The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1821-05-18 00:00:00

CUMBERLAND EASTER SESSIOIVS.

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Held at Carlisle, on Tuesday, Wednesday, sod Thursday,
the Ist,2d, and 3d days of May.
iiiisabctk Young', a young woman of as iaterestieg ap-
pearance, was indicted for bigamy, Invitee married Jousting'
Deserued durum the life-time of William Young, of Brig-
ham, her drat husband.
William Wraighant 'mew t►e Prisoner sod her roomer
husband; be was present, and • rubscribi•g witness, •t
their marriage, which took place ■t euckerssouth, by the
Rev. Mr. Finnan.
Wm. Gersten kites Prissier, and was pretest soon after
last blarrisasas et the cherch of St. Bees when she was
married to Jonetha• Durwood by the Rev. Mr. Anger.
John Menekhouse examined tbe marriage register at Cock-
eyeteeth church; au extract from which, recording the nip-
tiab of the Prisoner and her drat busbaud, was put in; be
had also examined the marriage register of t►e church of St.
Bees, tum which a similar extract, recording her second
marriage, was also put in.
Win :Merle, the uncle to the .Prisoner's first busb•ad,
saw him or the !Ist of last February.
The Prisoner, in leer defence, stated, that her Int husband
bad descried her, and she hod heard of hie death upwards of
twelve mouths before her sensed marriage. Her mother,
who Served her tenderly, was recently dead, and she had no
being us earth to protect he..
Here her voice became inaudible, being choked by her
Wars sad the viesleuce of bey rinotinsi. Every person In the
4el, possessing • heart of sensibility, deeply sympathised
sib her; and we have no doilla, alternately felt the glow
if indignation wanting, and the dew of pity wetting,
his cheek, ea the conduct of the Proseeito►, or the yowls
mad utter helplessness of the Finn:lOU were uppermost in
his mad.
The Jury fueled her Guilty, and the poor unfortusale was
directed to fill upon leer knees and ;way that the Coot%
would rot pass a severe *cadence epee her. Its cousegnence
of the favourable ciecurnsiasices of the case, she was only
neutenced to be insprisased six mouths in cation gaol.
Jam Peri:croon was arraigued fur stealing one shift, two
pair of stockings, one pair ref shires, rue silk handkerchief,
aid two raps, the property of Jane Irving, of Nixie's.
Jain Irving, a simple country girl deposed that she was
et Wixom ua Saturday the 7th of April lost, seeking fur a
plies—she met she Prisuner there, wbu hired her fur a year
us the behalf of her uncle—the place she assured the wit.
ern was • rims one, sear Gretna—she will to inert her et
Carlisle, and prevailed upon witness to accompany her
there, which site did, tying up her clothe. in • bundle.—
They arrived, and proceeded to a public house where
Prisoner directed witness to rens4in outside, while she
went in and acqoainied bar nuele—ilie such, of course,
being sot there, Prisoner a►ked witness in go up the street
but leave her laaspdie at the tin, *loch she did. No uncle
however being discoverable, Prisoner told witness ►he bad
S. go into • house, end slipped her. After staying near an
haw sondes. returned to the too, and (omit( the clothes •
Amentioued in the indictment were missing. The Prisoner I
.was taken on the caning Sunday; with the clothes on.—
[The Prisoner here said she had given es. to witness fur the
clothes, which the latter denied, and said, on the contrary,
Prisoner had i.e money, and had borrowed 6d. of her.)
Julia Barnes, constable, 'Apprehended Prisoner on the 7th,
found the clothes un her bark and in the horse. They were
produced and identified ley the last witness. Prisoner, when
taken, said the cluthea were her own, that she had au uncle,
whit h ►he afterwrrds denied. Offered wilites* a guinea in
let her go, and schisms hedged abs bad given the last witness
within* lot the goods.

Verdict—Gaily. Seateuced to twelve mouths' imprison.
=out its the House of Correction at Whitebaraet. •

DUBLIN POLICE.

atOtniTaaTn-OrlitlT °MCC
On Saturday last sousecows, brlungiug to a man of Iberians.
of Magna, were imposiaded in Swords for a trespara,be (AI agora)
broke ores* the pound mid drove away hie cows. A soma of
the name of Darlington, one of the Swords cuuslables, was
ordered by Captaiu Prague-11, a Magistrate, to re-impound
she cow., which he um in the act of doing, wheu a son of
Mayor's atteapted to rescue the cattle, fur which the (tra-
inable made him prisoner; a man of the time of Fitzpatrick
came to rescue the Ply, alien Darlingtuu drill* d him • 'bind
off, or he would tire ou him." Uriturtuuately, Fitzpatrick
rushed forward, apparently to rescue the buy, when the con-
stable Bred, asid killed Mut on the spit. Darlington mate-
drately surrendered to Captain Gorden, a Slagisirate.
A Conies* s inquest-will be held on the budy of Fitz-
patrick this day, and the verdict of flue Jury shall be laid
berme the public, as well as all the uthcr circumstances
atieutlaut uu the Comore* inquest, in the Fireman of to-
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