The Sun.
London, England, 1814-11-01 00:00:00

BIGAMY.

hlush Everard was indicted for bigamy, in mar-
rying a second wife, his first Wife being living.
The Counsel for the prosecution stated, that the
case of the prisoner was a very atrocious one.—
.He had formerly liVed-in a menial. sithation, in the
family' of Mr. Timson, Town Clerk of York.
After an absence of some years he returned to
York, and stated, that he was a Gentleman by
birth; that at thelime he lived in the family, he
bad quarrelled with his father; but that afterwards,
upon a reconciliation,, he Ilad resumed his rank in
life, and had been abroad in ,the army for• many
years. lie was received by Mrs. Timson, his for.;
mer mistress, with much friendship, and, at
last he succeeded So far as to induce her to
marry him. She had a fortune of near 50,0001.
the greater part of which she had the prudence to
settle upon herself. They had not long, however,
been married, 'before be treated her With the
most brutal cruelty-, insomuch that she was obliged
to resort to measures to compel him to give sure-
ties for keeping the peace; and at length, in in-
vestigating his former course Of life, fortunately
.for her it was discovered that he had a -former
wife living. The twof marriages were proved
by the Clergymen who celebrated them, by which
it appeared that he married his first wife at Ches-
tiunt, in Hertfordshire, in the year 1804, and
that she was still living.
In his defence he said, that the Counsel had
thrown a discredit on his assertion that beWas a
Gentleman. lie begged leave Co assure the-Court
that be was a Gentleman born ; that his brother
',WA Major in the County Maya militia; and that
it was true that he lived with. Mts. .Timson for-
merly, it was because he had quarrelled with his
•father, who for a time discarded him. He after-
wards went into the army, where he had chin-
panded a troop of Dragoons; that he had served
in Spain at 'Alhafera, at Busaco, and other places.
While he was with. Mr. Timson, he hail token a
~particular friendship fOr'him, having disCOvered,
:as he said, something superior in his manners,
and he had disclosed to him his true station. Mrs.
Timson had also conceived the greatest friendship
.for him ; and when he returned from abroad,-
hearing • that Mr. Timson was: dead, he wrote to
-the Lady, who immediately invited him down to
York.:, and upon their marriage ensuing, he him-
self proposed that all her fortune 'Should -be settled,,•:
bht
.she; insisted that he should accept-of 2001; per
anti*, Oat he might not be -,entirely dependant
:on her. • The present prosecution was also, he
said, carried on Without her wish, as he had a
letter a: few days Iwo,. in which she eNpreSsed:-the.
gkeatest aflection for him. ••-.He admitted thatchis
former wife was living, but he said she 'had- agreed
to renounce all pretensions to him.- Verltict--!...
Guilty. •

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' Anthony ,linnton was next put to the bar, to
take hiS. trial on an indictment chaiging him with
having fehMiously stolen a .gold watch, value 51.
the .property of Elizabeth Larking, in her dwell-
ing;hOtiSe,
Mrs. Larking being, called,. deposed, than she
bad hecorne acquainted with the prisoner a short
time previous to a journey_ she made to Ireland,
about. five weeks ago. Just before that journey,
she gave the watch in question to her ji`veller to
be repaired, ta.kii:g a watch of his to wear in the
interim. When she left London, her house in-
"NewNoifolk-street, was-in the occupation of die
„prisoner, and all -letters and parcels which came
to her house,. directed .to her, were to-he for-
warded to Bristol, where she would sOjohrtr.,for a
short time, before she embarked for

Mrs. Christie, a fernale.servant.o.“he pro,secu..
trix, deposed., that she had received,thc watch from,
the jeweller, after being •repaired, and had given
it .to Captain .Swinton to forward: to her mistress,
which'be-did po•t:qb; • and her mistress
for the watch, but did not get it.
• This was' the'material part of the evidence for
the prosecution,
George Fletcher. Was, then called on the part of
the prisoner. He deposed;'. that he acted'in,the
capacity of warehouseman and porter to the'pri.7
sorter. He had packed tip
,the Watch in question:
in brown paper for his thaster,•who/directed• it
",Mrs."l4arking, CliftOn-, Bristol,"
,and he gave it
to the guard of the Bristol mail. He could not.
..say -when this was, He had once gone by the
•nam6.of Smith, but his real flame Was lilletcher:'.
He had been in custody with hiS maSter..

. .
In consequence of the contradistory.and preva-
ricating evidence ,this witness gave, the RECOR-
,
-DEffiturned him from the box,
The next`witness was a man named John Bax-
ter, who swore, that he did norknow
that he knew the prosecutrix 5 she consulted him
as a triend—she told hint sheAvonld swear 150
oaths, and that black was white, but she Would
convict Captain Swinton and if his Lordship,
and the Gentlemen of the Jury'acquittedliim, she
would blow his brains out. After more evidence
of a'similar nature the RECORDER committed him
for wilful and,corrupt perjury:
Mrs: Larking being-examined,,Aenied ever hav-
ing had any .conversation with the last witness,
to any thing,like the effect represented.
Mr: Shelton, the Clerk of the 'Arraigns, was
then examined, and deposed; that he-knew-Baxter
to be an infamous character, and a person not to
be believed upon oath.

Much more evidence, of a similar nature to the
above, was heard in support of the defence, when

The ItEcortnEa proCjeded to.the charge, and
the'Jtiry, without, the smallest hesitation, return,.
ed a verdict of Guilty.
Joachini de. la Font was capitally convicted of
.and. .maliciously stabbing Manuel
with; intent to'hill him. The prosecutor and pri-
soner were 'shipmates on board a SPanish vessel
called the Philip, which lay at the Union Stairs,
Wapping,
Georce Beck and Harry Griffiths Were capitally
convicted of burglariously breaking arid errtering
the &melting, House of Mrs. Mary Howell, in Sur-
rey-street, in the Strand, on the 30th of Septem-
ber, last, and stealing therein 'a quantity of wear-
ing.apparel, of 'the value of 6/.
Charles Ross . was indicted for stealing one
pound of pepper from on board the ship Sir Hugh
in the Last India Dock. Verdict---Guilty,