The Sun.
London, England, 1842-01-06 00:00:00

ing a wheelbarrow on the 30th of January; at Wool-
wich, the property of Joseph Tabby.
The prisoner pleaded Guilty to the charge.
He was then again indicted upon four other similar
charges' to all of which he pleaded Guilty.
The COMMON SERGEANT—Why, prisoner, how is
this ? You seem to have a great affection for wheelbar-
rows, for I see you have stolen no less than six from
different persons.
The prisoner—l did it from want, my Lord.
The COMMON-SERGEANT.—That cannot be the case
for I see your robberies are close upon one- another. I
really think you ought to be transported, but I will deal
leniently with you this time. The sentence of the Court
is, that you be imprisoned, and kept to hard labour in
Maidstone Gaol for one year. This I hope will put an
end to your propensity fur wheelbarrows.
(Before Mr. Justice MAULE.)
Shortly after ten o'clock, Mr. Justice MAULE took his
seat in this Court, and proceeded with the trial of the
cases that were in the paper for the day, several of which
consisted of charges of uttering base coin, and the others
were of a most trifling character.

BlGAMY.—JosephCooper, aged 32, was indicted and
charged for that he on the 13th of September, 1832, was
married to one Rebecca Cooper, and that he on the 30th
of May, 1838, was married at St. George's, Hanover-
square, to Elizabeth Perkins, his wife Rebecca being
then alive.

Mr. Clarkson defended the prisoner.
Eleanor Harvey stated that she was the mother of Re-
becca Cooper, who was married to the prisoner 11 years
ago last September. Her name had been always Cooper,
which was the maiden name of witness. She was born
before witness was married. Witness was at her daugh-
ter's wedding, which took place at St. Luke's, Chelsea.
Cross-examined by Mr. CLARKSON—Her daughter
Rebecca was 24 years of age when she was married. At
that time she was a laundress. Witness did not know
that she got her living in any other way. She lived with
witness. She used to be out of an evening, but not all
night. Witness knew a person named Godfrey. He
kept company with her daughter. He was a Catholic.
Witness never heard from her daughter that she was
married to him by a priest before she married the pri-
soner. The prisoner and her daughter only lived toge-
ther two or three years. She had no child.
James Hatfield was a labourer, and came from Wing-
field, Berkshire. On the day of the marriage of the
prisoner with his last wife, witness was in the neigh-
bourhood of St. George's, Hanover-square. The pri-
soner came up to witness, and asked him if he would go
to church with him, as he had been disappointed by a
young man. Witness went to church, and saw him
married, but he did not know to whom. Besides himself
there was a young woman present, who acted as bride's-
maid. Had never seen the prisoner before or since,
until he saw him at the police-office. Witness was cer-
tain the prisoner was the man, because he took particular
notice of him. The prisoner gave witness half-a-crown
after he was married.

' Cross-examined by Mr. CLARKSON—Was out of a
situation at the time the occurrence took place. Witness
saw the prisoner that morning about eleven o'clock.
When he asked him what he was, the prisoner said he
was a gardener. Witness could not say whether the
lady to whom the prisoner was married was tall or
short, dark or fair, nor could he say what
coloured • bonnet she had on. Witness signed
the register. Could not remember what coloured
coat the prisoner had on. His trousers were drab. The
reason he had come to give evidence was because he
had been summoned by the police. At the time he re-
ceived the summons he was at Wingfield, in Berkshire.
Witness was pot acquainted with Mrs. Harvey, nor the
prisoner's first wife, Miss Cooper. Had been to two
other weddings since he attended the prisoner's, but did
net know either of the parties. Could not say whether
he should know the woman the prisoner married three
years ago.
Thomas Bates, a policeman, produced the certificates
of both the marriages of the prisoner. He apprehended
him on the 16th of December last. When he did so,
the prisoner said to him, " They think they have a pull
upon me about my first wife, but she was married before,
and I don't care anything for them."
Cross-examined by Mr. CLAnxsoN—The prisoner was
living, when I took him into custody, very respectably,
in a cottage at Battersea. Witness saw the first wife at
the Police-court, but did not know how she got her
living. The two certificates he had produced were sent
to the station-house. Witness had examined them with
the original registers. The reason witness apprehended
the prisoner was, that be received an order from his ser-
geant to do so whenever he saw him. The supposed
second wife was not at the Police-court, nor had she
made any complaints to him. Did not look after the
second wife after the first day. The reason he went to
find the mother of the first wife was, that he was sent to
do so by the Magistrates. Found her in the Commercial-
road, Pimlico.

Mr. CLARKSON here objected to the reading of the first
certificate, which was overruled by the Court.
The certificates having both heen put in and read,
Eleanor Harvey, the mother of the first wife, was re-
called, and in answer to Mr. Clarkson, stated that she
was delivered of her daughter, the first wife of the pri-
soner, before she was married. Her daughter was not
walking the streets, to her knowledge, before she was
married.

Mr. CLA.RKSON then, at some length, addressed the
Jury on behalf of the prisoner.
Mr. Justice MAULS summed up, and
The Jury, after a short consultation, found the prisoner
Guilty, but strongly recommended him to mercy on ac-
count of the dissolute conduct of his former wife.

- Mr. Justice MAULE sentenced him to two calendar
months' imprisonment.

SURRE Y SESSIONS.

The General Quarter Sessions of the Peace, which
were opened at Guildford on Tuesday, were yesterday held
by adjournment at the Sessions House, Newington, be.
fore Mr. Puckle and a full Bench of Magistrates.
William Hopei, an aged and lame man, and Richard
Stofel, a young labourer, were indicted for stealing two
cows, the property of John and James Knight, from a
field of theirs, in the parish of Farnham, on the night of
the 28th November last.

From a vast body of evidence which was adduced, it
appeared that the cows were of the Alderney breed, and
had been in the possession of the prosecutors, or some
part of their family to whom they had lent them occa-
sionally, for the last ten years. It was about seven
o'clock on Saturday evening, the 20th November, when
they were turned out into a meadow which was closed by
a gate opening inwards. On the Sunday morning the
gate was found to have been opened outwards, and nearly
broken, and the cows gone. The two prisoners were
seen in company on the Saturday evening. About four
o'clock on Sunday afternoon, one of the witnesses, who
was a buyer of cattle, and was on the road to
Guildford, met the two cows being driven towards
town by two men, one of whom he positively swore
was Hopel. He could not so confidently identify
his companion. He took particular notice of
the beasts, as they were of a singular colour, and one
of them (the hide of which only was found), had pecu-
liar horns. Next day he saw a bill describing the cows,
and offering a reward for the apprehension of the thieves,
and in consequence of the information he gave
the prisoners were apprehended. On the even-
ing of Sunday the two prisoners arrived at the
yard of the Ham Inn, Smithfield, where they put
up. They were very urgent with the landlord to
purchase the cows of them. He at first refused to have
anything to do with them on the Sunday, but as the old
man pressed very much he agreed to give 151. for them,
but would not complete the transaction till the following
morning. They slept that night in the yard amongst the
cattle ; got up very early, and insisted upon the landlord
being called up before six o'clock, that they might, as
they alleged, receive their money, and be off to some fair.
The landlord did get up, and gave the old man a cheque
for 151., but in consequence of something his servant told
him, he snatched it back, and refused to have anything to
do with the beasts. The two prisoners then drove them into
the market, where they sold them to a butcher in White-
chapel, who had them killed, and the skins sold to a large
dealer in such goods, where the one last killed was found,
and fully identified by all the preceding witnesses, in
consequence of its peculiar marks. Hopel, when taken
into custody, was put in the cage at Farnham, and upon
the morning after he freely confessed the robbery, which
he said had been concocted by Stofel.
The Jury, after a very long inquiry, found both pri-
soners guilty, and the Chairman sentenced them to be
transported fur ten years.
The case occupied a very long time, and was not over
till a late hour.

During its progress the Grand Jury returned all the
bills which had been laid before them. In their present-
ment they regretted that Magistrates were not empowered
to deal summarily with many of the petty cases which
had occupied their attention and put the County to much
expense; they suggested, that in no case where any wit-
ness had assisted in theft, by purchasing goods at much
below their real value, should such witness be allowed
any of the expenses of his attendance.
The CHAIRMAN said the first question was a very wide
one, and one with which they could not meddle with there;
the other suggestion would most certainly be acted
upon.—They were then discharged.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
GUILDHALL.

James Steptoe, who had been tried at the Old Bailey
on Tuesday, on an indictment for being a party in steal-
ing a bale of silk and a box of furs, the property of
Messrs. Littlewood, of Milk-street, Cheapside, and
Messrs. Ellis and Everington, St. Paul's Church-yard,
for which he was acquitted, was placed at the bar before
Mr. Alderman Copeland, on the charge of stealing a so-
vereign and some silver, the property of Elizabeth
Bretten.

It appeared, from the evidence, which was very
lengthened, that the prosecutrix, who was a simple
country girl, after leaving her situation, went to lodge
with a woman named Griffen, where the prisoner also
resided, and on the evening of her arrival, while sitting
beside her, he stole the money, which was all she was
worth in the world, from her pocket. She identified the
sovereign by a peculiar scratch upon the rim.
Inspector Woodruffe said there were several other
charges against the prisoner.—Committed for trial.
No less than eight persons, most of them able-bodied
men and youths, were charged with entering several
bakers' shops, and forcibly taking bread from the coun-
ters. In excuse they said they were starving, and un-
able to get work. They tried at the workhouse, bat could
get no relief, and they were unable to resist the tempta-
tion when they saw the bread in the windows.
Mr. Alderman COPELAND said several cases of stealing
bread from shops, by force, had come before him these
few days back, which he treated with leniency, having
only sentenced them to seven days' imprisonment, but in
every future case brought before him he should commit
the offending parties for trial at the Old Bailey.
MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

A young -man, of very fashionable appearance, who
gave his name as Thomas Sale Pennington, was placed
at the bar before Mr, lisltby, the presiding Magi_ irate