The Sun.
London, England, 1847-09-16 00:00:00

the handcuff's on his wrists. The witness, who had
been severely kicked and scratched, added that he
never met with a more desperate and violent man.
John Douglass, police constable 279 K, who nar-
rowly escaped being drowned, and was much punished,
gave similar evidence.

Mrs. Jane Wells, a woman apparently about 27
years of age, then deposed that she was married to
the prisoner at Christ Church, Rotherhithe, on the
26th of October, 1845. He began to pay his ad-
dresses to her about July, 1845, and said his religious
notions were exactly the same as her own. She
afterwards heard something to his prejudice, which led
to an explanation with him and his two sisters. She
informed him that she had heard he was married to Ann
Wan, ick, and that while she was alive he married
Mary Ann Abrahams, who had since died. He said
he had suffered for that, and the punishment he had
undergone had annulled the first marriage, and that
he could relieve her (the witness) of all fear, and
himself of all risk, on that account. He solemnly
assured her that she could be legally married to him,
and that Judge Cresswell, who had tried the case, said
he was a free man, and at liberty to contract another
marriage. He also stated that he had consulted a
proctor, and laid the whole case before him ; and that
he was of the same opinion as Judge Creswell. His
sisters afterwards forwarded a letter to Barnard-
castle, and found that Ann Warwick (Mrs. Sinclair)
was still alive. He was very much troubled when he
received that information, but he assured witness it
was no matter, for he left his wife at the church door,
and never saw her afterwards. The prisoner strongly
denied the fact of the first marriage until his sisters
informed her of it; and, when she made him acquainted
with it, he took great pains to convince her the first
marriage was invalid, and that his trial and punish-
ment qualified him for another marriage.
Mr. Fearnley—Then the fact is, Madam, you mar-
ried him knowing his first wife was living, and the
second one dead ? Mrs. Wells—Yes, Sir, that is so;
but he solemnly declared the first marriage was illegal,
and he suffered for the second.

Mr. Pelham—Did he not tell you that he had
been to a proctor, and to Judge Cresswell, before you
married him ? Mrs. Wells—Yes, Sir. He said he
had been to a proctor and a solicitor. The proctor
said the marriage with me would be illegal; and he
then went to another, who said, the proctor who told
him that only wanted to get his money to sue for a
divorce, and that he could marry me. lie offered to
take me to Judge Cresswell's house, to remove all
doubts. He obtained my consent to the marriage on
his representations and upon the express understand-
ing that it should be kept secret until I could be
acknowledged as his wife ; but after it was solemnised
he made it known to everybody.
Mr. YARDLEY.—Then the marriage was a clandes-
tine one ? Mrs. Wells—Yes, Sir, quite so.
In cross• examination by Mr. Fealrney, Mrs. Wells
said, she was living with her mother. Mr. Sinclair
paid his addresses to her as a widower, and his ad-
dresses were sanctioned by her mother. After the
prisoner's sisters informed her that he had a wife
living her mother advised her to break off the match.
She was not engaged to any one at the present time,
nor had she any thoughts of marrying another man.
A gentleman had paid honourable attentions to her
since Mr. Sinclair had been at sea ; but, on her ac-
quainting him with her situation, he discontinued
them. When she gave up the prisoner, and learned
that her marriage with him was illegal, she deter-
mined not to enter into another matrimonial engage-
ment, and had not done so. _

In answer to a question by Mr. Pelham, the wit-
ness said it was at first arranged that her wedding
and her sister's were to be solemnized on the same
day, but after what she heard of the prisoner, it was
thought advisable to solemnize her own marriage
privately.
Mr. Fearnley asked the witness if the marriage
had been consummated, and if she and the prisoner
had ever lived together as man and wife ?—Mrs.
Wells evaded the question by stating that she never
left her father's house, and hoped the solicitor would
not be more particular with her.
Mr. Fearnley—Have any children been the fruits
of the marriage ? Mrs. Wells—No, Sir.
Mr. Fearnley—Who advised you to give him up
to justice ? Mrs. Wells—My brothers, Sir; and he
has been trying to obtain—
Mr. Fearnley—Never mind what he tried to ob-
tain. The case is very different to the one set up.
Instead of Mr. Sinclair using every artifice to deceive
the widow, she married him with the full knowledge
that his first wife was alive.
Mr. Pelham would be enabled to show that the
most abominable artifices had been used. Mr. Jus-
tice Cresswell, whose name had been so freely men-
tioned by the prisoner, was not called to the bench
when Sinclair was convicted in 1837.
• Mr. YARDLEY said the case was a fit one for re-
mand, and after some discussion between the solici-
tors, consented to accept of bail for the prisoner's
appearance on Wednesday next, himself in 2001.,
and two sureties of 1001. each,- and in default com-
mitted him to prison.