Star.
London, England, 1827-10-11 00:00:00

MA It LBOROUG H-STIt EET.

Yesterday George Morris, alias Ilettry Smith, was brought up for
rit.ezarnination before Sir Gamic' F , on a charge ui bigamy.
On friday last, the prisoner was rtnianded, to allow Mr. lkown,
the hrother-in-law to the second wife, sufficient time 'to ptridUce
watnessem a., to the tir.t marriAr ; in addition to what. Sleet tin*
tame, the tollowing evidence was doll? adduced—
The prisoner !nine pi seed at the bar,
Mr. Thomas depos,,d, that be is deputy clerk of Ala
pasi,h cburth of Mightn't, .Ind ;hat he has known the prisoner
ten yt ars by the siAtte of Ilenty Smith, and es ho r.presented himself
to be a painter and glazier. liaising paid his addresses to hti since;
they were married at the parish church on the 11th of Etepternber,
18111, by bans. He Lave her away. About twelve months since
the prisoner autklenly left Beightetn, and :hey heard no more of hint
mull a low days sinec: He Saw his sister ou,Tuescizy,tuorning at
his own house in I;4)nd-street, Brighton.

Miss Elizabeth Ery, the sieund-ertfe of the prisoner, on being
railed upon. to gram everlenee,,,bur,t into tear, ; upon roeuverir g her.
.ell she deposerillsat *be hid known the prisoner five or sit r.:onthr;
and that he p.id his addriss.i to her under the name of Geoce
Murray, and she was marrhd.on last Sunday, week Ly bans at Shan--
ditch Church. him is 91 years of age.
Withans Brown, of Little Provost-streec liampstead•roud, de-
posed—Elizabeth Fry is his wire's sister, and the prisoner paid bti
addresses iu the saute of George Alurt is, and was married in that
name.—fle was then fully couunitied, and the witnesses bound
uircr to prosecute.

QUEEN-SQUARE.
Samuel hey, a young lad about fifteen years of age. was cl.arged
with stabbing Rebecca Curtis in the face with a pocket knife.
The complainant stated, that as she was passing up Pear-street,
Westniiiister, the prisoner threw some oyster shells at her, which
strotlrher owthe band, she told hint he ought to be tent to why('

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laautud&l wear.w!sos he tateft.)
in the late.
I The plitostermid, that the compPainant had uunted him ahem
his poor brother.
Orbit of the officers sold. tint the Prisoner was a rimed notorious
thief, and got his living by not sung e!se; he wasp to by men ail hours
of the day,in the company of the very worst of cbarwers.
A person in the office here stated.to the Magistrate (%V. A. A.
Walme. Esq.) that the prisoner's father and mother were dead, mat
that when he was of age he was Frankel to some prwerty, he be-
lieved EOOl. and there was no person to look after him.
Mr. Worm ordered the prisoner to be detained in Tothilfiell's
miser', and directed that the overseers of the pariah woold make
some inquiries about him.
lierrwh Walrity was brought up in custody of Richard Car; d
Bow.street petrol, charged with robbing -a poor laundress,
No. 3, Francis-street, Tothilfielda, of a Flambe; of shirts, tablisa"
cloths, &c. which had been entrusted to her to wash.
A pawnbroker attended, who psoved that the primer bad
pawned the articles which wore stolen.
She was fully committed for trial.
WORSHIP-STREET.

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J. Sherpa's, a pensioner of Greenwich, applied to substantiate his
claim on @lse-Unarm Benefit Society, bell at the Dolphin, Cock.lane,.
Betbnahereen, of which he had been twenty.two years a number.
Within the last fourteen weeks his 11110WiDdiMill stopped, first on
pretence that he was not, when he entered. free from bodily in.
firmity ; secomily,that be did not follow his trade as a ;
and thirdly, that he resided oboe( three miles from the clubshowie,
contruy its a clause in theit.regulatiens. Atter meek argument on,
built sides, the Magistrates made an order that the amnion of the
sic weeks' arrears, at 3s. per week, should be paid, notwithstanding
his residence was ondierdably beyond three tasks from the club-
house. .
•UNION-HALL.
Janes Cooper, a tradesman residing in Whiteernes•street, South-
wark;vras summoned for having refused to pay al. the amount of
poor rates due. It appeared that when Price, the collector, called
for the poor.rate, the defendant, having no other coin fa the house.
offered to pay it In coppees To shewAst he was not desirous of
putting thesollector to any inconvenience, he offered to convey
them himself to the poorhouse; hut the collector spurned at it,
saying he was not booed to take it in copper% anal • took out the
present summons.
The Maasraat<mom hearing the Cullectot 's statement, expressed
their astonishment, observing, that they could see no teasuri whj
be refused to take the copperin pepsine. It.ease-for the relief of
the poor, and certainly would answer the purposes fin which It was
intended -qually as well as if paid in gold or silver. The collector
was Found to take the rate in the manner iu which it was tendered.
The money was therefore accepted in the manner in which it was
tt.ndered.
L 4 MBET/I.STRERT.

A respectable looking mutt named Wiliam Taylor. was placed at
the bar to answer to a charge prefated against him en basing mur-
dered his wile.

Lea, the siker, seated, OM( in consequence of great irritation
that prevailed, and the thteats of violet:or which were used by a
number of persons in Rosemary-Luse, where the preemies. resided, and
carried on an extensive businets.as a general trader, he was sent for,
and on arrivinz in the laire,tuad the house of them ioniser surrounded
by a vast mob of people, all of what's were expnrsafng themselves in
the bitterest termaof-hrdignation at that-dreadful.aet which they-im-
puted to the prisoner. Front the temper that seat manifested be took
him into csistikly ; and he was sure that if he had not done so, and
removed him out of the-rench of-the enstged multitude,they would
have inflicted scene seri.sui injury on hint, end perhaps kale
torn down the house. Be (I4a), before be lett, saw the body of
the deceased, over one of the eyes of which there was a seeere ten-
imago.; and (rum what he bat} ance hem able td ascertain, he had
learned that the prisoner and ;his wife lived on the" most unhappy
terths. Ots:SThirday niglt theArifteestiii a-Served to be in her
usual state of health, at whiciailme t givarrolo, and no more
was heard of '&4 until Monday bibta Selien'it'was found fbit
the had expired.
• Sarah Neagie deposed that she heed Oppome the prisoner's abnp.
On Slturday night, between nine and ten o'clock, she passed the
house, and observed the prisonerstrike:deceased; on returning in.
We same direction, 'in a short timealietivards, she air the
ceased 1-4*the nose, and crying bitterly ; the
heard no'inor of her: until artily her' death.' In. reply to a question
,from the Magistrate, the wittier's Millie-ilia riots the deceased was
addicted to drink.

Math i Batoll statedlhat she drank some porter with thy deceased
rate on Saturday night, and at that time the was sober, Mid had o
black eye:,
• The hsoterea.sm inquired if the body had been otiesi.d or ex-
amined bra•Siligeotaa-tea answered not, but that a Surgeon had
got ditections to do io, preparatory to the sitting of the Coroner's
Jury.—The Priressraarrieplied that he was deters ined himself to
kivestigate fully all sorb cases. He then gave directions that the'
Surgeon who would eiamitie the body should, with the other utiv
nesse', be in attendaltre, and that the prisoner, in -she
should he detained. et

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