The Sun.
London, England, 1862-12-27 00:00:00

near the Eastern Counties Railway Station, on the
night of the 4th August, 1854.
The Prisoner—There is no case against me atall.
I want to see the man who paid me the money.
Mr. Selfe—And so do I want to see the man, and
he must be here. I will adjourn the case for two
hours.

0 n the prisoner being again arraigned,
Mr. Davis, who is now carrying on business, said
he received a load of potatoes from the prisoner in
August, 1854, and paid him for them. There were
more than
Prisoner—Can than a ton.
Th
y-on swear that you paid me
the money ?
Mr. Davis—No, I cannot. Eight years and five
months makes a vast difference 10 a man.
Mr. Selfe—Do you believe the ;.irisoner is the
man to whom you paid the money foi the load of
potatoes ?
Mr. Davis—l think he is. I have very little,
doubt about it. I obtained a receipt when I paid
the money, and I have since destroyed it.
William Yardley, a police-constable, 259 R, said
that he apprehended the prisoner at the Woolwich
Police-court, on Tuesday last, after he had charged
his wife with bigamy in feloniously intermarrying
with Charles Drysdale, a sergeant of the Royal
Marines. The charge of bigamy was admitted to
be true, and the prisoner's wife said that she
thought her first husband had been dead two years
when she contracted the second marriage.
Yardley then handed to the magistrate a written
statement which was read. It was to the follow-
ing effect :
" Statement of Jessie Ann Drysdale—l was
married to Thomas Cooper on the 25th of SeP-
tember, 1842, being then 16 years of age. He
was then employed by Mr. Charles Evans as carman.
Previous to my being confined with my first child
I was obliged to return to my parents' home, he
having pawned and made away with almost every-
thing, including my clothes, and even my wedding
ring. During this period, and up to the birth of
my third child, I saw him only occasionally, and
scarcely ever received from him more than 2s. 6d.
per week, being principally supported by my grand-
mother who was in middling circumstancea. After
the birth of the third child, in 1847, he communi-
cated to me a loathsome disease, and I was at-
tended by Dr, Llewelyn, of the Mile-end-road.
After the birth of my fourth child he embezzled
£2O from Mr. William Wybrow, soap manufac-
turer, and received 12 months' imprisonment at the
Old Bailey_ After his release from that term of
imprisonment, in consequence of his promise of
amendment I gave him £lOO, a portion of the
money left me by my grandmother, to set him 1113
in business. After being in business about six
weeks he went away with all the ready caoll
available, and left me to carry on the business as
best could, and remained away seven weeks, which
caused me to sell everything at a sacrifice, and
close the establishment. The same day he WO
back he sold his horse and cart at the shop door,
at about half the value. After selling the horse he
went to the purchaser, and having borrowed the
horse, again sold it and got another twelve months'
imprisonment and hard labour. After his release
he obtained £2O from my mother, £lO as a present,
and £lO loan, upon a promise of repaying the sant!
at 2s. 6d. per week, but which was never kW
good. He then obtained a situation at Mr. Charles
Smith's, potato salesman, in Spitalfields-market!
as a carman, from whose employment he absconded
on the 4th of August, 1854, having embezzled 11
considerable sum of money, leaving myself andt
three children chargeable to the parish. Sergesli,
;
Jackson, of the detective police, had charge o'.
the case. Twelve months after his absconding
I heard he was dead, and that he died of fell
in the Crimea during the war, and which report
have every reason to believe was circulated by hime
self to avoid the punishment which he might 11.
been likely to receive upon his return to Englan,o
Having remained single two years and two months
after his desertion, with a sincere conviction that
was dead, I married Sergeant Drysdale in October;
1856, and I now humbly place myself at your
mercy, as you can see by the statement the manna
in which I have been treated by Thomas Cooper
,
during the period of my being married. He now
goes by the name of Hubbard, for what reason .1'
cannot tell."
Police-constable Yardley said the prisoner's Wifej
who wrote the statement produced, was committee
for trial by Mr. Maude, but in consideration of t a
mitigatory circumstances of the ease, he accepted
bail to the amount of £lO only for her appearance
at the sessions.
Mr. Selfe decided on 'sending the prisoner for
trial for stealing 1:6 125., the property of his Wile:
ter, on the 4th of August, 1854. It would be nece°
nary to produce formal proof of the prisoner's for
mer ccnvictions on the trial.