The National Register.
London, England, 1808-12-04 00:00:00

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fiuru►ept, the itersonS Yoticerned in Old ptosecut ion *ere
forix liimuttur motives, to remand the prisoner Liu
the real state of is intelects could be ascert%►ned. by tiic
faculty.
Mr. Justice Grose here remanded the prisoner, who
nas led from the Bar, cursing and utteri►►g the must inde
cent language,
'Jr. Carron- then applied to the Court to order a Jury,
to try whether the prisoner was iu his right senses, at the
ensuing Sessions.
Mr. Justice Grose observed, that the Learned Council
for the prosecution had been lenient iu permitting the pri-
soner to defer his trial, and he complied with the applick
Lion. The prisoner will, not of course be tried nest Ses-
sions.

BIGAMY.
Robert Fenton was indicted for feloniously marrying
Thiry Wainright, while his former wife, Mary Coule, was

living.
John Turner produced a marriage certificates Ity...which
it appeared that the prisoner was married to Mary Coule at
llawkhead, in Lancashire, on the lid of March, 1791, by
whom he had two children.
Mary Wainright, the secoral wife, stated, that she was
married to the prisoner at 't. James's; Clerkettwell,
on
the l9th of February, 189:1. She lived with hint about
two years, when he left her after taking away all her
cloatits. She afterwards applied to him for assistance, and
he sent her a letter from Great lioinford, M which he
stated, that she could make no demand on him, because
,he was not his lawful wife. Ile had deeeived her and
himself, to-. he had a, wife and two children when he mar-
ried. The facts were. dearly made out against the pri-
soner, and the Jury found him Cuilly.
The prisoner stood charged on a second indictment with
a similar ideucei but the Court considered it. unnecessary
to put him ou a second trial. It appeared that he hail!
married three wives.
Thursday Thomas Wright, an old man of 61, was in-
dicted for ravishing his own grand-daughter, a child 13
years old. Mr. Pollock stated the case, which was proved
by the l'rosecutrix, a very pretty little girl, as follows:
tliat on the 90111 day of June, she was ordered by her fa-
ther to carry some nails to her gratulfather's, ului was a
shoemaker, and lived near her father's _at, Tottenham.
When she got to the door he forcildv polka her into the
room and threw her upon the bed, -when- he perpetrated
the crime. She cried out, but no one came to tier assist-
ance. On cross-exantination, she said, she did not cry out
so much as she should have done, nor did she tell any body
for three weeks, because her stepmother used her so Yen
harshly she was afraid. On the (th July, her grand-
father had ravished her in like manner, in passing through
a field, which she concealed for the like reasons.
The learned Judge in summing tip spoke with great in-
dignation of the conduct or the Prisoner, but he thought
the es idence of the Prosecittrix ought to acquit hint of the
rape, as it had always beets a rule of evidence in these
cases, that the Prosmotrix should make immediate disclo-
sure, and all possible resstance, to entitle her to credit.
The Jury withdrevs for 1131 f au hour, and then returned
with a verdict of Guilty.
Friday Thomas Cantior will indicted for a highway robbery,
hs .‘lorting money from .10-epli Rutter, under a threat of au-
ces:ag him of unnatural pr..ciite.
The' cv idence as given by Butler the prosecutor, was as fol-
iow•':—That he was a shopman to Nit.. NVergnian, the jeneller.
0_1) thP evening of the 9th of A it..o-t 1;1,1 he took a stack in the
Park, between nine and ten ia the evening; having seated him-
'elf On one of the benches, the prison..r Cannor came and sat
, imself beside him :he addressed him conversatioa, which
_lt
e ss iou,ss wished to decline, bet he became more obtrusive;
fie laid him that he nas a lientb•man's boiler, and iitvited him
en home awl drink a gla,, of wine ss it h him; the witness de-
riin el, and to walk awns ; the prisoner followed him some
I:UIe says and then he told the witness that he saw enoogit of
)11111 to know he was guilty of uunuLurul propeasitie,,, -nit that