The Express.
London, England, 1860-12-19 00:00:00

ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE.

WESTERN ClRCUlT.—Exrrsg, Doc. 17.
Mr. Justice Bytes opened the commission for the county
of Devon and City of Exeter on Saturday, and attended
Divine service at the cathedral oa Sunday. To-day bis
lordship commenced the business by first visiting the Guild-
hall of the city. There bring no prisonen for trial, his
lordship was presented with a pair of whit* gloves. He
then repaired to the castle of Exeter, and commenced the
trial of prisoners. The calendar contains the names of 30
prisoners, this 121101,30 T being about as average. The caws
heard were not such as to call for a report.

POST °mat ■oRSUT.

John Glanritir was indicted for feloniously stealing a post
letter,containing two half sovereigns and six postage stamps,
the property of her Majesty's Iketmarter.Ceneral.
Mr. Cole and Mr. Hooper prosecuted, and Mr. Carter de-
boded the prisoner.
no prisoner who bed been a sailor and had served In the
Crimea, when he lost an arm, was employed in the Ply.
mouth Poet-of/los as rural messenger from that town to
Tamerton Foliott. _

The jury found him Out /Iv, and he Ina sentenced to /MI
yews' void servitude.

CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT.

OLD COURT.
(Before the Rawer.)

Mitts Artier, allaa Bliza Anthony Manley, 29, a rather
good-lookieg 11U01111, was indicted for feloniously intermar
tying with Thomas Archer, her husband, Herbert Anthony
Manley, being alive.
Mr. f3ernant Parry was specially retained, with Mr.
Tindal Atkisson and Mr. Hoodoo, to conduct the presses-
thin ; the prisoner was defended by Mr. Sleigh.
The circumstances coneeeted with this charge have been
so very frequently before the public that it is unneceriary
to do more than briefly allude to them. The prosecutor,
Mr. Archer was a young man possessed of oonsiderablis
property, aid be paled up the prisooer, who was •• woman
of loose character, and married her. They lived together
for some time in • most extravagant style, thelpriaoner con-
dilating herself in • manner such as might have been rs-
purted from a pence of her original position, and in couse-
queues of a tranactioo that took place between her and an
minibus conductor, it will be remembered that the latter
brought an action against Mr. Archer to recover possession
of a diamond ring, when some extraordinary dis-
closures were made relative to the pr4*te
proceedings of the prisoner. Mr. Archer subse-
quently instituted proce,ilimp, with • view to obtain
• divorce, and in the course of them be discovered that the
prisoner had another husband living, and, hearing that he
was at the gold diggings in Australia, steps were taken to
bring him to this country. It was clearly made Out that
the prisoner was married in the year 111112, at St. Pancras
Church, to • person named Herbert Anthony Manle and
he was sow produced in court, and his sister proved that he
was the same person who was so married.
Mr. Thomas Archer was celled to prove the second mar.
rage, and be stated that he became acquainted with the
prisoner in March, 1987. He met her one night in the
Haymarket in that month, and on the 24th of June follow-
ing they were married at St. Penerra (7bun-h. They writ
to be married from a house in Norton-street. When be
came of age be was entitled to 13,0001.
Cross-examined by Mr. Sleigh—When he Gra asked the
prisoner to marry him she said she would consider of it.
A laugh.)
Serie:ant Parry—That is what all young ladles my, I
believe. (Laughter.)
Cross-examination continued—He would not swear that
when he first saked the primmer to him she did not
positively refuse, and that be implored to many him
for several weeks before she consented to do so. He did
not remember anything of the sort, but his memory upon
such matters was very bad. (Laughter.) He might have
asked the primmer whether she thought she could be happy
with him. (A laugh.) The prisoner did tell him that she
had been married before, but she also saki that she be.
hovel her husband was dead. They were married by
license, and • person named Richards west with him
to Dotore-commons to get the license and when
the name of the holy was asked for Richards called out
"Ehra Anthony, spinster." (Laughter.) Witness did
not my auything when this was stated. When they got
home the prisoner " blowed up " /Hebei da fur saying that
her name was Anthony. (laughter.) He might have hail
• peen deal of difficulty to get the prisoner to marry him,
but he meld not remember earthing abet it. They lived a
very gay We after thesarriegr, and he iutruhrued same of