The Sun.
London, England, 1815-03-23 00:00:00

BIGAMY

Sir S. ItomiLt.r moved for leave to present a Pe-
tition fronm a person named Murray, convicted of
bigamy, and under sentence of transportation,---•
He admitted that it was, in trust cases, extremely
inexpedient for the House to interfere with de-
cisions of Courts of Jwstice with respect to civil
and criminal verdicts ; but this was so peculiar it
ease as to be worthy of their consideration. Ti:
kiwi. Gentleman related all the particulars which
transpired at the trial ; stated that the man had
been entrapped into a marriage in a private roorn
in Ireland, whop at the age of eighteen, with
a tvr;man older .than himself ; that sevt.ral.
years .after he married another female in this,,„
country, who was fully apprised of his first
marriage, and whose friends %vete convinetql it
was illegal ; that the second %vile was 110 party to
the prosecution; But time second-marriage was nut
proved by any witnesses. On these facts being
produced, the Counsel requested the Recorder to
save the points for the opinion Of the Judges ;
but it was understood that they had not been
saved. After enlarging npuu the laws relating to
marriage, he stated that art application had berg.
made to the Attorpey.Wieperal for his ifat to pre-,
vent the exception of the sentence, which had
been retired on the ground that nothing was n 4
the face of the Record. to require it. tie .
then alviried to present a Petittoll for Pardon, I'll 4
the only answer lie received from the Secretary
of State. was, that he would be sent to Betell
jay, amongst the convicted felons,
. Sir H..iNicoiTtio;rEav said, that. the character
of ft's person was not understood, and that if ht;
did u•rt deserve to be transported for felony, he
ought to be for the offence of swindling, as he
had gut the property of a young woman, to time
ammutt of four or five hundred pounds, and jell
mediate)), after the marriage deserted her.

Mr. ADD;NUTUN, after • complimenting the
Learned GefitlClllttil CAA iris 14unit nity, observed,
that the Secretary of 6tatc, en rucking the
tit ion, had deemed it necessary to take some steps
before making up his mind that it ought to be
presented ; anti therefore, as the matter was still
puthling, he trusted the Learned Cientletntin wouttl
withdrmv his Petition.

After a destitto:y conversation between Dr,
Duigenan, Mr. Lot:lo:9re, Mr. iiathurst, and Sir
Routilly, the Learned Gent4to4qcunsented to
withdraw tilt!. Petition.

Mr. Gltw.vret.t. gave notice, that oo Wedues.
day, April 12, he should move far the production
of some Accounts and Statements which had re-
ference, chietly to the public -Balances in the
hands of theliank of 14tigland, He bt:ggctl tn•
observe, that the Paperi for which he should
move would be limited, according to his present
intentions, to the continuation down to the pre-
sent period, of those Accounts which were pro-
duced to the committee on Public lixpenditurrif
in the year 1507,. and which will be round under
the title of " the Bank," in the ...),(1 Report of that
valuable volume of Reports which that Committee
had laid before the House, He ‘would add, that
his sole object in moving for these accounts,
would be, to put the House into a condition fop
considering whether the business of the public,
now transacted by`the Bank, might not be donc'
by the Bank at a kris vNpence thim the pul4io
now pay for it.