The National Register.
London, England, 1814-11-06 00:00:00

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On Morelay, Hugh Everard was indicted for bigamy. He had
formerly lived in the fairilv of Mr. Townson, town clerk, of Tor k.
Atter some %Tata he reunited to York, and •Aated that he was a
Gentleman i)y hitch ; that at the time hes heed in the family, he lind
quarrelled with his father ; hut iliat afterwards, he resumed his
moil: in life, and had been abroad in the army I,r many years. fl
was received 11 Mrs. Townson with f and at last he in
thleed her to marry him. She had a room!, of near ao,tntl. the
treater part of iVitich site fett; eel tspon herself*. They had not lone.
however, been married. In Care he treated her with brutal arnelty,a_ad
sire at length comaelled him to give securities for kecping.the peace
At leogth it was discovered that he had a former wife li•Ang, who he
ied at.Cheshimt, limas, in 1804. The prisoner, in his defence,
said, that Counsel bad thrown discredit on -leis assertion that he
mai a gentleman He begged to assure the Court he was a gen
tleinin born ; his brother was a Mr,jor in the Mayo militia ; and it
was true he had lived with Townson firmerly, because he had
v.aranat with his father who for a time discarded him. He after-
ward, weat into the array, where lie had commaaded a troop of
agoons ; 113 d ser.ed in Spain at A llintera, Ilusaco, he. While he
\Vas with Mr. Townson he had taken a particular' fri,vdship for him,
viva discovered something »uperior in his !Hamlets. Mrs. Town-
son had also the greatest friendship for him ; stud when he returned,
hvai ing•that Mr. Townson was dead, he wrote to the lady, who im-
mediately invited him to York : and on their marriage, he himself
praposed her tot tune should be settled. but she insisted he should ac•
cept of 2001, per animal. The present prosecution was carried on
without her wish, as he had a letter a few days ago, in which she
expressed the greatest affection for him. He admitted that his
former wife was livieg, but he said she had agreed to renounce all
pretensions to him. Verdict--Guilty.
The sante day. Anthony Sn ioton, formerly well known :via vender
of Daffy's Elixir, was capitally olcheted for atealing a watch, the
property of Mrs. Larl‘in. The particulars of this case we gave at
the time ofthe prisoner's examination at ilow-street. He produced

• several witueses, whose evidence "as not credited, and one of them
• named Baxter, was committed fur per.inry. Swinton was found
Guilty.
The SeAsions terminated on Friday, when the foluwing sentences
Aare passed
Wilson, for robbing a wharf; C. A. Allen, for secretirq
a letter in the General Post Office, cant:lllbn, 101. ; Partly Citrrol,
Win. ILrnet, Win. Gardiner. Tho.. Osmond, Janes Yipping, George
Coates, :And Patrick Smith, for highway robberies;
tor ass:1114111g with a sharp it.strument, with intent to,citt and ;
ChristoWler Wotrat, for stealing goods in a dwelling-house Elizabe;ll
for hell;! a second time convicted of uttering fake nioney ;
Wiliam King and Amos Crisp. for stealircz in a dwelling house A!es-
ander Wil•on, for a burglary; Geoige Beck and Harry Griffiths, for a
; Lydia Case, for stealing in a (ladling house; Joachim
for stalAing, and slatting, &c.; and IVilliaiti Jutii s,
a Virg!..ry. Jchit Anderson, who was convicted on his own con-
tut,-,icii at the robbery at Bedtoot, in company with Strangeway:., wt.s
re.l;ced.
Transportation fur Lite.—T. Wall W. Toolcy, and W. Andrews,
fur
Transp(Tfation Scren. nears.- Autliony Swinton. for -ter ling
gold watch; i‘lewcurne PAgew!oli, for bigamy ; also itichard Hullo-
. way, Thoy.ra.• Steve;:s, Hurt, :thirrison, Jamq.s Gorman, James
Hurler, riiollllS Ptqlkila,7l), \V.ii. Gardin.r, Sophia Crouch, Miry Per-
rin, John Butler Be;t., .Jolm Ktiißhtly. George Gritlitl44, Henry Hart,
John Holmes, James JAiikon., Julin Down, Jail Lyon, Thomas Stan
ley, James 13ronu, Frances Wilkitkon, M ary Smith, and Joseph

Ann Ftnith and James limit were sentenced to fourteen years trans.
pot t taloa.
IVimm C,mmutelley, Jetties Sullivan, and Dennis Leary (for Manslaugh-
ter), were sentenced to pay a fine 'of 101. each, and be confined fur
one emir iii Newrate.
Twoniy-one, conviCted of relonif,,, were sentenced to m•ix months
.i,:iy;souinent and hard labour in the House of Correction.—Niue were
fir.t.ci Is. each, and sentenced to twelve months' continetuent and hard
lar.qAmr in time Workhouse. Seventeen besides those already mentioned,
were soutenced to 7 years' transportation.--Two were ordered to
....hipped and discharged. Fourteen .to be confined one mend) End
Esc ..;lipped. Three to 14 days' imprisonment in Newgate ; and one
vcars' hard labour in the House of Correction.
T!le 'Sessions adj,lnrned to the 17th of next mouth.

Sharpe, for the murder of Elizabeth

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Dobbins. N‘ll3 . executed on Monday morning, in the front of New.
eau.. The criminal behaved, during the whole of his confinement
in the condemned cell, with tne same obduracy and impenitence
Inch he manifested on sentence of death being passed upon him,—
At a late hour on Sunday night, the Ordinal, and his aged father
Mended him, and used every persuasive Mat religion and parenta
itlection could suggest, to awaken his mind to a i-ense of his awful
situation, and to induce him to make confession of the crime which
e was about to expiate with his life ; but they could make no,int•
IrCAtiioll on him. Monday morning, however, the Ordinary, at.
.ended by
!some of the Officers, on visiting the criminal in his cell,
murderers being excluded from attendance in the chapel, for the
purpose of directing his devotions and conducting him to the press.
yard to be released of his irons, observed that a great change had
take') place in his demeanour doring the night, and that he appealed
thlomed to join in the last consolations of religion, which he did
most fervently while he yet remained on this side of eternity. M
eight o'clock lie stepped upon the platform, and alter joining the
Ordinary in fervent prayer, arcomie.nied by corresponding ges-
tures, which evinced the sincerity of his repentance and contd.
fin)] for the crime, he was in a few minutes launched into eternity.
It is said, he made an ample confession previous to his appearing
upon the drop. After hanging the usual time, his body was deli-
vered to the burgeons for dissection. An immense concourse of
people attended on the occasion. Thomas Sharpe was the son of
John Sharp, of Leighton Buzzard, tin plate-worker, who, besides
this unhappy Young man, has four sons and six daughters. Al-
though in humble circumstances, Mr. Sharpc's character stands
high for probity, and a sober, religious demeanour ; and no man,
with his narrow means, cook! give his children better education.
Hut Thomas the eldest child, who has expiated his crimes by an
ignominious death, was always froward, even from his infancy.
His father is a member of a Baptist Society at Leighton ; their
whole family (there are eleven children), except this unhappy son,
were good and dutiful, and a more honest, frugal, and decent
household there is not in Leighton, being respected by rich and
poor.

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