The Sun.
London, England, 1835-10-30 00:00:00

CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT.

James Carter, aged 54, was convicted for burglariously
breaking and entering the dwelling-house of Robert Ham,
and stealing therein a variety of articles of silver plate of
the value of 151.
Robert Edward Bruce, otherwise Robert de Bruce, was
indicted for bigamy.
Mr. BODKIN having stated the case for the prosecution,
and the prisoner's first marriage having been proved,
Miss Barber, the second wife, was placed in the witness-
box. She stated—l became acquainted with the prisoner
on the 30th of July. I first met him at the house of a lady
at Hoinsey, where I was residing. The prisoner was em-
ployed'to teach the family the French language. My pa-
rents were at first agreeable to the union, but hearing after-
wards that he was a married man, they objected to the mar-
riage. The prisoner said he had been divorced in Sweden.
My father observed he did not care whether he was legally
divorced or not, he would not sanction the union. I evaded
my ilgther's wishes, and was married on the 17th September
last.
Mr. Barber, in addition to his statement at Hatton-
garden, said—On my seeing the prisoner he informed me
that he was in expectation of coming into an estate of the
value of 2,000/. which would belong to him for twcutrfour
years. He then referred me to the Dukes of Wellington
and Buccleuch, the Earl of Eldon, and Lord Dondas. 1
told him I should not go to any of those Noblemen, but to
the Swedish Ambassador. He then said his divorce was
legal, and referred me to Lord Brougham. I said I had a
higher authority than Lord Brougham, which was the 19th
chapter of St. :Matthew. The witness then proceeded to
detail filets which have already appeared.

This was the case for the prosecution.
The prisoner, in a long defence, entered into a rambling
history of his life, stating himself to be the eldest son of the
Hon. Captain Bruce, of the King of Sweden's Guards,
and of his marriage with Miss Donovan, who left him in
1830, and returned to England. Finding she declined to
return, he cited her in the Ecclesiastical Court at Stock-
holm, and in consequence of her taking no notice of the
process, she was in due course of time divorced from him,
which he contended was a good and legal divorce, inasmuch
as two of' his children were born in Sweden. The pri-
soner having nished his address handed up a translated
copy of the
5„,,,;:511 divorce.
Mr. Justice PAriESON, having inspected it, inquired
whether he had any witn.2sses ? and on his replying in the
negative, he proceeded to sub :up the case. He, observed
that the prisoner had not proved that any divorce had taken
place between himself and his first wife, because, in order to
prove it, he should have produced evidence show the le-
gality of the divorce. Admitting that the paper he
had put in, however, was - genuine, that was no answer
the present charge. The paper merely set forth that the
prisoner had been divorced and declared free to marry again
according to the Swedish laws, because his wife had not ap-
peared to answer to his citation. The divorce might have
effect in Sweden, but it certainly had none here. The
Learned Judge now alluded to a case where a divorce had
been obtained by a wife in the Consistorial Court of Scot-
land, and the husband having married again in England,was
indicted for the bigamy. The Judges then all expressed
their opinion that no divorce obtained in any foreign Court
had any effect in this country, unless the cause of the di-
vorce there alleged was sufficient ground of divorce in this
country. It was for the Jury now to decide upon the evi-
dence in the case.

The Jury found the prisoner Guilty.
The prisoner bowed to the Court and then retired.
On being placed at the bar he was attired in a military
frock coat, and wore mustachios of more than ordinary size.
He is a man of rather handsome exterior.

Charles Brown, aged 19, was indicted for stealing five
silk handkerchiefs from the shop of Edwin Augustus Martin,
draper, of Oxford-street. The facts of the case having
been proved,
A woman named Hinton gave the prisoner an excellent
character, upon which .
The officer stood up in the witness-box, and said that the
prisoner had been arraigned at that bar the Session before
last for a similar offence, and that Mrs. Hinton's son had
been apprehended with him on that occasion.
The RECORDER said the system ofgiving false characters
was acted upon to a❑ alarming extent, and he certainly
would commit for perjury the next person who was detected

doing so.

DISCIIARGE AND PRESENTMENT OF THE GRAND JURY.

At nine o'clock the Grand Jury brought in a number of
bills against persons charged with felony and misdemeanor.
There being no other business before them, they were, after
a complimentary address, discharged by the Learned Re-
corder.