The Sun.
London, England, 1824-11-02 00:00:00

OLD BAILEY.

PERJURY AND FRAUDELENT MARRIAGES. •
Befirre Mr. Consmou .sergeant DENMAN.)
Yesterday evening John Mulley, an extremely respectable
looking young man, was indicted for perjury.
Mr. ADOLPIIVS and Mr. BnonEnrcic conducted the pro.
secution, and Mr. ALIJA' and Mr. PRENDERGAST the
defence.

The perjury charged was, that the defendant swore in an
affidavit made before Dr. Daubeny, Surrogate of the.. Arch-
bishop of Canterbury, for the purpose of obtaining a licence to
marry Catherine Cooper, that he had resided fifteen days in the
parish of St. Andrew, Holborn ; whereas he had in fact only
resided there part of three days ; and that he further swore, that
he knewof no lawful impediment to his marriage with Catherine
Cooper, whereas in fact she was only sixteen yearn of age, and
he knew that her guardians disapproved of the match.
Miss Cooper was in Court. Her appearance was genteel, but
completely that of a child. It appeared that the defendant had
been, apprenticed to a builder, and was just out of his appren-
ticeship, and that Miss 'Cooper was entitled to a sum of 500/.
on her marriage, and 15001. more on the death of her father.
All the parties resided at Ipswich, and the defendant became
acquainted with her at a fair ; a shower of rain overtook then
on their way home, and the defendant procured a postchaise,
took Miss Cooper to London, and married her under the licence
obtained on the affidavit in (petition. It was proved that bie
swore this affidavit before Dr. Daubeny, and that it was false in
the particulars above stated.
A long argument ensued on the framing of the indictments,
but the Common Serjeant decided that the case must go to the
Jury.
.slr. ALLEY addressed the Jury in'a very excellent speech,
but he certainly did not get over the facts proved against his
client.

The COMMON SERJEANT summed up the evidence. The
Jury retired for nearly three quarters of an hour, and returned
a verdict of Guilty.

NEW COURT.
(Before the RECORDER and a London Jury.)
Yesterday Ruth Munro, aged 22, and Ebenezer Fraser
Mouro, aged 13, were indicted for stealing to the 'amount of
40 shillings and upwards, in the house of Edward White.
The circumstances of this case were recently very fully de.
tailed in our Police Report.
Mr. BRODRICK, for the prosecution, stated that there was
not evidence sufficient to sustain the capital indictment ; the
Jury would therefore acquit the prisoners.
The Jury returned a verdict of Not Guilty.
. The prisoners were then arraigned on a charge of larceny pre-
ferred. by the same prosecutor, to which they pleaded Guilty.
James IVetton aged 25, was found guilty of stealing a pewter
can, value 205., die property of Wm. Coils, the landlord of the
Rainbow-tavern, in Fleet-street. He was sentenced to be im-
prisoned for, six months, and during that time . to be kept to
hard labour.
Elizabeth Turnley was arraigned upon a charge of having re-
ceived three notes of the Birmingham-bank, knowing them to
have been stolen, to which she pleaded " guilty."
Mr. LAW, for the prosecution, requested die Court to pass
the most lenient sentence possible upon her, as there was reason
to suppose that she had been misled by more wicked persons.
The COURT sentenced her to be imprisoned for one month in
Gilstspur.street Compter.
The notes in question fortnedpart.of the 16,0001. parcel stolen
some time since.
. In the course of the day, the Grand Jury entered the Court,
and stated by their Forethan that they had concluded their la..
bourn. The Foreman likewiSe presented a paper, which was
read. by the Clerk of the Arraigns, and was to the following
effect :
" To the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, 'and Sheriffs, of the city of
London.
" The Grand Jury Cannot separate without representing to
you, that there is a notorious house, kept by a perpn named
Day, in George-alley, Fleet-market, which has been known as
a disorderly house for five years ; and it has appeared in evi-
dence, that not less than twelve robberies have been committed
who was on the Bench, stated
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There remain onlytwo or three cases to be tried. The Ses.
sions will finish to-morrow (this day), when sentence will be
passed upon the prisoners.convicted.

AMERICAN SmDcrt.-7-(From the Mirror, print.
ed at Hartford, Connecticut.)—We found the other day, the
following remarkable account of the feats of a spider,
which, though it was not vouched for by any signature,
and although the hand-writing was not known, we mock&
ed to insert. If it be true, it is certainly worth notice. A
spider is the most ingenious rope-maker, the most adventurous
sailor, the boldest fighter, and the most independent proprie-
tor of his own possessions, that we ever saw or heard
Such mischievous industry and such venomous persever.
ance is hardly to be matched by an animal from a mammoth
to a bed-bug. " One day last week the workmen of Mr.
Peck's, machine-factory, in Southington, discovered under
one of the work benches it black snake, of the white throat
species, and about six inches long, suspended by the web of
a spider, The spider was of the common house sort, and not
uncommonly large. When first discovered, the little insect had
raised his warn about half a foot from the floor, and had
hung him by a single thread. The ingenuity and power of a
spider were truly wonderful. Passing rapidly down his line, he
would fasten his cordage round the neck of a snake, pass back
to his own nest on the under surface of the bench, then going
again down, cast a hitch' around the tail, and, returning to
his nest would avail himself of the contortions of the snake,
alternately hauling up his lines so as to bring his game nearer
home. In this manner he continued his labour until evening,
leaving: the snake alive, but AO completely exhausted and se-
cured as to be safe for the night: in the morning it was dead."
MAD Doos.—Yesterday morning, about nine
o'clock, a spaniel dog ran into the yard of Mr.
SPURLING, Harley Mews 7 Cavendish-square.—
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and a kid ; after which it rushed into a stable
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