The Sun.
London, England, 1814-02-23 00:00:00

BIGAMY.

Yesterday, .Tames Jlair stood indicted for
bigamy. It appeared that_ the prisoner, in the
year 1808, was married to a girl of the name of
Osborn, in Townsend-street Chapel, Dublin. This,
4'uot was Droved by her father, George (Morn.
He afterwards married Mary Smith, a widow wo-
man, in June 1813. This marriage took place in
St; James's Church, Westminster. ,Mary Smith
was a widow, with two chilchen.. . She gave the
prisoner all she was possessed of-, amounting to
2501. and was now, she said, reduced to beggary,.
the. prisoner having become a bankrupt a. short
time after their marriage.—Guilty.
Robert-Oakley, a lad 16 years old, was brought
to the bar in a chair, being unable to walk from
lameness, caused by chilblains since he had been
in prison. Ile was indicted for stealing a coat,
some silver spoons, &c. frOnt. Mr. Oxenhaw, the
patent mingle maker, in Oxford-street.
. Mr. Oxenhani proved his loss, and identified'his
property.. The prisoner
,was his errand boy.
The property was found at his mother's apart-
ments.
Cross-examined. Prisoner bed always been
honest; had been six Years in the prosecutor's
service.

The officer proved having found the property in
his mother's drawers. .

Mr. Oxenham gave him an excellent' character.
The RECORDER inquired if he had .any friends
who could•take care of him ; but the prosecutor
himself, much to his honour, said be should have
no objection to receive him .back again, though
he.had been guilty of that one fault. The facts
being proved, the Airy could not avoid finding
him.guilty ; when the RECORDER impressively ad-.
dressed the prisoner, ordering him to pay a fine
of one shilling, and be discharged. Mr. Oxen-
ham took him' i►umediatcly ho►l►e with him, that
he might not remain another moment liable to the
contamination of a prison.
This being the.last day of the Session, the RE-
CORDER passed sentence on those who had been
convicted. The following; prisoners were seritenc7
ed to suffer death •

A. Graham. 1. ci, , fo► robbery; Charles Hardin ; Morris
Solomon, for burglary; Joseph Birrrel,- ditto; John Morris,
ditto; Samuel Towlcr, ditto; Henry Woollet, ditto; Hartle
Smith, for stealing iii adwelling-hou4e; Andrew Lope, ditto;
-George:l'4(4:er, ditto; Henry, French, for -feloniously being
at large before his term of transportation expired; Joseph
Maresca, for stealing in a dwelling-4ouse ; and William Stur-
man, for arson. •

'Twenty were sentenced to transportation for 7.years. Fite
for 14 years. Six for life. One to be imprisoned for I year,
and to stand twice in- the pillory. - Ten fined le. and to be
Confined to hard labour for t; months. Nine fined Is. with
imprisonment for one month in New-gate. Folic fined Is. and
to be confined to hard labour for one year. Eight were sen-
tenced to be whipped -and discharged. One to be whipped'
and confided for one year in the House of Correction. And
three to be whipped and confined for six months.

Oh Monday se'nnight as Mr. CITURCKER was
digging near the turnpike gate at Horsley, he dis 7
,eovered a human skeleton, the head of which was
accidentally cut off by his spade ; it was about a
foot beneath the surface of the ground, and be-
tween the-ribs the blade of a knife was discover-
ed, which was much decayed by rust, and its
handle entirely rotted sway. It is supposed that
the deceased was mnrdered, and buried with the
fatal instrument in his body. The horrid disco-
very of this skeleton has led to a conjecture, that
it may be that of a young man; a bittcher of I7uu•s-
lcy, who about 70 years ago had been to Win-
chester, and left the city to go home, but was
never.siuce heard of.