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London, England, 1810-09-07 00:00:00

NEIiCASrLE AcSIZES.—Ave. 27.

John Waldturn. charg.ll with baring, en the 13th
01 November 144, in NCIA tsti er•d a
;I of exchange. purporting to bear the acceptance
ut Moors. Smith awl Co. knowing the same to be
1.4 e trod fo►ged, with as intent to defraud Ilesert.
U iti.on, Heed, and Co.

Ti,, Prisoner, who had breo brought ins chair to
(milt, cud was present some time before lint on
Ind, appeared in violent hysterics. tasking 1111111 We
o,licries. mixed with laughing and crying. His
wife mid some other persons sepperted him in the
[Ministers' bar. On behalf of the Promote it was
moved. that the trial should be remove♦ to the
otiosity court, hat no rational acqiiiescenee.could
Iw obtained from him. When put to the bee. his
Lordship directed the Jury to inquire whether lie
Os, lone in mind, and fit to take It trial.
Robert Gee, the gaoler, bee had 'the Prisoner in
custody since December lest : says, for tier first
three weeks he was quite well; he has seen him
t.sice or thrice asiley ever 11111 Cr, but never laid auy
comentatiou with hint respecting his sitention. He
tlioug4t lie heti brought on iiiii.ditordtir by loot
taking proper inistenance, is be began to kyle food
shunt three weeks after he cause to gaol. He has
been in the same 'tote he wow atilisears about soiree a
month or six weeks, but sine • little.eleettlippested
collected. For the last week he has gives imbrue'
antineri;--she saw him last night shoat stir:
o'clock; and tin. morning at eight, whys oak- if
he would hare a drink of waters he odd " yrs."—
lie lies mach in bed, and when the kits areal his,
he bowls very loudly:
Mr. Fife, sorgeos to die gaol, attended the Isl-
amic, a few days after Ins comontmion, sod found
lims in a state of great bodily debility., lie had
greet difficulty in procuring answers from hint sin
the state of his health. He appeired 'much den.
trtined in tinfoil, hint shaved no symptoms of was
saltily. He bed occasionelly attended hum sines
that time ; this morning. at a o'clock, he was calms
nod collected ; though he could not mower any
question. yet on his desiring him he put set bin
tongue. he did il. He saw him on Friday Lost, sad
he loud he was better than ousel. From his obeerirao
tiOnti. to the best ul his jUdgmeut, he was not pe-
so ; that excessive distress of usiod..l Wag mod-
Inge may produce iassoity He bee wen hint is the
some stabs he now Appears, bat ir.o out MIMI it 111
affected. He never hos had any fever, theologise.
of which is • proof of insanity. Though not per-
fectly recovered, be was much bet•er. Hs had ever
found it difficult to procure success from him.
Taking the colleteral circumstances of lie satastion
i•to ACCHlitit, a flap ICifil I al fiction might ante. hut
he cooli lint with-make to say., that the preetiti pu.
froXy.lti was ;. and had he not ketone of the
charier comist the Pri he should 11.111 e con.
eluded that the eppearatices were real. lie eosin.
de..ed this to be a nervous affection, and Pot to•
ssoity, hut it may lemma him toriiii answers. awl'
tiiiiiks him out lit ri lit este to take liia triel.

The JOIOCt then addressed the Jiary *non the
evidence whiner/1, who fottid him not in r fit state
to take- Isis trial; and he we. is coineyausace re:
flaunted to gaol.
William linters ear charged with inarryiag ha.
bellePennycook, ol NewhavemScotlaiid ; anal after.
wards tuarryiu4 Mary Richinuott, of Barnard Caste.
the former oife being 16611 living.
Mr. Cooasue beady opened fur the prosecution*
and was followtd by
Seeirant CLAM'S. whostated, that the Prisoner,
in the year Mo, ass a melshiproars oa hoard His
Majesty's giluVef,St•l, bafegrard, then lying at
Newhaven iii Scotland. That lsibella Penny.
cook wag a sernint at en hilt at Nestiaren, hes
rimmed by naval officer*: and t..at Brown paid
ills addresses to, and inar.ied her. Tin ceremony
was performed by the R. verend Dr. Ireland.
in the presence of the girl's parents, and ill the
manner agreeably to di.: Scuttidi liar. Alter
the marriage, they lived together tome lime, and had
children. He left the sea. and weird the land
service in a marching regiment, and sal stationed
at Barnard Castle, in the county of Durham. the
first wile still living with him. Under the picture
that the regiment wit. going. abroad, he 'wort off
his wife to her friends in Scotlaild, ard shot tly after
married Nlary Richmond, a! Gateshead cinch n.
Ile nos first apprehended for not maims, 0000 .4 his
vole and lamely so Scotland, anal detained in ins.
tody on the charge of bigamy. He 'Mould tall such
evidence as would incontestably briug home the
charge to the Prisoner.
Rev. Dr. Ireland states, that he n a doctor of di-
vinity iii Scotland. and is minister at Nr 1.01,11;
but lives in the parish of West Church, in the town
of Newhaven. Recollects he was sent for us Jul .
to marry the Prisoner and Isabella Pennycmk
thit the usual certificate was given, and he received
it from the regular Sessiou clerk ; it states them to
he unmarried persons, sad not ni the state of cow.
sangwuity. He had also a note given him, which
purports to be from the Captien, and states Brown
to he uumarrietl.—The ceremony was performed
in Mr. Dugend's house. on 3d July WO. He says,
that marriages are never celebrated in churches in
Scotland, hut always in private houses, and it is
usual to register the /tannage befure the ceremony
takes place. The parish book was produced. and
the entry read : he could not swear to the Pri-
soner.

Oa Ais cross-exaseimatiais bypir. SCA It LET. Iv maid
he did not know the young 011111.1111 or any thing
wore of Duguid, than his keeping a tivern at New-
haven lie states, it is not nects,:ir) to publish
banns of marriage between the parties at church ;
that the certificrte was handed to him in the usual
on• r, bi fore he entered the house, but cannot
recollect who gave it; the marriage 'scald have
been valid. though irregular, if the cert'ti:aie had
been for4ed, and the Clergyman would have been
liable to the c:sisure of the church ; there is no age
specified to cause objection to harrying in Scot.

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Mary Ehtsbeth Thompssn is rissusghter to Mr.
Dostat.l. of Nesvhasen ; i‘t 11.00 she lived with her
parent.; she knows Etna. Proslcoolt was het father's
servatit,and Kiln keloss• she Prisoner at that slum owl
a fwd.'s+ wag.' on hoer) the tru,s-reusel Serseerd.
in Leith rood% a•4l that he frequented her father's
house soh other officer. She ass at the marrisige
ceremony betsesso the parties. *Filth was perfumed
by Dr. lrelsn'l in her Isti.er's "cue.. Roth her sod
the erre parents.. al-to Lisaheth Mtashao, were

"nem!: •tut it was on the 'Sd July IE.OQ• Slte is
•veliaiwthe'Prisonet is the &en who was married ;
that he frequented het father's house some time he.
farehe prepared the marnage. winch he dill to Mr.
Dugund on the Monday, mid the ceremony took
• place en the Thursday following. They lived in
Scotland two Or three irmutis, end todgiegsat
• -

Leith; they** visited the parents of his wile at
Porte Hello, near Leith, some end lived as
mini *nil wife,-greatly rules ted,;—tha her cross.e.r-
aminintion Mr.SCairtaT. said she 'Kilt not a Mar-
ried *0.1130 at thattime, bet will not swear that he
slept three night. on their hort.e hcliire the marriage.
She thought he Might be at t-tp year. Of at
that time. He sod tie would hang IsuntwAt If the
girl would not have hitn. None of the officers
were presmitAehen he proposed the marriage. or ut
the celebration.
l'hey• had two girls br the same white (Ivibelta)
in the liou,e. mod for distinction. eillrd her the
tritoner married, Sally: but never heard or 'knew
her go by the name of •flordon. She days not. re-
collect the name of the officer also cornimMiled the
gun.vemel to which the prisoner hrlongtil. The:
seamen frequented the house es well 'as the officcrs,
tatnl 'hail a part appropriated to them. The girl',
father was them, worts now, 'a labourer in a saittety
in the neighlioorliothl, and bears a good character.
She never sets the Prlteller drunk ; and nn the day
of the marriage not more than two bottles of wine
were used.
The Prisoner hired a Chaise, amil Mr. Dti-giaill
Went along with him to procure the coment-bf
Pennycook's parents. This was the day I.e.
Lire the marriage tookiplace; ell that slay the Pti.
saner sent a chaise to fetch the girra ;remits to
hause. to witness the ceremony. !11,e
b-lieves lie did sleep in the lionte Me night before
the masti He tol.l of los eonaectiiiiii. w Lase.
dim, .#$ got a note front lilt (:aptain, stating hilt
to he unmarried.
. C.-os.l-examinert by Serjemed CLAYTuit..6.The
girl was no relation to kir. Illastaii, and the users
ciaie•.t sus never kept secret.
nes. Hitch Salim to curate of Gaileabe4d, and
hr the envy is the parish hok .(which was rel..
dlleed) hr inarried.by licence en the gth Oct. 1,402,,
‘Vizilain Drown end. Clary Hichusonds bat coilial
trot swear t • the Prisoner.
To prove his identity, J-imesClisrlion was d.
who stated. that he is deputy parish clerk of fives.
114144. lie knew the Prisoner. who was married
in his presence. um the 9th of Oct. last, to klaiy
Richmond.
(Cror.s.ezrmix•ii ho Mr. C."--ARLigtz-ae did not
know the Prisoner before the lime of his marriage,
and Dever heard before last Jane of bie being @mar-
ried before.
Francis Jackson is a serjcant at mare in this
Wen, and war employed on she lath June last to
take the ..risoner. which lie dad in the Groat-Mar.
ket.—Crest-examisted by Mr. SCAIII.ET. lie was
Brat apprehended for not pioeidiug 'or-his wife and
family ; to his belief this prosecution is married nu
he ti+ first and not the second wife. The first
wife has heea in town two or threw days.
The evidence closed here for the prosecution. aid
'he Judge s.ked the Primmer for his alef,see...-lic
maid that Mrs. T1101U1,6016 had• *WWI. i1r6.1.11 rte

Justices in Newcastle. . dna he it .d Out known
th-
gitrl more than ooe day; that Eltsahrth Peon, took
' laved with him at &Umtata-castle. and hint aticitot-
ed to Like his life; he upplitd to Mr. Hegel). the
Attorney. at Hartiard-easile. who told liitu ilia. hr
vas at liberty to marry again. as the tint marriage
was contracted when he was under age i he •alio
stated, that he had been twelve years in Ilia Ms-
jetty's service. and had been twiee wounded.
The J conc. iu his recapitulation to the Jury,
served, that the evidence mower. d to establish the
Aria mat doge. V. ratet--f;ititry.
%%lien brim..ht up to receive sentence. his lAA-
rwpresartl h.% sorrow that a man who bore Ili,
!thirst.) 's coition-vino should appear before bins
chine, d with atich an offence. The evident e most
(!early established his drat marriage. The solemn
obligations he had roosted into. he hail with-
out way app trent cause. acid had left to poverty and
distrroi (which led to the thaearecv) his wife and
family. From the circumstances appeared
um the trash it was with some difficulty he had
prevailed on hiarelf to rive him so lenient a
punishment. flitt wit et was much in his fierour, he
had not roaterially imposed cat the trawl woos meat
she Imes. of the oaiseetiott. Thai. had been comaiti.
'nested to hart by her since his trial. fie hoped
%lon lie would shew his contrition. by a eorrect con-
duct to his tirat wife stud family.
• Fined one shilling. and to be imprisoued in gaol
twelve inostlis.

TeeterdnFoennighti6esi aria itomaxmasmeeting
of
'!.e part.hioners of Si. Nicholas %Vuitton. io
Dublin, to ron.ider ofa Petition to the Lord Lieu-
tenant and Privy Cmineil. tu suspend the ,pennon
of
the new tints nl tifty per erotism on the Wilt.
glow Tax in Irelainh and also a Prtitioa to Patina-
toent. fora repeal of the Act of Union. ltesolu.
lion. to the owe, went c.irr:ed
and a meeting an. to I.e held on the Tuesday f..-
lown.g. to receive the report. The stole da tie
Corporatists of Sttilioners a.,;re..1 to a l'etototat :0
uuautoiousi, for a Tel .41 of the Act
of Unimi.
A ilrentlfill accotilerst liappenetl to the New
o:n coach on IVailiarsday last: saisil-t ?!ootown4
toot. 'sawn of Bigultovrotilr. the homey. were al.l7enrol
-by the posetiog of I load of sheop•oo4two, toiled to
tome Ite.,:ht nu the back of en '.-a. Tiieeitorll of the
Aims weaned in totTigul thetn, foe thry oi't ion, ite:rl
op their heads, breathed loved. itiof foirino.h: e.t
elf *Oh the ensoN. iiriacr, in C011.110•Ci qt.!! •I• 4.
ti.w *whirl% jerk. .10-tippet! the rein.. novl to
anoci,,o to e.rntr. Caen. fell le-toren toe horst...and
1.11. a ei lA. the ',torah of cclit4:: p-ioorst over trio, .vot
t.thol him emtantly. lu a tuiiiii!e*. time the :•'h
t-a•ne in contact with a woo, and .Pt. °virtu:l,f.
1 het+ were antodile soil tau insole toss-e-go•ti
*a. to' Ili, fornitt no.iblere aro ereer•ly coit nets
brioiaell about lin! loc On. of tio• anew', ; the
sabre pairene.ors Isere loth. icofoiltiocoe
oaaeltavin'• mite lima Nei% : hr ba. 11-1., n oar
an I tier r!,•'oliro at ilototo•clt :•••
• oso.• with cootorrrn th,.l Plo.
eiolog I .eta l'etiorlicaroo:b, • ho, a delicate
of 0th..,. in e.. 6,11 nt t;•••
bake of the occult-tat, dtrd is tn.i,r t.-ors intr.
cc:on-11..8.c.: or r t.