Interesting Trial: Wexford Spring Assizes, March 14, 15, 1827 (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from Interesting Trial: Wexford Spring Assizes, March 14, 15, 1827Mr. Scott stated the case. It was an action in which the Lessee of Robert Hopkins was Plaintiff In an ejectment on the title against William Gowan, the Defendant, to carry the trusts of the will of the late Mr. John Hunter Gowan into execution. It was a case arising out of an Equity suit, and the Lord Chan cellor had directed that Robert Hopkins should be the Plaintiff, and William Gowan the Defendant. In consequence they were enabled In a great measure to anticipate the arguments which might be used on both sides. Mr. William Gowan set up a deed conveying to himself the lands mentioned In the decla ration called Ashwood. Theic are several lands mentioned, but I shall content myself with stating them under the name of Ashwood, as they are called the' estate of Ashwood. Gen tlemen, you are to say Whether a certain deed of the 15th of March, 1824, was duly executed by the said testator or not. That is the sole question. I admit that much property de pends on the Issue of HS action - I admit that much property is at stake, and I also admit that it affects deeply the charac ter of some of the parties concerned In this case. Whatever the difficulties of the case may be, I here state, that - that deed Is A gross and infamous fabrication and'eorgery, and that those whocome forward To swear To its execution commit perjury when they so swear! I fear I shall have to detain you a long time. The case is a complicated one. I must say that one of the witnesses to be produced on behalf of the Plaintiff comes before you with suspicion. He Is one of the witnesses to that deed, but he repented of his conduct, and he insisted that they should compromise the matter, for he said, that notwithanding What he had done, he could not swear to a falsehood. It IS for you to take into consideration. The degree of credit to be given to one, who, subject to the frailties of our common nature, had so erred, but neverthe less had evinced returning virtue. The testator, John Hun ter Gowan, was a gentleman well known to you all. He was active and intelligent and advanced In years. He died in the year 1824, at which time he was 87 years of age. He lost his.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.