gone far enough 20
entic him 10 present legal questions put ne Was op
posed by Mr.. Choate, who commended that he could
not properly ask TO have the complaint dismissed
Thereupon, after an Interchange oil argument. NJ.
Fullerton decided 20 with his Witnesses ana
called Mr.. William James Losder manager OF tn" New
York branch OF Pinkerton's detective agency. THIS
gentleman proved to be about twenty.nve years o'a
with dark hair, . slight mustachc and promincns
nose, supporting pair OF spectaccs He spoke win
most pronounced Cocknsy accent ana wrought
havoc with his 'h's." He testified that no had been
engaged Ia his present business since 1873 and had
visited England on behalf OF The defendants 10 inc
SUIT he had hunted up many OF the Witnesses whose
drp5sltions had been read had been present at the
examination when Mr.. Brewer, oil the Camden banks
tesiiGed asignature BOOK was ~ tnat Time p1oaucsS
"Eiizabetn Saunders" written IN ~; Mrs hyncs was
also present at that exam nation and looked at the
Mr Fullerton asked witness W neither no had noticed
the SIGNATURES OF Mrs Hynes Oh the book ana IN thai
way had become acquainted with her handwriting.
Receiving reply In tho ain rmatve he handed witness
paper which the latter identified as one no bad seen
in tile Office OF real estate urn a. no. 81 Aeu.sn-
town road, LONDON aud which no brought over here.
Mr. Fullerton then inquired n he knew the hanawrit-
ing and he responded tnat 10 did Under Mr. FuiIer.
was when MIR. Choate objected, claiming that as wit
ness had but two signatures oil inc iady NO was
not "lamliar'' with her handwriting in the meaning
OF the statute Tho Court SO held. Then MI Fullct-
elected from the witness that the latter mac SUD
ted ngs IN tho line Of MS business ana Ques-
toned him tho ground that ne was an expert
Witness MAS next asked whether, while IN London,
he mud found tho registration OF tho oirths o! the
infant plaintiffs and replied that no had. Mr. Cnoate
was Oh feet with IN objection III doesns
matter" no said, whether tho births or these chorcn
were registered not; they were born anyway.
There,s n dOuhL about that.V WItn6S6 lucntluo0
papers handed 10 MIN as copies he had made OF the
original regisries ana they were offered IN eviuences
Mr.. Choate objected. claiming that there was NO
evidence show that the originals were authcnso,
that there was proof OF identity ana NO evidence
as TO the custody Of the papers. Such evldonce. he
claimed, was tho merest hearsay Judge Day decidcd
that he could not admit the papers, unless IL was
proven that the attached 10 the originals
werc genuine. Mr.. Fullerton thercupon took az TX
csp0n allowed the witness to retire and recalled the
plaintiff.
She testified that so she know tho births OF the
children werc never rcgstered she had never oeen T.
the Registrars Office. Mr.. Fullerton then offered
evidences exempiiHed copies OF the registration
their births. Mr. Choate claimed that such lnssru.
ments not admissible as evidence In the UniteA
Slates Tney only purported to apply ITO Her Maj
esty's subjects.'
After a weary war OF words and iuterminabls
thumbing OF the statutes, English and American, on
the part OF counsel tho Court decided 70 accept the
documents "I0r what they were worth Thereupon
Mr.. Fullerton said no offered In evidence the reg.
istraton OF birth Of tho boy W. r. Hyncs, purport,ng
to have been made by Mary Saunders, mother OF the
Child and giving the date OF the birth of the child and
the name OF his father Ho also 0ered the certificate
OF Andrew Hynes, the other child.
The case was then adjourned until Monday morning