Year: 1867

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A Lawyer saed Ter Damages.
| From the St Louis Democrat, a4th.l


Golden and silver weddings are moi
uncommon, and we have heard of such
things as "tin weddings and certainly
of q great many having g "tin" basis
We never heard before of man being
arrested for marrying the same woman
twice, but we have now q case in point


About month ago, Captain John II
Baldwin,, an old citizen, and formerly
prominent steamboatman, was tried In
the court of Criminal Correction on
charge Of acting very naughtily to.
wards one Annie Blake. He was found
guilty by the jury, and his punishment
assessed at six months imprisonment
and q fine of $500.


Baldwin happened to have true
woman for wife, and she remained
faithful to him through all his trials
and tribnlations. 1t was no doubt
through her influence that Judge Wolf
was induced to reduce the fine to one
dollar, and to abolish the Imprisonment
altogether.


The heart of Baldwin was touched by
the devotion manifested by his wife,
and he resolved to reform and never
more prove unfaithful to her. He was
sincere in his determined reformation,
and his wife was delighted. She felt
that she was about to be rewarded for
all past sufferings and sacrifices, and
congratulated herself upon pursuing
the course she did. Some wives would
have hurried Off to lawyer and got a
divorce and married again in week or
two, and left the faithless one to go to
the dogs. Mrs. B. was formed of more
Christian material, and deemed it wiser
to reform q bad husband than get q
divorce and marry one who might be
incapable of reformation.


The couple had lived together for
over a quarter of century, and had
spent NANNY happy years in welded
bliss. When they resolved on a recon-
struction of the union, they thought it
would be as we'll to renew their vows
at the Hymenial altar, and take fresh
start in life. Baldwin insisted upon
this course; he said he had been unfaith-
full to his wife, and would marry her
over again, and try to be true to her
hencefOrth. The couple accordingly
sent for Justice Walther, who performed
the ceremony of marrying John II. Bald
win to Miss Amanda Billings.


The friends Of Annie Blake, who had
sworn vengeance against Baldwin, and
wanted to send him to the penitentiary,
hearing that he had married Miss Bill
lings, thought they had a new hold
upon him. They employed Mic. Nor
telle, Esq, to prosecute the captain for
bigamy, not knowing that he had re-
married his old wife. Thomas Blake,
the brother of Annie, made the neces-
sary affidavit in the court of Criminal
Correction, charging John ii. Baldwin
with the crime Of bigamy. A warrant
was issued, and Baldwin was arrested
and lodged in Jail, where he now re-
mains.


After Baldwin was imprisoned, the
lawyer discovered the mistake, and was
anxious to rectify it, by having the case
nolle pressed. He went into the court
room yesterday morning for that pur-
pose, and waited anxiously for the ap-
pearance of the judge, but was dismayed
to learn that Judge Wolff was confined
to his bed by sickness. The court was
adjourned to next Monday, and the
unhappy husband of one wife and two
weddings remains in Jail, unable to
enjoy the honeymoon Of his silver we'd
ding.


We understand that the prisoner is
about taking steps to prosecute the
lawyer for false Imprisonment, fixing
his damages at $4,000. 1t is very little
use, however, to sue q lawyer, for they
always find some loop hole to creep ont
at when they are themselves in danger,
although they are sometimes less fortu-
nate with their clients.