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EXTRAORDINARY CAsE-MARRIED-NoT HUNG.-
A novel occurrence took place on Wednesday last


capital trial pending before all the judges Of the su
preme Court sitting at Salem James Powers, who
indicted for rape Hannah Welsh, was to have
been tried Thursday for his e and the jurors
summoned, and the court ready having assigned day


specially for the trial In this stage OF the the pro


scouting officer TO the court that he had sud
denly been deprived Of the most material witness for the
prosecution without whose testimony he could not hope
for conviction that this witness was the girl upon
whom the offence had been committed and that he had


lost her testimony by her going to the Jail and marry
the prisoner that morning. and now, being his wife, SHE
could not testify against him. And thereupon the court
looked becomingly grave and the prosecuting officer
entered noHe prosequi, and Mr. James Powers is gay
bridegroom at large enjoying his honeymoon instead OF
being prisoner in the dock his trial. with the pros
pect of hempen halter Singular as this occurrence
may SEEM there doubt of the honesty and virtue o
the girl aud OF the truth of her charge against the
soner who had moreover confessed his guilt. The
parties both Irish, and the young man decent in
other respects and the girl faithful domestic Under
all the circumstances it may turn out happier match
than many which were more willing in their origin
This incident seems TO revive very old custom. By
the Jewish law Deut., CHI y, 25 w. this crime was
punished with death, in the damsel outraged was
betrothed to another but if she were single, and
not betrothed then heavy fine OF fifty shekels was to
be paid to the damses father and the ravisher was
PEELED to marry her. and she to be his wife all the
days Of his life without the power OF divorce which the
Mosaic law gave to the husband By the civil law and
the old Saxon law this crime punished with DEATH
Boston Post, Nor 7.