Consistory Court Of Roche...
againstza lady Orn uLeorn t Of mnDarria promoted by hMr. Nokes aanst a ldy wtWhm was u.wie at Grctna.preeii, in Octo_ on the 25th of -Jut,I; 1 . L .tihe7ltisig Mai', oii .a'. green, had viven Air. Nokes ansdMrs. RosUett'iI-lAoTdot-he fvitiS utsal certificates, :" that the partes 1iii lieen m.arried aecordit;t'e thentes and cerennie of the church of England ar.ndagrobply to those of'Scotland." Dr. SWAasx,rthe judge, objected, that theidentity,of Mr. Ndkes: was by no means proved upon the evidence that wis ddduced- td sustain it. And as to the certificate, there was. notlilhg about it. to show, either thiat MIr. Laing was a regular- minister of the Kirk of Scotland, or empowered to celebrate such a inarriage; oi' the ftuchm that such a marriage was at the tiine and place men- tioned really celebrated. The counsel for MIr. NokesconteRded that the proof of identity was suffitient to satisfy the object of the law, *vhicb would not too narrowly inquire into the proof of the marriage sought' to be set aside, more particularly as the fotiner of these two- miatnages (for it seemed thlt AI\lrs. Hadon was married to Mr. Milward under the designation of AMrs. Wirard. widow) was proved 13ydnd diispute. If, howvever, the Court should be of opinion that the pleraline was de- fective in itS present state, they trusted that the Courr woutld rescind the cencluMion of the caiuse, to allow the party an opportunity of amending his plean Theativerse counsel objected to this praver. The Court wouldl coubtless be surnri4ed and pleased to learn 'rom so ademirable an su- thority as Mlr. David L,.ini, that the marriage ceremonies and laws of the Kirk of Srotland antf those of the Church of England were so extremely similar as his certificate set them forth to be. .The learned counsel then arguied at length upon the absolute defect of proof of identity as to iMIr. iVokes throughout the whole transaction, and as to Mrs. Nokes. in several parts of it; and finally-they prayed that Mirs. Nokes might be diAmiissed from all further obserrance of justice in the cause. The JuDoE said he should-lalte time to deliberate in this case. JCONSISTORY COURT OF ROCf4rVqP.z T-.. 14 mUKES AGAINST MXLWABD, _EC HADON, XALSEL. - - I ~ CALLED NoXEs.