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Show MESSRS. TAYLOR AND MOYLE. Two Cases of IT. C. IMsposcd of In ' Less Than Fifteen Minutes. Quite a number of curious people assembled as-sembled in the Third District Court this morning in expectation of hearing and witnessing something interesting, the proceedings in the Smith case yesterday having given place to such impressions. They filed out of the court room twenty minutes afterwards with evident disappointment. disap-pointment. The cases against George H. I Taylor and James Moyle constituted the entire work for the consideration of the court to-day,and they were both disposed of in just thirteen minutes, by the watch. Mr: xayior is tne senior member mem-ber of the old and successful firm of Taylor, Romney & Armstrong, and his characteristic good judgment did what many of his acquaintances expected it would do led him to testify himself in full acknowledgement of the facts. . He was charged with unlawfully cohabiting with Elmina Taylor and Louie Taylor, December 1, 1882, and thereafter, and when placed upon the stand made a straightforward admission of these statements, state-ments, and the jury found a verdict accordingly. ac-cordingly. The same jury acted in the case of James Moyle, who acted precisely in the " same" manner as the former gentleman and got the same verdict. Mr.-Moyle's Mr.-Moyle's indictment charges him with having cohabited with Elizabeth Moyle and Magaret Connell Moyle during a period dating from January 1st, 1883. This, together with the fact of both ladies being his acknowledged wives, the gentleman gen-tleman admitted to the Court as perfectly true. The Judge - appointed Monday, March 1st, for passing sentence in both cases and the jurors were all discharged till Monday, to which time the Court adjourned. |