The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1804-06-02 00:00:00

TROM JOURNAL DES Till SUM A 13X.

Jacques Nottier, an invalid, aged 25, having lost
his right leg in the service of the Republic, appear-
ed on the 1 tith Ventose, before the Criminal Tri-
bunal of the Department of the Seine, accused of
having married within these last eight months, three
different women. Maria Dabaud, Maria Bertrand,
and Louisa Perrani, who were all present, and
proved their aCts of marriage, before the 2d, 4th,
and 9th Municipalities of Paris. During the trial
it came out, that the prisoner had made it for years
a regular praCtice to marry a new wife wherever he
went with his regiment ; and to the knowledge of
his own brother, he had already fourteen French
wives alive, besides one Italian, one Swiss, and two
Dutch women, who had been married to him in
those countries when in garrison, or encamped
there. Before he was eighteen, he had been di-
vorced, according to the laws of the Republic, from
tire wives, not included in the above number, by
whom he had siz children ; and the three wives
now before the Tribunal all declared themselves
to be in a state of pregnancy by him. Being asked
by the Public Accuser if he had many children with
the other women not present, though known to be
married to him ? he answered very coolly, " I had
at least one with each woman, and I believe that
I have as many children alive as I caa count years."
He offered to give the names and places of resi-
dence of as many wives as he could etimumlier to
have married ; and gave in the names of eleven in
eleven different departments. To gain time to en-
quire after these women, the Commissary of Go-
vernment proposed, and the Tribunal consented, to
put off this trial 19161 the 6th of Germinal, on
which day, eight of those women, each with a
child, came before the Tribunal, and identified
their faithless husband, who had the impudence
to declare, that if he had been a Grand Sultan, he
should have kept them all in his Seraglio, as he
loved them all with the same affect on. Ater a
trial of three hours, he was found uilty of bigamy,
and condemned to be punished with a fortnight's
imprisonment, and to regard Anna 1 azois, whom
lie had married nine years ago, as his only wife. To
this herefused to assent, saying, that, instead of pu-
nishment, he deserved a reward ; and that many
persons had been made members of the Legion of
Honour for less patriotic deeds than his, and that he
intended to petition to the First Consul for obtaining
permission to chuse his own wife among his own wi yes.
The galleries were unusually crowded by fashion-
^','r Ladies ; among whom were counted, Made-
: n's-lies Contat and Mezairais, with nine other
:ars•rate actresses.

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