The Sun.
London, England, 1833-03-11 00:00:00

THE KING V. BRAY•

This case should serve as a caution to auctioneers. The
defendant, William Forrester Bray, auctioneer, Halborn,
was in po.session of several clovtis of wine fur sale, and
upon which he had advanced 101., but the excise officer
finding he had not a regular permit for the removal, gave
information, and hence the inquiry.
Tne COURT considered that Mr. Bray had no intention
of fraud, but under the circumstances must condemn the
wine.

Mr. Bray entreated the wine might be restored to him,
as he hail already suffered much from expense and troabl e
in the case.
Sir JOHN AloamocK said it was certainly most hard
upon the defendant, but the Court had no alternative
under the excise laws than to condemn the wine seized.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

BOW-STREET.

On Saturday, Elizabeth Sparrow was charged with
having married J hn Shepherd, her husband, Joseph
Sparrow, being still living.
Mr. Robert Hhrper was present at the marriage of the
prisoner with Mr. Sparrow, at St. Martin's church,
which took place on the 25th of January, 1824. They
were married by bans, and the prisoner was married in
the name of Ehza Stodart. Witness had seen Mr. Spar-
row alive on toe previous day.
Mr. Charles Bryant, of No. 8, Gravel-lane, South-
wark, was present on the 2d of January, 1832, at Christ..
church, Surrey, whe❑ the prisoner was married to John
Shepherd, who was a butcher, living next door to witness,
i❑ Gravel-lane. They were m irried by bans. The pri-
soner was then married in the name of Eliza Sparrow,
and told witness, who gave her away, that she had never
been married before. .

The prisoner, when called o❑ for her defence, said that
the evidence given was perfectly true, and that Shepherd,
to whom she was married the second time, knew perfectly
well when he married her that her former husband was
9t:11 living. They first met, she said, the day before
Biihop and Williams were hanged for murder, and he then
declared he would marry her. She had been separated
from her husband, by whom she had one child, for eight
years. She stated herself to be the illegitimate child
of Dr. Mortimer, of Haslar Hospital, Portsmouth.
The prisoner, who is About 30 years of age, was re-
manded till Thursday.

QUEEN-SQUARE.
On Saturday two respectable-looking females, Mary
Ann and Elizabeth Ar, ard, were placed at the bar under
the following circumstances :
The prisoners formerly resided in the capacity of house-
keepers to an old gentleman named Timothy Hely, residing
at Chapel-cottage, Brompton. Mary Ann had been
in his service about eighteen months, and about six
months since the otl-er prisoner took her sister's situa•
tion, the former having left to get married. On
Saturday last Elizabeth left, and on a relation of the
old gentleman's taking charge of the domestic con-
cerns, it was discovered that during the illness of Mr.
Hely, whose recovery at one period was considered im-
possible, he having been bedridden for a length of time,
the place had been robbed of valuable pictures, beds, bed-
ding, furniture of all descriptions, tilde and other linen,
culinary utensils, and, in fact, all kinds of property, to a
large amount in value. Th- prisoners were suspected of
haying carried off the property, and on the circumstances
being laid before the Magistrates at this office a warrant
was granted for their apprehension, and also to search the
ofhis Vary property,
Ann, and
were the
pi prisoners,
ace,i at
the bar. Mr. i
i ch
house of the prisoner Mary Ann, whose husband keeps a
The latter, a a
respectable establishment near the Lowther Arcade, in the
Su and, A cart load of goods was brought to this office,
sb
T 1
hHet
lYth identifiede
husbn
Itodwsever, was removed, it being
stated that no charge was to be preferred against him, and
the females alone remained. Mr. Hely attended in com-
pany Catholic priest. The old gentleman, in con-
sequence of his infirmities,
together v
was accommodated with a
chair. On being sworn, a ntunher of articles were shown

bat l'l
to him, which he said were his property once, ti
or not. There were some articles which he thoug::::d
to
not given away, but his memory was so bid he
el_ to
could not say whether he had given them to theYrlkielati-
be positive that he did not. The officer, &trim:
,11:00ii,
Mr. Hely was giving his evidince, observed th
~L'..oo.ce
priest making signs to Mr. Hely, in order, as 1."._ tbe
supposed, to deter him from swearing
property. The Magistrates ordered the gentletn.at.
Ito,
the ,ffice in consequence, when the officer
hestatedattentlp,d
priest had previously told Mr. Hely that if wall' b'
to swear positively to the goods the prisoners
~ei.,
to,
transported, and advised him not to do so. Mr. 11 ,7‘u, he
De tiny', .
then interrogated by the Magistrates for some ,
tbere
still p •r,,ist,ti in not swearing positively to any °`
pery hay ng been stolen from him.
said the cbsrge
Mr. Winder, on behalf of the prisoners,
id
was a ridiculous one. ot trea
Mr. GREGoatE conceived Mr. Wooler had a e pet
the b• nub with proper respect, by first asking th the
to let him look at the warrant, and then calling
charge ridiculous. onrili• 'VI
The prisoners ere then dischargd. The g 001
understand, are tot b. taken from the charge of the v
ronaptoo.
and cony • eyed to Mr. Hely's resid• nee at B
WORSHIP-S TREE'''. williao
On Saturday the per-on who gave his name ,wroit
positivelYn 711 or
Williams way finally examined before Mr. 13gc°i; 04
upon several charges of uttering for...ed bank 0‘.:at.;;;004
was fully committed for triai on five cases. I° 2%,,per of
the nutne7oua chances preferred against the poi-- gr.
a let er from an innkeeper at Margate,
p.s,ing forg. d 51. and 101. notes in L"n °_":ceivd
BROUGHTON on Saturday mentioned that he hall.',,t be
li ,c 1 travelled 100 miles in pursuit of a person elll4 him,
self Williams, who had uttered a forded note,,e."„, he
m the 1'773 be— the
From the descripthin which he had .een
believed the person then in custody at this offi.l tod er
whip ate.' '"hiri,,
Sante. The prismser's wife, a god
90,„ til
tiler a pretty woman, visit t d him on S'itu,r„( 'lOl,
the office. It may be remembered that 01- ,aio
examined he gave his name Williams, and
that he was a stranger in London, and lived se ':„, il
It was now as ertained, however, that his real °'", se, I
Benjamin Abler. He had fo,tnerly been in WI: 0 1
seemed in
butcher at Bristol, and subsequently in ft°°";,--sisre
grocer, and about three years since kept a pntar°- d ali,
house in Eldon-street, Moorfields, but fa4edt !Pitoili
cloth •d in the
afterwards so much reduced, that he and h:601
became inmates of Sc. Pancras workhouse. Wbeae,i OA'
placed at the bar, however, he was well dre:: ; liala
good health and spirits, but his aPPe3.-:;eiltr
undergone a wonderful change during his iine"ed oris
and on Saturday be looked emaciated and dispirit :301
prison dress (his coat having beer, ;t do
from him by time officers, to insure its producti"d oil
trial), and his appearance was altogether so nhaPgVe 0
it would have been difficult to recognise hil°' ~.../ill
committed for trial in Middlesex upon four chard`-,,, fler
uttering a 101. note to Mrs. ' Kearney,-l‘l'g - II I.
of the im o
public-house, Hackney-road ; a 51. note r
toC tell;
loway, of the Red Lion, in Warren•street, lerlierbite•
a Si. note to Mrs. Grover, of the Nelson, in theh b
e Slirr
ft
chapel-road ; and a Si. note to Mrs. Dennis, of a'i 3
Loaf, in Church-street, Mile-end ; and there ez., fi
fa
in SurreP is
indictment,
to be prefeired against him
passing a forged 5L note to Mr. Eastman, a carriers
Bermundsey-street. .