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London, England, 1815-07-31 00:00:00

CROWN SIDE-JULY 29.

Elizakik MI& was indicted of, bigamy, in mar-
rying James Bunker on the ‘..eith day of February, her
former husband, T. Shields, whom she had married
but four days previously, being still alive.
This was a most whimsical C.ISC in all its circum-
stances. The prisoner was a very respectable looking
young woman, and by the evidence of J. Shields, the
father of the first husband, it appealed that his sot:,
who was turned of 2I years of age, requited his con-
sent to marry the prisoner. lie was not acquainted
with her, but when she was introduced to him, she
gave a very satisfactory account of her family and
connections in the West of England, and he consen-
ted to their union ; accordingly, on the 23d of Fe-
bruary last hiebon and the prisoner were married at
St. George's, Southwark. About two hours after
the marriage she said she was going away for a short
time, but she v:cnt away, and returned no more.—
Four days after, on the 27th of Kb' uary, she married
again to lanes Broker.
The female witness, who was the prisoner's friend,
attended her at both marriages, and being examined
as to the motives of such conduct, she said the priso-

ner told her the first marriage was not binding, as she
had not cohabited with him, and she chose to marry
Broker. to whom she had been out asked in the
church before she married Shields.
Shields, the fad er, said he was the prosecutor of the
present indictment, and his motive i~►r pr►>sectoin it
was todissolve the marriage of his son with the prisoner.
The Learned Judge said all the parties had been
mistaken in their law. The present prosecution would
affirm the first marriage. and not dissolve it, :mil the
prisoner was equally wrong is supposing her first
,larriage not binding, becauge it had not been fol.;
' lowed up by cohabita►ion.
The• Jury found the prisoner Guilty, and she was
~sentenced to six months imprisorimutt.

At Norwich assizes, Wrn. Littlewood. fur a bor
glary in the house of ‘Vm. Church, of Huntley, in the
night of the Ithh of June ; Good sin Hammond and
Robert Goodwin Hammond, for stealing 424 in
ver, the property of Isaac Worme, of Hainford, from
out of a wooden chest plac-d in his r, were
found guilty, and received sentence a death; John
Johnson, ho. stealing 10 hens, the property of Mr.
Fax, of Alburgh, and James Bilney, fsr a hui y
in the house cf Mr. Winter, of Stow ilardotph, v,•ere
each sentenced to seven years transportation ; Wm.
fox, for stealing barley, two years imprisonment ;
John Vincent, for damaging and destroying a certain
tepee made under an Act if Parliament for inclosing
waste lands in the parish of North Lopliam, twelve
months imprisonment; Amy Harvey, for stealing a
piece of printed cotton from Mr. Debeetiam's, of
Scale, six months imprisonment. No true bill against 4
Sarah, the wife of It. G. Hammond. A true bill
was found against several persons fur riots in the
Norwich Theatre in the la,t Spring.
John Elleni, jun. who WAS convicted at Chelmsford
Assizes of a rape, and left for execution, has received
a respite during the royal pleasure; James Garrard
and James Perry, for a highway robbery, suffered
she sentence of law on Friday.
Thursday, the I Stlkinst. Philip Gibbins, alias James
Hewett, alias George Fields, alias W illiam Harrison,
was convicted at the Ger.ei al Quarter Sessions for the
iiberty of St. Alban's, of being a common cheat and
imposter, and sentenced to seven years transieltation.
He proves to be. the wretch who, in the middle of
March last, was found in the evening between Cam-
bridge and How-House, apparently weltering in his
blood, stating he had been robbed and almost murder-
ed by two toot-pads; after being taken to the Hospital,
where belay some time, he obtained a Petition, and.
collected upwards of £2O, with which he left the
town, for Oxford, at which place he confesses to have
played the same diabolical trick; likewise at Farn-
ham, in Surrey ; and lastly at St. Alban's, at all of
which places several men were in custody for some
days, on suspicion of the robberies.
Tuesday William Davis, James Wells, and James
Scott, were committed to the Borough jail, Ipswich,
for three months, by H. &UAW, Esq. for having
offered themselves respectively to be enrolled in the
East Suffolk regiment of Militia, after they had seve-
rally,received the first bounty, paid on their enroll-
ment in the East Norfolk regiment of Militia.
Saturday sen'night, William Coburn, a letter-car-
tier, belonging to the post-office at Burford, was com-
mitted to the county gaol charged with secreting a let-
ter, and stealing thereout a al Bank of England note.
Tuesday Elizabeth Woolterton, pursuant to her
sentence at the last Assizes for Suffolk, was executed
on the drop over the Turnkey's Lodge of the County
gaol, Ipswich, for the murder of Robert Sparkes, a
• child six years old, who partook of a cake in which the
prisoner had mixed arsenic, with intent to poison her
.uncle, Tifford Clirke, aged 82; the unhappy woman
persisted in her innocence when at the place of exe-
cution, and seemed particularly anxious to hide her
face from the gaze of the multitude, and from the
bye- standers. A vast concourse of spectators were
present. She was a widow with eight children, and
49 years old.
A most desperate Attempt was made on Friday af-
ternoon, at Temple bar, to hustle a young man in 'bet
employ of a respeitable bdokseller, of his pocket-book.
He made a spirited resistaece, and one of the pant,'
consisting of Jews, had his eye nearly knotted out.

SANICittrPTS. 1
Oetiveillieinton, of OxfurOtreet, Middlelll2,4Xdff•dealer, to
surrender August 9, at one, August 5, and September 9, at tell,
at Guildhall. Attorney, Me.-Charles Wißss Henrietta-street,
Bhmsevick-square.
Anthony Fox the youngerflate of Plymouth, Devon, shlp-owner,
ace( wawa, dealer and chapman, Arguer 4, 12, and Sept. 9,
at ten, at Guildhall*, London. Attorney, Mr. Kiss, Earl street,
Illacktriars.
Eleanor Howell and John Hdivell, of Change-alley, London, fru'.
terers, dealers, chapmen, and teeth August I, 9, and -ept
P, at ten, at -Guildhall. At:orate; , Mr. J. L. Wilkinson, Crude-
street, Finsbury-square.
Henn Francis Heron, of Huddersfield, Yorkshire. wool-favor,
dealer and chepntan, August 23, 24, and Sept. 9, at eleven, at
the Rose and Crown Inn, Huddersfield. Attoroies, Mr. Gree-
nwood, Huddersfield: or Mr. Battye, No. 20, Chancery haste.
Boyce Mukill, of Beetles, Suffolk, upholsterer, Augdst 9, 10,
end Sept. 9, at eleven, at the White Lion Inn, in liecelee.-
Attornies, Messrs. Debarsly,Seutlamore, and Currey, 14, Gate-
street, Lincoln'. Inn Incas; or Mr. :./eorge Bohan, nettles.
John Wood, of Manchester, calico printer, dealer and chapinan,
August 10, 11, and Sept. 0, at one, at the Dog Tavern, Man-
chester. Attomies, Mr. John Baron, No. 2, Back King-street.,
Manchester; or Mr. Shaw, Cursiten'estreet , London.
Valward Hall, or Newton, parish of Manchester, cotton-manu-
facturer, dealer and chapman, August 14, 15, and Sept. 9 at
ten, at the Palace Inn, Manchester. Attorney, Mr. Samuel
Edge, St. Ann's-greet, Manchester.
Jell u Lathant, of B.rmingham, boot and shoemaker, dealer and
clispinan, August 11, 12, and Sept. 9, at twelve, at the White
Hart Inn, Birmingham. Attoriates, Mr. Windle, John•creet,
Bedford-row, Lonelon ; or Mr. Robert Webb, Birmingham
limey Stokes, lite of throgmorton-street, London, merchant,
broker, dealer and chapman. August 5, at twelve, August et,
sad Sept. 9, at ten, at Guildhall. Attorney, Mr. Burfoot,
King's Bench Walks, Temple.
Thomas Waghorn, of Chatham, Kent, butcher, dealer and chap-
August 5,8, at one, and Sept. 9, at twelve, at Guildhall.
Attu' uies, Mr. Gibbs. Rochester; or Messrs. Aubrey and
Curtis, fook's-court, Chancery-lane, London.
George Coles and Charles Coles, of rower-street, London, bro-
kers and copartners, August 4, 12, and September 9, at ten, at
Guildhall Attorniea, Messrs. Weston and Teesdale, No. 31,
Fenchurch-street.
Francis I rattkland, of Oxford-street, linen-draper, August 5. 15,
and Sept. 9, at eleven, at Guildhall. Attorules, Messrs. Wal-
ker and Rankin, Old Jewry.
DIVIDENDS to be made at GUILDHALL.
October 24, William Cole, Mincing-lane, broker, at eleven.-
August st 9, John Pooley, Edward, and Henry Kensington, Win.
titre', and Daniel Adams, Lombard-street, bankers, st eleven
Sep:. 29, Gabfiel Castel!, of Eton, grocer, at twelve. August 11,
Richard Earn, Nottingham, hosier, at ten. August 22, Thomas
and Samuel Sketchley Robinson of Freeman's-court, Cornhill,
merchants at ten. August 22, Robert Butler, Cbeapside, glover,
at ten. Zugust 22, Joseph itawlinson, ol Great Portland-street,
• oilman, at ten. August 22, Charles W'right, Dowgive-hill, wire-
merchant, at twelve. August 8, Wiliam Edwards, New Bond.
street, goldsmith, at eleven. August 19, Wm. Serrell, of Great
rower-street, ship and insurance-broker, at ten. October 28,
John Shuttleworth, Copthall-court, merchant, at ten. August 1!',
Clirisoemer Stibbsi Newbury, cabinet-maker, at tett. August 19,
William and Jonn Edineads, !.nose, Kent, paper-makers, ten.
August In, Beachcrott Shepard, Chandos-street, Covent-Garden,
uphuistertr, at ten.
DIVIDENDS to be made in the COUNTRY.
August £4, Richard Hibbert, Wigan, reed-maker, at twelve,
at the Buck'atleVine, Wigan. August 1.5, George Barnes, Man-
cloo:Lr, co ton-sir, at two, a: the Bridgewater Arms, Man-
chester. August I S, Ann and Elizabeth iheptlerd, Bristol, hosiers,
at me, at the Commercial Room*, Bristol. Augu,t .2t, Abel
Within it Bellaire, Stamford, and James 11:1Iairs, Derby, bankets
at nine at the New George Inn, Derby. August 24, William and
1 !rimes llunit, I'ort.e.l, corn factors, at one, at the India Arms,
Gusvort. August 19, Thomas Gardner, .Iberdare, Glair,organ•
shire, shopkeeper, at eleven, at the Castle lon, Met hyr Tilt&
Ang,ust 19, John Barnett, Birmiughans, earatout-maker, at 12,
at t :;vvan Hotel, biriningliatti. Aiegust Y.I. John Sarjant l.ay,
t.'olcbetter. innkeepe-, at ten, at the Kett Lino Inn, Col,:liester.
kul;ust VI, George. Cobb, Leeds, SA): and tow-spinner, at elven,
at the Bull an 1 Mouth Inn, Leeds. August '22, George Noel, of
Last.atonebuuse, Devon, Itstebui net, at ten, at the Royal Hotel,
Ply mltautb.