The Sun.
London, England, 1836-07-27 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

MANSION-HOUSE.
On Monday a case of child7stcaling came on before the
Lord Mayor, which excited such powerful interest that,
long before the usual time for opening the gates, all the
avenues to the Justice-room•were crowded in the extreme,
and much inconvenience was experienced by persons who
b.ni commercial business with his Lordship.
A ytiong woman, named Pherbe Adams, and her mother,
Esther Adams, were put to the bar, charged with having
stolen the infant female child of Mr. John Chalworthy, of
14, Wolverley-street, Bethnal-green. The prisoners ap-
peared to he in a very poor condition.
Mr. Denney Chalworthy said, that on-last Tuesday fort-
night, Eliza Souter, a little girl about nine years of age, to
whom the care- of witness' child had been entrusted, re-
turned without the child,- in the • evening, having taken the
baby, which was seven months old, out to see the balloon.
Eliza Souter stated that while she was out with the baby,
about six o'clock on the Wednesday evening, a balloon went
up. A young woman, whom she did not.l":now, was in the
crowd, and said the evening Was very cold for the child, and

witness said she would take it home, an d accordingly walked
towards Wolverley-street. The young woman followed he
and after 'inquiring Where she lived, pointed to a public-
house, and asked her to go to a house w;thiu a few door
of it, and tell a girl named Caroline that her sister wanted
to see he . he young woman then took the child from
.11er, and she (witness) ran off to the house pointed at, ;tad
inquired 7.s she was directed, but found no percn of the
mane. Upon her return to the place where she left the
youne, woman, both woman and child were gone
Wm.' Matthews, the nephew of the elder prisca r, stated
that she had ivorked with him for the last eight yeArs, unt:l
about a fortnight ago, when she left her work, and said she
was ,going to nurse her daughter's baby, which was said to
Le aboht three weeks old. Witness saw the child, and at
once perceived that it was much older, and that it suited
Vie description of a stolen child, and he sent his mother to
mention his suspicion. He did not believe that the elder
prisoner, who was a simple, honest woman, knew anything
about the deception. She had carried the child about the
neighbourhood openly, and was very fond of it.
The elder prisoner, who appeared to be what she,was
described, said that her daughter had brought home the
child, after a• considerable absence, and given it to her, as
we understood her, as her -graud-daughter.
The LORD MAYOR—W she tell you who was the fa-
ther of the child ? Elder prisonerNo ; she said nothing
about that, but I understood it would be supported.
Plicebe Adams he child is not mine. It was given to
me by a girl named Eliza, in the Mile End-road, to take
care of. I know, Eliza, but I don't know,her other name.
The elder prisoner was discharged. Phoebe Adams was
remanded for another examination on Friday.
The young woman was taken away under a strong escort,
as there were hundreds of mothers ready to take summary
revenge upon her.

UNION-HALL.
Yesterday UNION--HALL.
Hart, a respectable-looking female,
in widow's weeds, was brought up, charged with inter-
marrying with a• second husband, her first, Philip Hart,
heine, still alive:
A° policenitm of the M-divison stated that Mrs. Hart
was given into his custody that day by the complainant, who
charged her with bigaMy.
The complainant was 'married to Mrs. Hart in 1823,
and went away from her in 1827, and had not lived with
her from the latter period up to the present time. He
added that within the last three weeks he had ascertained
that she married a second husband in 1834, who had since
died.

Mr. JEREMY inquired whether she was aware that her
first husband was alive at the period she contracted the
second marriage? The complainant had not been out of
England since he left his wife, and he saw her and she saw
him on Millpond Bridge in 1827, but they merely looked
at each other and did not speak. He admitted that he
had neither spoken to his wife, or held any communication
with her, from the time he left her until he heard of her
second marriage.
Mr. JEREMY—Don't you know that your brother in-
formed her that you died abroad ? Complainant—l only
know it from the fact of Nei' having told me so when I re-
cently discovered that she had a second husband.
Mr. JEREMY—Have you any evidence to prove that she
was aware of your existence at the time of the second mar-
riage ? Cpmplainant--None at present ; but I have seen
the certificate of that marriage.
The MAGISTRATE then asked him the reason he had not
made any stir in the business before, and the reason of his
quitting her ? The complainant in r( ply said that she was
jealous of him, and that on hearing of the death of her
second husband, he was afraid that she would have come
dOwn upon him (complainant) for a maintenance.
The Inspector of Police here informed the Magistrate
that Mrs. Hart had lately been left some property, and
that upon the complainant obtaining this piece of intelli-
gence, he had now come forward.
Mrs. Hart stated that such was the fact. She did not
mean to deny her marriage to the complainant in the year
1823 ; that in 1827 he left her abruptly, without leaving
her a maintenance, and that she had not heard of him for
nine years ; and upon being informed that he died abroad
she then married a second husband, who was since dead.
Mrs. Dinah Walker was Mrs. Hart's mother, and that
she was present four years ago when the complainant's bro-
ther called at their house, and told them that his brother
(complainant) had died in America. She added that Mr.
Hart's brother was in mourning at the time, and he said
that it was for his brother.

Mr. JEREMY here read the clause relating to that part of
the Act, which exculpates a party from the charge of
bigamy who had not been apprized of the other's existence
for seven years, and had contracted h second marriage at
the expiration of that period. The Magistrate then said,
that the complainant had not produced one tittle of evi-
dence to show that his wife was aware of his being alive at
the time of her second marriage ; but, on the contrary,
had offered proof to the effect that she was informed of his
death.

The complainant said that all he required was a release
from being burdened with her support.
The father of Mrs. Hart here stood forward, and said
that he should willingly give the complainant a release that
his daughter should not in future make any sort of claim
upon him.
This latter arrangement having been acquiesced in by all
parties, they then left the office.