The Yelverton marriage case : Thelwall v. Yelverton : comprising an authentic and unabridged account of the most extraordinary trial of modern times, with all its revelations, incidents and details : specially reported.

Avonmore, William Charles Yelverton, Viscount, 1824-1883.

Date:: 1861

Credit: The Yelverton marriage case : Thelwall v. Yelverton : comprising an authentic and unabridged account of the most extraordinary trial of modern times, with all its revelations, incidents and details : specially reported. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by Royal College of Physicians, London. The original may be consulted at Royal College of Physicians, London.

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$Fou are a Protestant ? T am. Fou don’t go to mass ? No. Foil don’t believe in absolution No._ Reverting to my first question, Avhen did yon see llajor Tdlverton? Tbis afternoon. Fou saw him lately very often ? No r-Upon your oath has he been talking to yon on the subject of religion —On my oath'he'said' tb to-day that I was to recollect the dates of our going to church rhe dates of the great war }—What great war i (laughter) The Crimean war. Was it not a great war ?—It was Were you there ?—No t am soiTv for it, but perhaps if you were there you might not be here (laughter). ’What day Major Y.-ilvercon go to church ?—I won’t swear to any day. I saw him on Sunday Dn what Sunday?—I cannot say any particular Sunday Between ’51 and ’54 how often did you see him at churdh ? Will yon swear to four titties swear to three times Do you think a man going three times to church in three years is a reputed Protestant ? ’Sup- ng now he went to mass ten times, what waul'd you say ?—(No answer) Ihief Justice—Do I understand you to say that you saw him three times'during three years-?— ear to three times. It might be three dozen lupposiug a man went to church three times, and to mass six times, what would you make of ?—I would not call him anything. I would make no remark about him Tdu would say he was not bigoted}—I don’t know Fou have not been quartered with him lately ?—Not for two or three years Irchdeacou Knox examined by Sergeant Armstrong—^I know Belle Isle, 'Lord Avonmore’s itry seat I am the rector of the parish of Laura, in which it is situated, and have been so ? 1834. I knew Major Telverton when a boy, in 1838, during the time he was at school. I llect him being at homo during one v-ficatibn. To the best df my belief he then came to •ch with his mother and sisters. I have seen him at the parish Church in his manhood, when vas at home on leave of absence. I recollect his brother’s marriage in IMl. I sarvv Major 'erton at my church in that year. Belle Isle is about three miles from the church. Sometimes •ode and sometimes he drove in a pony phaeton 'to church, Hi's horse used to be put up at'my e. During the year 1857 I saw him more than once at my church. Do you know the reputation as to his religious faith ? This question was objected to, and permitted to be put, subject to an exception.! iVitness—He was a Protestant by repute. ;ross-examined by Sergeant Sullivan—I am positive I saw him twice at my church in 1867. of those oecMions was not when his brother was married. The principal evidence' 'I 'have .as 13 religion IS having seen him goto my church. I am not aware that there is a burving- nd at Melleek. Major Felverton was on a visit at Belle Isle in April, May, and June 1867 vrd that Ins grandmother was a Eoman Catholic. « . ohn De Bur-h Dwyer examined by Mr. Bull, Q.C.—My Uncle, General Dwrer, resides at yquirk Castle, county Tipperary, about five miles from Belle Isle. I have lived wi^my e for a period of 20 years. We are intimate with the Avoiimore family. I luive known ir Yelverion since 1839. In that year he came home from Wool-widh.^He •attcude'd'the 1 fsthAii^ .V. n •' “‘1 June. He attended the same church tiiere'. There Lc. • ^ eighbourhood. He was a Protestant by repute a roas-cx.imin^ bv Mr. Whit^ide-I do not keep a record of all the%erson8 who attend'the '/Lu 1 ^ * church, and strangers are particularly remarked. I remember he nraisod Zealand very much; he said he had great enjoyment tliore. He never tZ ,rTt wLTiriZ Protestant, did you 'belinve him to he a Ttfigious man f ■|a\ I have formed no Vnion on that '* niliam'sho'^wTv 1 u’ Fcligtons oharanter is not equal to that Of ymir friend (lnurfit(¥l Uham Shaw examined by Mr. Brevv^cr, Q.C.-l keep ttfe hotel at MairhWc7md f Sin ear 1857. - couple coming'to liv I vIa f 1 refer to your book :I?.‘^^.P™<lueed. _ Mr. Shaw sai live at yoirr'houae? Thandwi i in7'th;V'r.;;r;7u said the entries -in it flnring FKi? were partlviahis •’tokingntthe ZrLg m''? his barmaid, and that he was 111 the hiibit ■* because the entries wevA^Af''fi fjeotcd to witnoss being allowed to look m.'tho ' ruled that he mio-nt Ia'a'^T^iT uia<le by himself; and, after a lcngdnmed argument the I bjoetion.] ° lire ctttnes to refrcali his memory. His lordaliip todk'U nfftb of ixamination resumed-IIaving refreshe'd ray memory by looking trt the book, I'u'm able tb say$