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lisw...gpme.---lirr. Stettin, a defier ha Mfg* ovIP•
street, Soho, appeared to claim a trunk, containinutquiPtiti of
breas. A, woman, it appeared, was hanging up sane nein in the
passage of the upper story of a hank near Mahies, .wisest she
heard a crash, and imsnediatehr saw the doling fall, and a ms's
legs protrude through.. She ran down stairs, some .ont.give as
alarm of fire, the,neighbourhood was up in arms,. avid the en
gines came. On repairing to the attics, it was found that' the
man had extricated himself, but Martin's son, and the trunk now
claimed, were found on a house adjoining. The account now given
by Martin with respect to the boss did not satisfyibe Magis-
trates, and the trunk was directed to be further detained.
Jahn Nay, whose case was deferred from last Wednesday,
being charged with having taken to himself no less than three
wives, was brought up yesterday for further exatninaxion. •
The first and third wives were present; each of them swore
that they were married to the prisoner. The first said, that
being a widow, and her name Mrs. Bridget Toole, she married
the prisoner, John Pavey, in 1816, by whom she had a line boy,
about five years old.—John M`Cosmack swore that he was pre-
sent at this marriage.
The third wife, Mrs. Thomas, being also a widow, swore that
her first husband had been dead two years, and that she mar-
ried the prisoner about seven weeks ago, and was living happy
with him, till she discovered that be had snore wives than one,
by the first wife's coming with her child one morning to claim
John Pavey as her lawful husband.
Mary Jones, and the mother of Mrs. Thomas swore that they
were'present at the third marriage, and that Mary Jones even
lent her a sovereign to buy a new bonnet and gown for the
wedding ; which John Pavey stoutly denied, saying that it was
he who gave the sovereign, and if the law made Mrs. Thomas.
not to be his wife, the law ought as well to make Mrs. Thomas
give him back his sovereign. She had also a pension paper of
his, which, he said, she ought to give him. She replied that she
would give that willingly, for the sake of the poor child he had
by his first wife. On pulling a tin box- out of her pocket, in
which the paper was contained, one of the officers desired her to
give it to the prisoner.—" No, do you give it to him," said she,
indignantly," I will never band anything to such a deceitful man."
The Magistrate said it was better to give it to the first wife,
as it might be the means of getting the child touthe Duke- of
York's School.
Well, then," said Pavey, in great agitation," she may keep
it for the time I have to live." • _ _ _ _

The first wife then came, bathed In tears, and shook hands
with him. Pavey, who seemed hitherto to have his mind made
up for the worst, could no longer resist, and shed tears.
On being asked what he had to say In his defenCe? the only
excuse he gave was, that his first wife was so terrible a woman,
he could not live with her. She would often threaten to cut his
throat, and not liking to live without the comfort of a wife, he
thought he was at liberty to take as many as fre wished, until
he found one to please him.
Copies of the registers of both the marriages were produced,
but not bang authenticated as true copies, the Magistrate thought
it necessary that the Parish Clerks should be present in both
eases to verify them. However, be thought there wesufficient
evidence to commit him for trial, and the parties were bound
lover to prosecute.
The second wife is confined in Horsentooger-lane for some
offence. She was satisfied to leave the husband to the other two.
A specimen of the prisoner's love for his third wife is con-
tained in the following letter, which he wrote to her on Thurs-
day morning : " Tothil-fields Prison, Zed Aug. 1822.
" Loving Wife—lt is with a heart tome with Crief I rite
those few lines to you, in hopes this will find you snore happier
in your mind than I am. Ni y dear, if any respects for me in
your heart, I trust you will be as kind as you can as_ to getting
me transported, as it will not be of any benefit to you. But I
hope you will call to-morrow morning at the prison-gates, and
inquire for me at nine o'clock, as I have somethink to say to you
ot serous consequince; therefore, my dear, do not fail to come.
As I hope to live, I am truly sorry I have abused so good A
woman, but I hope to see my girl as soon as you possibly can.
From your ever disconsoler and distress husband, •
(Signed) " J NO. PAVEYr"

Gritnnam—Catltcrine Rook was charged with stealing half a
cheese from a shop in Houudsditch, which she entered, to buy a
small article. The shopman saw her cover the cheese with a
cloth, and take it away, and on her leaving the shop seized her.
Although taken in the fact, she denied that she 'knew anything
of the circuntstance.—Committed.

Hanoi-G RMS.— T. L. Robinson, of Francis-court, Berkeley-
street, Clerkenwell, was charged with forging the Goldsmiths'
IlaU mark. A large chest of plate was entered from a most re-
spectable house, at the Custom-house, for exportation, when, on
inspection, a part of it was found to have a forged mark. The
house of the prisoner,, who had manufactured it, was then
searched, when some bottle labels, with a similar mark, were
found, and also the punch with which they bad been stamped.
He declined making any defence, and was fully committed.
QUERK-SQUA RE.—John Matthews was charged with assaulting
Mr. Robinson and Mrs. Story. Mr. Robinson stated, that, as
he was passing the foot of Vauxhall Bridge, he saw the defend-
ant heating his wife in a brutal manner, and, on his interfering
in behalf of the female, he knocked him down, and his head
coming in contact.witb the stones, rendered him insensible for a
considerable time, when the defendant kicked him violently.—
Mrs. Story stated, that on her interference he served her in like
manner, by which she received an injury which delicacy forbad
her to describe, but from which she was likely to suffer during
her life. Ile was held to bail, with permission to settle with
the parties.

esion-Hatt..—A brutal fellow, named Ames Tinting, a gloom
in the service of T. Richardson, Esq. who resides in the Kent-
road, was, before M. Swatter, n. charged with having malici-
ously stabbed a very valuable horse' the property of his master.
The greatest indignation was excited by the examination. Mr.
Richardson stated, that about six o'clock on Thursday evening,
as he was sitting in his parlour, he hoard a very unusual noise
proceeding from the stable. He immediately ran into the yard,
and upon looking through the stable window, saw the prisoner,
with a large stable fork in his hand, making a furious attack
upon one of the horses. The poor animal plunged very much,-
and groaned, bat the prisoner continued the attack, And inflicted
a desperate wound in the jaw of the horse, the. prongs of the fork
having entered about two inches. The witness emoted the stable,
and reprobated the cruelty of the fellow, but wag himself soon
given to understand that as little ceremony would be shewn to
himself as had been shewn to the poor horse. " R.—n you, you
old villain," said the prisoner, " I'll serve you as I have served
your horse, and I'll set your house on fire too." The witness
added, that of late the prisoner was in the habit of drinking very
much, and that the abominable habit had wrought the greatest
change in the unfortunate man. The horse was rendered useless
in consequence of the wound.—The Magistrate strongly repro-
bated the inhumanity of the prisoner, and sentenced him to pay
a tine of .C.l, to be Imprisoned two months in the Hotta of Cor-
rection, and to hod securities to keep the peace.
Thomas Hemmings, who keeps a chandler's shop in King-
street, Southwark, pleaded " Not Guilty" to an inform-tion
filed against him for selling bread deficient In weight.
Au informer, named Brown, stated that he went to defend-
ant's shop and purchased two quartern and four half-quartern
loaves. He desired that the bread should, be weighed in the shop,
and observed a deficiency in the loaves, amounting altogether to
twenty ounces..

Hammond, the officer, confirmed the witness's evidence.. The
defendant said in his defence, that he had bought the bread from
a baker in the Borough-road, bt whom he had been supplied
for some time, and that he always supposed the bread to be the
proper weight. •
The Magistrate fined the chandler ss. per ounce for the defi-
ciency; and observed to him, that the least the baker could do
would be to pay him half the fine.
klanuionounn-sTaeze.—The valet is cliambre to the Spanish
Ambassador was charged with driving a chaise over a poor man
in the Fulham Road. The charge, however, was dismissed, on
the defendant giving the poor nun £2.

Lamsma-eraszv.—T. Breafen, a tide-waiter, residing in
Meeting-holm-lane, St—Georges in the East, was charged with
attempting to hang, his. son, about eleven years old. Jeffery.,
the ollicer, stated, that be was sent for to the house of the, pri-
soner, in consequence of cries of murder being heard from it, when
he found the child on a high temporary platform in an upper room,
quite naked, with one end of • rope round his neck, and the other
fastened to a hook in the ceiling. lie immediately released him,
and with assistance brought him and his father to the Office.—
;'ln defence the fellow said, his sou had long been in the habit of
robbing him, and deserting till he had spent the money. The
Magistrate observed, that if the buy had done wrong the law
.was open to him; the father, therefore, had no right to pro,eed
, to ma
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