The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-05-20
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THE BAGOT WILL CASE.
OPENING or THE CASE FOR THE PLAiNTIFF--
WHAT WILL DE PAovED ELCAEDISG lHE
TEsTAToE.
From the London Standard


WHAT WILL DE PnovED IlGALDlSG 1HE
TEsTAToI.
From the London Standard
DrnLiS, May s, 1878.
The Baeot continued to day. bat there was
Interest taken In the conclusion OF tho evidence
The Judge ordered the jury to DO paid guinea zach
per day. In accordance, no sad, with tho practice Of
English courts.
The Solicitor General then commenced b IS addrc,
for The plaintin to u denscly crowded court lie
said:-Tncre IS one charge 10 droaoiu, ihcro ono
representation so basc, ihero IL one pcfvcrson OF
the truth SO shocking, that u demands my nrst aten-
ton You have been told In the the that
Mrs. Bagot was lighting here Tor money. You have
hoard IL repeated that this a harot's clam
Tor tho wages OF ncr sin aud the earnings OF her
iniquny. That Is a charge that could not 70.
moment TO lett 10 lie upon her name when her
toi ~ allowed 10 speak. She comes hone, you are
tod, 10 have an intestacy declared, have that Will
aside that she shall revci the spells OF
whose heart she broke. That was the that was
allowed for two wboic days to rcst upon your minds
as nue. That was the that put before you
this, and this alone tnat The wiii thai made
competent uniniucncci tcstator. Your breaking
that VIII Will leave u tree 10 set up any
other OF tho wills That may have been
MADE before Hut one who has listened TO the
tan 1" see that u the VIII OF Scptcmb goes there
80 with II the will OF Apr anu the coiic OF March.
There stays hchnd them paper annotated by tho
hands OF the dead man h fnsclf--a paper executed
alter his marragcthc paper stating hs desires aud
wishes, not only with respect 10 ais property but also
with respect TO the issue OF tho mtrriage and pro.
vldng, under his own hand, Tor even tho education
oftho sons hc might nave. The document las been
proved. IL - here IN court uucancciicd. Tho man
that MADE " was sound aud rational tcstator The
viii that Lo made bears the MARKS OF TX being nm in
nuencoi by any morbid idea OF aversion or dislike.
MOTHER CHILD.
The same mother that Us here ghting for her child
has taken steps that tho child shall have his in
tcrests protected by being watched by tho guardians
VI infants IN this land--tbo highest oil legal au.
thorcs--and TO tell you that, under these crcuil.
stances, u this viii IS broken. u have no other
result than To set up tho viii the VIII that WIS
then so made, which Is to divert your ,ond from
true question you have to try. The Solicitor General
went on 10 say that tho Gaze when would 10
proved behalf OF Mrs. Bagot was Tint Neville
iagot her heart when she was simple ana a
qulct gir aud no u very rich man, Immersed though
aha not Know H. In all tue disspatioDs OF London.
she had no natural protector hcr father being dead
aud her mother an Invalid, except her brother ~
seventeen, VINO was draw into tue errors aud
corrupted by Neville Bapo who vas then lame and
walking with stick, but OF attractive person ana
manners Bagot hal scduccd Miss Werner. who MS
object III his friendship With her brother. She bad
refused his advances until private sham marriage
The Guild, u would bo undoubtedly proved.
issue OF that marriage Mrs. Bagoi would tell her
story Tor the protection o the rights OF her chi.i
Bagot know the child his, and 10 tho will mado
even weeks before his birth provided for II and
/ tor any other children he might have. IL was only
at ainr stage that an aiIusion was created IN ns
mind that IL was the enid oil doctor AZ Nice. who
went ~ the case by the name OF Besque TINS illu.
was iostefcd IN hts mind, aud Influenced MS
tion uninrly botn toward his wife anu offspring one
OF tue most cruel aspects OF The case the way
when Miss Edith Vernor's nsme was dragged
through tho mire. but the light would now break
4 form.
Tao solicitor General had no, concluded when tho
] Cours rose.