I would say that you are justified in how you feel but jumped to conclusions as well. How do you still feel hes lying when the story about the woman checked out? Caps dont divulge a lot of personal information especially when a lot of stress is involved. If he was having that large scale of problems he felt that temporarily closing off certain aspects of his life to sort them was the correct thing to do, there again Cap mentality. let him speak, hear him out.

Sometimes tricky!
I would talk to him and let him lay it all out! Be careful of your reactions to him, your responses will determine alot for him. Keep it honest, even if it is hurtful!
The confrontation about the other woman was ok, but beware once we know you are snooping, watching and jumping to conclusions, we will back off, so his reaction was predictable.

Love with him, if he loves you, then you are in good shape! We love hard! But we love or we don't there is no in between, we do not like to be stifled!

Good luck! Play it by ear, you will be alright!

Sounds like your guy was going through a really rough time...and you got upset that he wasn't meeting your needs and told him to go away. So he was taking time to sort out his feelings and I am sure he was going to eventually tell you....for someone who is talking about marrying a guy what is a few months of distance compared to a lifetime together?

My point is...he sounded like he had a lot going on...has it even occurred to you that he didn't talk to you because he was concerned about you? Your reaction? Not feeling like the man in the relationship. I have know a few Cappy Males and when they get laid off they go down for the count...but you know what their wives did? Just let them go through it...sure they felt ignored..sure they felt alone...but after the Cappy came around he was so appreciative that his wife understood he loved her even more. How about you ask him what he needs from you right now...some space...to be patient maybe. People are too used to the "must have everything now" mentality in the world today. If you really love this guy you will hear him out...and you will give him whatever he needs to get through this painful time in his life.

hmm after reading all of these posts i am forced to ask myself the question of what you are really looking for here. obviously you dont want us to make your decision for you so what? you probably just want us to reinforce what you already know.
I will give you my best Capricorn perspective and see if i can add insight.
First of all Capricorns break things down into 2 separate and destinct categories; Logic, and Emotion:
For a Capricorn LOGIC ALWAYS OVERRIDES EMOTION. so if there is a logical problem IE; he thinks hes going to prison so cuts you out of his life so he doesn't hurt you. ( just an example). So If i were in your situation as a Capricorn myself. the first thing i would do i analyze the situation logically. Find out the fact of whats happening then decide if you are willing to accept those things. for example you said he had "legal trouble" well if he was talking about crack use or he is a serial rapist or something get rid of him. now if he just had a fling with some girl, yes this is wrong, but it is the type of thing that can be forgiving if you can see hes being geniuin and honest with you.
Now that you have made a logical decision you can go ahead and bring your emotions. You obviously love the guy so as long as you think you will be able to earn each others respect and trust then id go for it.
finally remember that emotions are different for capricorns. you might think that we lack emotions. this coudnt be further from the truth. the fact is that capricorns have emotions that are so extreamly intense and complicated that other signs would colapse under the pressure.
because of this we develope verry strong techniques for hiding repressing and controlling these emotions.

The second possibility is that the problem is you. you are fairly young, and as such probably come of as needy or whinny or some such thing. a cap will not complain about such things!! if they add up enough they will cut you out of their life, but it is a case of either or. so try getting him to open up abit about what he doesnt like about you, be verry carefull not to seem hurt by it or be to pushy or heel clam up. just try and see what you can do to relax the relationship abit.
If there is one thing that you must understand is that Capricorns HATE!!!!!!!! Drama so see what you can do on that front.
anyway got to go to class I wish you the best.

Okay....I feel you. I don't know what to say about the criminal stuff. Mine had some issues too. He was less than honest about it but I found out. I have been able to see beyond it. He's a workaholic and can provide financial stability because most everything he touches turns to gold. And I love him! Caps are private guys and are slow to share and you either accept that or let him go. If you love him you will have to accept it. And if he sent you flowers, you should have had them laminated somehow. Those ocassions are rare with a Cap man. They aren't open with their feelings like we are. We'd give them flowers every day if we could but they won't. You will think he can't stand you sometimes. Patience is the one area in this relationship that has to be stressed and I know it is hard for an Aries woman. Learn it. Patience, for us, is a learned thing. Doesn't come natural.

Go for it. Take him back. You will not be sorry. Just go with him and don't expect to lead. Follow his lead. He wants that. Let him have it because he is worth it.