Star.
London, England, 1824-10-27 00:00:00

can by possibility be perinanently.aided by sophistical
argutnents or by perierted acts. liefore this series of
letters is c0n4414, he still,find additional reason to be
convinced of this truth.
3MI, Sir, your humble servant.
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St4R4Y ,Q(I4IRTER ,SESSIONS, OCTOBER 26.

Jane Baker, aged es, ras indicted for stealing fifteen
silver spoon's, and various other articles, value 301. the
property of her master, James YAtes.
The prisoner was a servant to Mr. Yates, and in con-
sequence of -various articles being occasionally missed,
suspition fell upon her, when she acknowledged that
she had stolen them ; she also said that she had met
with a young man, (whose name did not transpire),
with whom she had been intimate about five weeks,
when he told her he had become bound for a person,
and unless she could assist him, he would be utterly
ruined. She said she had oo money, but he advised her
to make use of some articles which were her masters.
She was in c,•nsequence prevailed on to take the plate,
&c. mentioned in the indictment, an.d she pawned them
at three different pawnbrokers, he waiting outside the
shops to receive the duplicates and money.—Guilty—
Sentenced to Li years transportation.
Joseph Fry was indicted for stealing two shawls and
other articles, value 51. the property of Charles Fox
Smith. Several witnesses gave the prisoner an unex-
ceptionable character for several years.—Guilty.—Sen-
tenced to seven years transportation.
Joseph Pitt Will indicted for intermarrying with Sarah
Elizabeth Meadows on the sth of January last, his
former wife being then still living. The circumstances of
the case were these :—The prisoner, Joseph Pitt, was of
the age of 38, and had lived in the capacity of a gar-
dener with Dr. Fox, of Hackney, who kept an estab-
lishment for insane persons. In the same Gentleman's
Iservice the prosecutrix was first engaged as a house-
maid, but in consequence of her very correct and pru-
dent conduct, her master afterwards promoted her to
the care of the insane persons. While living in the
house, the prisoner ingratiated himself into the affec-
tions of the prosecutrix, and by his attentions to her,
and his representations that he was possessed of 3001.
which would assist in advancing their prospects in life;
lie prevailed upon her to listen to his overtures. She,
however, wishing to consult with her father, who held
a situation in the beck-yard, at Deptford, on a step
of so much importance, wrote a letter to him, and
having obtained his consent, it was arranged that the
prisoner should remain in his house, paying a weekly
sum for his board,•&c. till the marriage was solemnized.
Pitt did accordingly remain with him for a long time,
but being 'then anxious that the marriage knot should
be tied, it was agreed that the ceremony should take
place on the sth of January last, and after the usual pub-
icatien in Church, it was entered into on that day with
all the accustomed ceremonies. The parties lived to.
-*ether at the father's house for some time after the
Marriage, but it being then apparent that the money
the prisoner bad spoken of would not be forthcoming,
'he was desired to quit the place, which he did, and the
prosecutrix at his desire again went into service. Some
time afterwards the prisoner was sought after upon an
affair not connected with this charge, when it was dis-
covered that he had been married in Birmingham, in
1808, and that his former wife was still living. That
circumstance was further inquired into, and the fact
having been clearly ascertained, tfie friends of the pro-
, secutra had taken the 'present proceedings to punish
him for the unfeeling and disgraceful-imposition which
be had practised upon her.
Mr. Wallace, a carrier of Birmingham, was present
when the prisoner was married to his first wife, Ana
Richards, on the 7th of March, 1808, at the Church of
St. Martin, Birmingham, and produced a copy of the
marriage registry. Pitt's first wire was related to his
(the witness's) family by marriage. He saw Pitt's first
wife as recently as Monday last. She was then living
in Whitechapel.
Cross-examined—The primmer and his first wife were married
by banns.
Sarah Elizabeth Meadows, an interesting young woman, about
twenty years of age, was next examined. She stated, that the
ceremony of marriage was solemnized between herself and the
prisoner on the sth of last January, at Greenwich. They *ere
married by banns.

..... ....—During the time I lived with the prisoner, he
always behaved to me with great kindness and attention. She meter
saw the prisoner's first wife.
Peter Meadows, the brother of the prosecutrix, proved that be
was present at the marriage of hii sister with the prisoner Pitt.
The prisoner, in his defence, said be had been separated from his
first wife for many years, in consequente of the extreme irregularity
of her conduct.
The Cuatastaw, in his address to the Jury, said the case. had bole
too cleat ly proired to admit of any doubt as to his guilt.
The Jury found the prisoner Guilty, and
The CHAIRMAN, in passing sentence, said, that if it
had not appeared, by the testimony of the prosecutrix,
'that.he had behaved with great kindness to her, after
'he had so'shamefully deceived her, be (the Chairman)
would have felt it a duty to have passed a heavy sen-
tence upon him, as, by his. defence, he had admitted his
'kuonitedge of having a wife *living at the time he en-
tered into the second marriage, but willing, from that
.circumstance, to 'treat. him .with lenity, the sentence of
the Court was, that he should be imprisoned in Brixton
noose of for six months, and there kept to
hard labour.

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