The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-07-04 00:00:00

CHARGE OF BIGAMY

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John Tempest, alias John Roughey Tempest, was brought
up on remand from Saturday, charged with having, on the
18th of November last, at Walton•on••the-hill, married
Martha Maria Buchanan, his former wife, Jane MacKenzie
Harkness, being still alive.
Mr. Dodd appeared on behalf of the prisoner.
Detective officer Scott deposed, that he arrested the pri-
prisoner on the 27th of June, and on the following day he
went to the parish of Walton-on-the-hill, and procured a
certificate of marriage between John Tempest and Martha
Maria Buchanan. He also obtained, at the Holy Trinity
church, Birkenhead, a certificate of marri ge solemnised on
the 6th of June, 1851, by the Rev. Dr. Baylee, between
John Roughey Tempest and Jane MacKenzie Harkness,
widow.

In answer to Mr. D the witness eta ed, that the first
wife was the original mover in the prosecution.
The Rev. Dr. Baylee deposed, that he performed the
marriage service between John Ronghev Tempest and Jane
Mackenzie Harkness, on the sth of June, 1851. He could
not speak as to the identity of the prisoner. The woman
had lived as a servant in his house for about three months.
To Mr. Dodd : Hod nothing to complain of her habits.
She was not a servant. She might have chosen to remain ;
but she was not dismissed—she left of her own accord.
Robert Poole deposed, that he resided near Oswestry,
Shropshire, and had known the prisoner before his first
marriage. Was present in Dr. Bavlee's church on the sth
of June, 1831, and saw the prisoner married to Mrs.
MacKenzie.

Mary 13uolianan deposed that she was present at Walton
church when the prisoner was married to her sister, Martha
Maria Buchanan.

This was the case for the prosecution.
Mr. Dodd said as the magistrates would probably feel
themselves bound to send the case before another tribunal,
his application at present was simply that the prisoner should
be admitted to hail. As he was instructed, the prisoner
and his first wife lived together some six or seven months
after their marriage. It proved for his clent a most unhappy
and disastrous marriage, for the woman was gi en to haVile
of intemperance, and to a violent temper, to such a degree
that it was impossible they could live together, In point
of fact, she left him, and even after she left him she fre-
quently followed him to his lodgings in a state of intoxica-
tion, annoyed hint, assaulted him, and made it impossible
that he could endure her. The prisoner had violated the
law, it was true, but there were so many circumstances pal-
liating his conduct, that any punishment inflicted at the
assizes would be probably merely nominal. Under these
circumstances, Mr. Dodd applied to have bail taken.
Elizabeth Williams was called as a witness by Mr. Dodd,
and deposed that she was acquainted with the prisoner and
his first wife. The wife lodged with her after the marriage.
She came alone and took the lodgings. The prisoner came
soma time after, to demand some of hie wearing apparel,
which she had taken, and which he got from her after a
great deal of trouble. She struck him on the head, threw
a candlestick and lighted candle at him, and spat in his face.
On one occasion she took her (witness's) husband upstairs'
and gave him a glass of whiskey. As they remained abo'e
a long time, witness went op and found Mrs. Tempest in
bed, and her (witness's) husband lying at the foot of the
bed. He appeared quite stupifled, and he told her subse-
quently that the whiskey must have been drugged, it made
him in such a state. She very Beldam saw Mrs. Tempest
sober. The prisoner had lodged with her for two years
previously. She sever saw or met with any husband who
bore such treatment as be bore from his wife. He never
lifted his hand to her whatever she did. Has no doubt they
would have lived very happily together if she had conducted
herself differently,
Mr. Campbell said the Bench were unanimously of opinion
that they could not admit the prisoner to bail.
The prisoner was accordingly committed to take his trial
at the next assizes.

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The Emperor Nap Aeon left Paris on Tuesday for
Plombieres, m here he mill remain two or three weeks.
OUTRAGE TN CILAPEL—On Monday, at the Guildhall
Police Court, Mr. Edward Char:es Merrick Dyer, 21
years of age, and respectably connected, was charged
with creating- a disturbance in the Roman Catholic
chapel, Moorfields, during the performance of Divine
service. John Jennings, collector at St. Mary's chapel,
Moorfields, said—On Sunday, Cardinal Wiseman
preached, and a large congregation was attracted. The
prisoner, who sat near the pulpit, drew from his pocket
a Testament, and after referring to it exclaimed in an
audible voice, at some point in the cardinal's sermon—
" That is a great lie ; you are the Scarlet Whore of
Babylon." This interruption caused great confusion
among the congregation,
.and resulted in the suspension
of the service until the prisoner was s.cured and removed
from the chapel. He made no resistance, but at the
station he showed some anxiety for the safety of a paper
containing a number of entries upon religious matters.
The prisoner had walked from Chertsey during Saturday
night. The prisoner said he could give no reason for his
conduct, but that he could not command himself. lie
had been ill and much harassed, and disappointed in his
endeavours to get employment in the church as a lay
missionary. The officer said from what the prisoner
told him, it appeared he had been trying for the last
three months, to obtain the appointment of a lay
missionary preacher. Ultimately the prisoner gave the
name of a merchant in the city, who attended; and at the
suggestion of Alderman Carden, undertook to send Wino
to his family.

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