"Did you bear the name of Bradley?"
"I never bore such a name. I am a Belgian; so was my husband."
A paper was here passed in to Sergeant Donaldson, and handed by him to the judges.
The Chief-Justice: "This is a certificate of marriage celebrated at Plymouth between Maria Haag, spinster, and Robert Bradley, bachelor, dated June, 1829, and witnessed in proper legal form."
Witness: "I know nothing of it. My name is Haag by marriage. I am very faint; let me go away."
A chair and glass of water were brought to the witness. In a few moments she had recovered and the cross-examination was renewed.
"How came it that you were met in the middle of Vere street, when, by your own showing, you must then have turned out of the street before Mr. Kavanagh could have overtaken you?"
"Mr. Kavanagh did not meet me. I have so said before. I went straight home after passing him and Mr. Atherton at the chemist's shop. He is mistaken."
"What took you to Peterborough on the 30th of last month?"