The Sun.
London, England, 1848-03-06 00:00:00

THIRD COURT

(Before Mr. Commissioner BULLOCK and Mr. Alderman
FINNIS.)
BlGlAMT.—Elizabeth Vickery alias Cosine, a very
good-looking young woman, was indicted for having fe-
loniously intermarried with James Cosins, her husband,
William Vickery, being alive.
The prisoner's sister, who seemed much affected, Was
called to prove the first marriage, which took place, she
said, at St. Leonard's, Shoreditch, in the summer of
Mt, the prisoner at that time being but 15 years old.
The witness said that she saw William Vickery, to
whom the prisoner was married, a day or two before
the present sessions. _ _

James Cosins stated that he lived in Short's-gardens,
1)rur•?-lane. The prisoner went to live with him as
housekeeper under the representation that she was
single woman. They afterwards cohabited together,
and, after living in that manner for ten months, they
were married some short time ago in St. Martin's•in-tbe
Fields. About three weeks after the marriage they se•
parated, and the prisoner went to live in a neighbouring
street. The prisoner had, prior to that, but subse-
quently to their marriage, told him that she had been
a married woman, and that her husband had died, but
that she afterwards denied, and said she was divorced
from him. lie made inquiries, and the result was hiS
giving her into custody on the present charge.
The prisoner asked Mr. Cosins the cause of their
separation?—The witness answered it was because she
became immoderately addicted to drinking.
'rho prisoner denied this, and said that she volnn•
tarily left Cosins on account of his brutal conduct to-
wards her.

In her defence the prisoner said she had been married
at the age of fifteen to Vickery, who soon afterwards
left her, and she had not seen or heard of him for ten
years. After the intimacy between her and Cosins bad
begun, and while he was pressing her to marry him, she
went to Norwich to evade him, but he followed her and
renewed his proposals with unflagging assiduity. At
length, as her friends at Norwich assured her that her
fist marriage was not good, as she had not seen or
heard of her husband for above seven 3 ears, she agreed
to marry Cosins, who knew perfectly well at that time
that she w.Js married to Vickery, and that she did not
know whether he was dead or alive. They were married
but she left, him on account of his brutality.
The prisoner's sister, in answer to the COURT, stated
that she was in the habit of seeing Vickery twice or
thrice a week since he had married the prisoner.
The Learned COMMISSIONER told the jury that the
law relative to this offence was, that a married person
was at liberty to marry again, providing they had never
seen nor heard of each other for seven years, as then they
were entitled to presume that each other were dead. la
this case the prisoner stated that she had not heard of or
sees Vickery, her first husband, for ten years; but it was
for the jury to say whether the prisoner's sister, con-
stantly seeing Vickery, was not pretty good evidence that
the prisoner knew that he was alive.

The prisoner was found Guilty.
Mr. Cosiss hoped his Lordship would treat her le.
niently.

The Learned COMMISSIONER said the crime of bigamy
was a very grave one, both as regarded morality and the
well-being of society. The prisoner was then sentenced
to twelve months' hard labour.

• John Smith Grant, 37, having pleaded guilty to an in•
dictment for bigamy, was sentenced to twelve months'
hard labour.

SPEEDY JUSTICE.—Mary 111‘Cormack was convicted of
stealing 2s. 6d. from the person of a blacksmith named
Tagoroni. This offence was committed at a publfc•house
in Poppin's court, on Friday afternoon, about two
o'clock, and at three the prisoner was in Newgate, she
having been taken to the station-house, thence to the
Guildhall Police Court, where she was committed for
trial, and before half-past three the grand jury had pre-
sented a true bill against her for the felony. She wits
sentenced to four months' hard labour.

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