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was at all times kind & respectful to her - deferring
to her opinions, wishes & wants, on all occasions.
Being examined, as a witness myself
I stated, on oath, that I considered it my duty
to defend her memory against the attack
made upon it; that I knew her well & from
my knowledge of her, did not believe, that
she would have lived with any man on the
face of the earth, who had installed her, by
expressing a doubt of her --; she was a
noble woman & too proud for that - not withstanding
the illegal evidence admitted in the
defense, attempts were made by prisoners counsel & sanctioned by
the Judge, to stop me in what I was stating
but I would not be stopped, altho' his honor
threatened to fine me.
One other witness for the defense - stated that
he & Thos. T. were not on friendly terms; they
were personal enemies - had fought in 1828.
he considered him a very dangerous man -
understood that he generally went armed
with pistols. Met him in the woods one day
alone, thought T. looked very wicked; Witness
was unarmed - & was apprehensive T. would
shoot him - neither spoke - & nobody was
killed or hurt.
For two or three days, was public justice
insulted or trifled with in the way. I could
fill sheets of paper, by detailing all the disgusting
scenes of the trial.
The Jury during the trial, were kept & boarded
at the tavern of Jesse T. Wallace, Esqr. at whose tables
his daughter Margaret, presided. She was
a young vivacity & spright miss - a great lather
possessing in a remarkable degree, that faculty
of her sex, which is said, to have brought sin into