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London, England, 1816-12-25 00:00:00

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LAW iNTILLIIOqIti►CE.

coUwr U '111.;17;,24.
:WATERS TAYLon ANI) OTnERS.
We yestet day mentioned die application ilia&
ty Mr. T3ylor-in this cast. To7day, Sir S. 1t0mt0,,,,
mto,,,, stated -to the Court, that Mr. Wnters had
since tint ho ri 7eti VIOOSCI to propo'se t emus,
Appeared reasonable and satisfactory to all
partie.4.' lie therutore withdrew his motion: .
Thrl'totto Cl4ANCdt.t.Ott was gitid to-hear that
haritionti was restored.
Nottthtr of any public interest occurred daring
the course oft he day. The Cowl, vie uuderstatid,
dors uor. resume its I,iitings,,ulter•Claistwas,
till
the 13th of January, 1817.

GAMIN OF KING'S BENCH.
London Sittiogd after Micharlows Term before Lord
Ellenborough and Special Juries.

PERJUItY.

THE ittNG 17. JOAN ,CltEawrit.t...
:ilk was 'an indictment against the defendan
Jot perjury, in falsely swearing that,a young wo-
man named Susannah Casi was
o of the age of
21, In order to obtain a lieense. for his marriage
with her, from the Sitrrogate of the Vicar-General
of the.Archhishop of Canterhury•
Nir.. Co wOOO slated the ease to the Jury.
The defendant was a young man of distill-
hished family and connections, and had been
bred np for the navy, but his edneation hav-
ing been neg-leiled, he. a
lt place- under the
care of a gentleman residig in S d
lo ane-sttect.
During his contiunanee in this ' situation he
became acquainted n it h the prosventrix, a young
woman of humble, but virinoni irene
tage.
paid his addresses to her, and pliCst proposed
that she should yield to his endir-aees, and live
with him in 8 state of eoactshinitge ;. this she re.
jected with disdain. lie then uttered her-mar-
nage, to wilich she consented ; attil it order
to
effect, his puvrose,• he applied at Doctors' Corn-
Mons lot a licence, whieh he obtained %Ilon ln
affidavit, staling that his intended wife was of
the age of 21 , and that he kultiv ot no kraal im-
pediment tn. thvir union; whilst, at the same'
time, he,was well ,aware that she was only 17s
,
and that she had not,the consent of her parent
for the marriage. The licence having been ob-
tained upon this affidavit, the marriage was
le noised ; but ot the end ot three months he rkirani,
dolled his wife, and the martiiw:e was after Wards
dissolved in the Consistory Court, upon the
enter very
grontid that thewife was not orfull age to
into a contract of matrittuiny ThiS being an otti,.
line or the case, the "followitig wittiesses were
galled
Mr. Charles' Charlton, Recorder Keeper of the-
' Vicar• General, produced an affidavit, purporting
to be sworn by the defendant beforeDi
Adamte of
:
Dr. Adam deposed, that he 'was Surroga
and acted
Sir William Scott, the Vicar-General,
as
The ATTORNEY-GeNERAI. aStted Dr. Adam if hi 3
appniniment was in writing, to wllic.:l he replied,
that. here:illy did not know in what Manner lie had
been appoluced 4 be 111 renseived his sithpcelia
only last night, anti he was not prepared to answer
the question satisfactorily.
The ATTOHNtiy-GLNRIVAL snlimitted, that the
sppoin 'Anent •being notoriously in writing-, it
ought to,he produced, to sliew the coMpetency of
the witness, but .
iiut ELLItI4I3OIIOUO.I4 held that a' was enongb,
to. prove. that the witrteas had acted in the ofrii;i"
01 Surrogate. An Act of. Parliament had pas'sed
to mike such evidence sufficient in. souls Cases to
rove that the Oilieerwas l,livfuily apphinted.
The ArrrOuritiy,•GENeßAt. contended that the
cot of Mrs. Verelst was au authority upuit this
point, for there it appeared that the appointment
of,tbe Surrogate had been defective ; but •
Lard EnAtcairsoatruo that case waS
slie-
train this, as the appointmetit here
WAS nut-OiTerell'ill evidence.
Dr. Artato'il examination tits proceeded.. Fe
,said that lie acted. as Surrogate of Sir ‘Villiain
Scott, theVicar-General of the 4rclibishop of ('.an
terbury, and lie recognized his, signature to the
attidi&it,.sigtied by the defendant.
.Cross-examined.-,,The proreeeding Was mcrtly
formal. .The blanks of the affidavit were fiWilled
.np
before it was signed by the deponent
. tness
never. Lied any cointutinicatiOn with the pet sent
ItOkilig the afridavit, No particular attention was
paid to ruses of this description in general, utaess
there was something stispicions it) the appearance
of the 'party applying for the license, as being
under age, or the attention of the Surrogate was
specially drawn- to the person applying. .•
Mr. Anthony Mann, who had known the de-
)(enchant lor nine years, proved his signature to the
affidavit, which .being pot in and read, appeared to
be dated.llth Jime,. 1814, and stated that the de-
. John Creswell, was about JO intermarry
with Susannah Cosins, spinster, of the age Of 21
and •-upwards.; and that the deponent knew of no
illopediment to their union. Upon his cro,-
t)t,tinination, witness said that the drtendant, had
be.en in the Navy, and his education having been
neglected, he had been sent to,: witness for im-
Provemeut- . At the tittle'f the marriage deotefen-
dant -was residing in witness's home, but lieild
not state whether-the defendant was or was not
nmre than 21 years of age.
Me, ,Glitritun again examined, 'laid 'that tin
Jiceoso was delivered to the party asking for it.
. The ftusr. Jubn itush, Citrate of St. Luke's,
Chelsea, produced the Registry of marriage be:
tWerwthedefendant and Susannah Cosins, which'
afteared:to be to this effect 7.---‘1 Jolin.ereswell,
of .this parish, batchelor, awl Susannah Cosins:
of St, Mary-le7bone, spinster; were married in
this -chtirch ny licence nil t 13th day a Jaoc,
itt the'yeir 181.1, by me, J. Rush, Citrate,",,, 1'
this the siguare.of the parties, 01)(1
the mimes of the w itnesses th.
uh not
recollect the parties et all. The witnesses pre-
sitnt 4t. the 'marriage were the Peparelerk and
his. daughter. He did n*! :recollect any thing
inApicions in the appearanie. of the parties as to
don. age : if there haul he must have noticed it,
stud sated accordingly: '
Miss Anne Coins, sister of the proseeutrix,
knew arc defendant. • Lie ruafried her enter,She

was pecient >it the inarrL e, an(l. reirtnilkere(ttlic.
ClOrgyouto. ,llefeotlaotoOly lived witl, I)es si4tee
Orel; 'days, when she ret toned home to her mo-
ther: Suiannali was only yertrs of age,at the

tithe of tier Martine.
Cross-examined.-- fitness
was .elfristeised by
the name, of Anne, and always went by that name.
',Feed with her mother at No.26:Croydon-street,
Edgware-road;. they welt: lodgers., and had one
room. Witness had never gone by the name of
Smith—never answered to it, nor had 'represented
herself tcS have married a mutt of that name. Had
been in service for two yearsEhm now worked at
dress-making. Defendant never came to the ionise
where witness's ;Muller lived. Had never seen
the defendant in'any.house always met him'by
areident in the street. She never, asked him only
how lie did,.Or SO. SAW defetni.mi about two days
before the marriage, between %ix and seven in the
evening. Hati not signed the registry. Did not
know any body of the:name of Smith ; had not
seen hint for ten years; he lived in it gentleman's
tamily,'antf she lived at that tiine a few doors Off.
Never went by the name of Smith ; and being
asked if she or her mother had ever represented
that she had passed by the name oi Sinith,, she
in
hesitated for some time, but answered
the negative. 'Cite third day after the marria4e,
Mr. Simkins came to inctuite.about the family;
he saw her sister, andinother, and herself.
Mrs. Ann Cosins4 mother of the prosecutibc,
stated, that her daughter, Susannah, attained the
'age of 20 on the 26t1t of November losf,.
Cross-exantined...;--Itrd never known of the
courtship between her daughter and the defend-
ant. Her daughter lived at home, and when wit-
ness WAS tint Cilliring'nf nursing,- they all slept in
tine room. She never allowed any•male visitors to
her daughter ; defendant was never in her apart-
ments. Witness heard of the marriage-on the day
following, and three or fonr days afterwards the
Clergyman came to make iniptiries., Had another
daughter in the 'country. Did not know any
betty Of tire name of Smith, and -her daughter
Anne never went by that name'; if any one called
her by' that name, witness did not know of it.
Ho was the first bins witness knew of it. If a
young man 'tallied -Smith kept company with her
daughter, witness could not tell. She did once
Pay that her daughter weirtby.t he name of Smith ;
ape cdlcd herself so once in joke. Witmess had
not seen the piing manfor abovettvoyears,anddid
not know what he Was ; neversaid that her daugh-
ter Anne lived with a'young man uametl.,Sniiiii,
for. 42 months, and pasaeti by his natne;.she had
said that her daughter bad kept•his company for
some'titite ; no' man ever kept her daughter's
Company ; probably She might have met with
Smith ill the streets ; had heard of young Cres-
well before the marriage, and she had seen him
ride tip and down the creels,. and had been in-
formed that he was Susan's intended ; did no know
of the correspOnilente between them, and had ne-
ver made any inquiry, about hint ; ,witnes*, was sel-
dom at home, hot had heard them joking about it.
Mr. Heury•WillialllS produced the registry of
the birth 'of,,Stisannalt Cosins, of the 26th No-
vember, 1796.
Mrs. Bridget Vanghttn stated tlitit the defendant
!aged at her house, anti paid,3os. per week.—
tie said that he was going to he ittarrieti,to
poor girl with no fortune, who wits urdler age•
He added, tittatile•• WttS tvlth lii,hour in'Sloone.
street, and Witness advised hint to consider well.
Of it, Defendant and his wife came on the MOtt
ilay morning after,tht marriage,- and,remaiiied
Until the Wetinesday.foliowing.
Mr. John Thompson, Clerk to the 114lstriir of
he Consistoriat Court,, produced the sentence of
divorce between the detention: and the proseett.
frix, the grotind of Which
.appeared to be that the
latter WAS under age.
The ATTOHNZY-GENBRAL .Adtireifiej.the Jury
tin the part of the defendant, and contended, that
it' did not. -appear front the affidavit in rinestion,
that be had. sworn affirmatively that the prhse-
entrix was of the age of 21, bat only spoke of her
is being of age; and that he knew of nolawfol
impediment to their marriage!--and consequently,
that the evidence did not sustain the assignment
relied upon in the indictment.. The defendant
was certainly, the son of respectable parents ;• and
prosectition was the result of an tinsi CC ss.
NI attempt to -eittort money from the -frier di of
'he defendant. There were several ways of ex-
torting Money.' .One was by putting a pistol to
a man's head, and another was by holding out the
terrors (d,a criminal proecution. The present
roceetlintowas of the latter description of ex-

int'
Lord Et.i.ENI3OItOUGH charged the Jury, that
this was the worst description of perjury which
ottltl come tinder the consideration of the Court.
Ois Lordship animadverted in strong' rerms upon
the improper conduct of the defendant, which had
'Mailed upon' the prosecutrix the mutt cruel .tof
iojtorks. lie bad tiebauched her person under the
colour of lawful tuatrimotty,elfected by the Crime
of perjury, and-atterwards abandoned her to her
credidity• • 1f 'the: JarYbelieved the eviaeitce, they
must find the defendant Guilty.
The Lay lintnediately found the defendant
,Guilty.

OUTHAGO..—It Will, be recolteeted that a short
time sihee four kesurrectiott Men were held to
h H
ail at Union ail, on a charge of forcing their
way into the tlissecting-toom at St. Thomas's
Hospital, assaulting two of the students, anti ctit-
dug tO pieces tWo bodies llr
prepared tor=e pur-
poses
,of lecture the following day. On Friday
ttst, about six o'clock in the eveuiug, four men
ogain found their Wily into the dissecting-rown,
and destroyed two bodies, a male and a (emote,
-before they Were diseovereti by the Man who
this
the care of the coon), Ott seeing them he itunie-
diately,seut fora constAble; hot before the officer
arrived', the otrenders lord Made their escape out'
at 0 Withipi,v, and over, the buck part Of the' pre-

- - -
Futu.—A fire. broke out on Monihiy night at
the -cottage .of Mr. Culver's, in,,Kilburti-hilts,
which constnned the sante, „consisting of lour
rooms. It was occasioned, by.one of the childten,
who Was entrusted with
,a candle, .iiettint, fire, to
the window- curtains. 'There were two ,other
childien in bed, one of whom ulcis severdy burnt;
and it was with great, ditcuity they were saved.