The Sun.
London, England, 1829-01-22 00:00:00

THE FEMALE HUSBAND.

Last night application was made to G. B. Min-
shun, Esq., one of the Magistrates of Bow-street,
by a gentleman who said he was desirous to know
if any objection would be made to swear the woman
who was married to the supposed James Allen, as
to the fact of her being in total ignorance of the sex
of the deceased until her accidental death divulged
it. The gentleman then handed to the Magistrate
the following copy of an affidavit :
" I, Abigail Allen, residing at No. 32, East-lane,
Rotherhithe, do hereby make oath I was married to
a person named James Allen, at St. Giles's church,
Camberwell, on the 13th of December, 1807, and
that I resided with him as his wife, and that during
that period I was entirely ignorant of the fact of
the said James Allen being a female, until that cir-
cumstance was communicated to me by the woman
who undressed the body after death.

(Signed) " ABIGAIL ALLEN."
Mr. Mtssitum, asked the gentleman if the woman
was present who wished to be- sworn ?

The gentleman replied, that not Aviihing, to bring
her all the way from Rotherhithe, without first
knoWing whether or not the affidavit might be
sworn, he waited upon the Magistrate with that in-
tention.

Mr. MiNsuum, said he had read the case in the
newspapers, and felt at the time that it was a most
extraordinary story. Ile wished to know the object
of swearing this affidavit.
The gentleman replied, that in consequence of the
poor woman having been dreadfully- annoyed by some
of her neighbours who doubted the truth of her state-
ment, she wished to make a public affidavit of the
fact in order to set the matter right.
Mr. MINSHULL said, that as the woman was not
present, lie did not feel himself called upon to give
an opinion as to whether or not the affidavit might
be sworn. There would be no great harm, he
thought, in swearing the woman, although he
could not exactly see what good purpose it would
answer.

The gentleman assured Mr. MinFhull that his
only object in applying to him was, that the poor
woman might be rid of the annoyance which she

suffered.

Mr. Mrcsurax said, he would on the next appli-
cation state whether or not he considered the affi-
davit as one which might be sworn.
We understand that the Benefit Society, called
the " Good Samaritans," to which the deceased
belonged, had a meeting yesterday evening, at
which it was determined that Abigail Allen WaS
duly entitled to all benefits arising from the club,
as the widow of the deceased, and. she was accord-
ingly paid the arrears which she claimed, including
the funeral e>fpcnces, &c. of the deceased. Amongst
the various conjectures that are afloat as to the pro-
bable cause of-the deceased having taken the extra-
ordinary step of concealing her sex, and assuming
that of a man, the following, we are given to un-
derstand, comes nearest to the truth,—namely, that,
the deceased had been violated when a child, which
circumstance operating upon a mind of extraordi-
nary strength, induced her to adopt the resolution
• which it appears she carried with her to the moment
of her death.

THE MARKETS.

Ac!atr'3
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