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XINGSTON, Apas L ' • •
John Cern*ll Lunn was indtted for tigatby, in
having intermarried with Sarah Davis dining the life-
time of his' former wife, Mary West.
Mr. West proved the marriage of the prisoner to his
sister, on the Stb of October, 1820. and his desertion of
her a few months afterwards. His sister died in 1823.
Mr. Bell, Sexton of St. George's in the Borough,
proved the matriage of the prisoner on the 9th of June,
182.11 by. the name of John Campbell Brown Davis, to
Sarah Davis; witness's wife officiated as bride's maid.
They brought no friend with them. The witness thought
this fact sO suspicious, looking to the apparently re•
spectable appearance of the parties, that he took parti-
cular notice of the prisoner, and could now swear posi-
tively to his identity. He could not swear to the Lady,
she having been veiled.
Mr. Offar derma that, in September, 1821, he met
a Lady on bored an Ostend packet, who desciihed her-
self as Lady Davis, and said she was going to Paris to
meet her husband. Sir John Davis, who was a Knight
and Baronet. Witness was introduced to the prisoner,
who passed as Sir John Davis, a few days subsequently ;
they were living in style, acid kept their carriage; he
bad been on visiting terms with them ever since.
• • Mr. Shaw proved the signature " Sarah Davis," to the
second register, to be the hand-Writing of a Lady be
had formerly known as " Mrs. &rah Dote
The prisoner put in a long writtendefences.ol which
the following is the substance t—be had for thirty years
held a Commission in the Amy. with honour to him-
artlf and advantage to the counts y. Under such eircans-
*once:, it was painful to him to appear before them on
a charge of felony. He attributed his present disgrace.
ful situation to a fatal passion for gaming. After losing
large sums at different houses in London, he was in-
duced to miirtgage his estates, the proceeds from which
he .soon lust. He was at last driven to the sale of his Com-
mission, and, in the vain hope of retrieving himself, bad
ventured its proceeds at the gaming table, where it
soon disappeared.. Driven to despair by the sense of '
his folly, and the abject poverty into which it had
.plunged him, he determined on turning upon his plun-
deiers, and accordingly commenced actions against
Crockford, Rogier, Laporte, and others. Some of these
actions were still pending ; it was to get rid of them that
the present proceedings were adoptcd. Crockford, whose
splendid edifice mucked the laws of the land, had an
interest in his conviction,. as he {the prisoner) had an
-action pending against him in the Ding's Bench. It
was his belief Crockford had contributed towards the
espenres of this prosecution. He denied that he had
been guilty of the crime imputed, and, in proof of his
innocence, he would produce, as a witness, the Lady
with whom he was said to have contracted the second
marriage, and who would prove be was not the person
she married.
Mix. Sarah Davis was then called—She admitted

hung a patty to the marriage deposed to by Mr. Bell,
but denied that the.ptirPner was the other party. The
person she married passed himself upon her as a
Baronet, and took her to France, where in less than a
month, he stripped her of a large fortune, and then ab-
scnnded. A• few.days afterwards she became acquainted
with the prisoner, and it was agreed between them that
they should pass by the name and title of her quondam
husband, hut that they should sleep separately. it was
• n Platonic marriage, and it was while they weteliving
in this state she introduced the prisoner to Mr. Offer as
Sir John Davis: It was not till two years afterwards

- that they slept together.
Cross-ezamined—Her maiden name was .Dors, to
which the name of Davis was added to please her aunt:
Her first husband was a Mr: Henry Davis. She al ter-
.l- wards married the person calling himself Sir John
I.l' Davis. She was first married when fifteen years old,
>4. but had previously had a child, to whom a fortune was
•••lilt. From a compat4on of dates it appeared. alter a
Meg examination, that this child must have been born
when she was only twelve years old, according to
her account.

In reply to this statement, several witnesses were
called 40 prove facts calculated to raise a suspicion of
its accuracy: The Jury, after an hour's•deliberation.
returned a verslict of Guilty. Sentence—One year's'
imprisonment.
WARWICK, Assn. 4.
G. Nigkande was in.licted fur having assaulted R.
Cri,uch, and taking tram his person sal. The prose.
color stated, that in July, 1825, be was at Warwick,
"Sod had in ltis possession Bank notes to the amount
above stated. lie had been dining .2t the Castle, at
Warwick, with Itledcalf the runner, and they left the
room to witness a fight that was about to take place.
When be Leached die door be was knocked down, and.
When he leached the top -of the stairs a number of
people came pp ; hie felta band his pocket, and upon

turning round, he observed the prisoner running away,'
sad he then missed his pot. ket-book, which contained
the notes before mentioned.
• Medcalf said he saw islightingale place his bands on
the pocket ol the prosecutor, and take (torn it a book.
Josh. Hudson, the pugilist, said he was at Was4ick
on the day stated, and bed seen both.tbe prisoner and
prosecutor in company. Hearing the' noise in the
aueet be went out, and 'bile so doing, the prisoner was
in the Gecrge public house drinking with two men,
named Moss and Reeve. When be 'Pent out among the
clowd, be ascertained that Cropcb had Deem robbed.
This witness etas cotroCoratea by, three other wit •
messes ; and the. Jury acquitted the prisoner:
Jaws Wilson:was tried on two indictments, on the
4 h and 5111, charged with tabbing the Coventry Bank,
but was acquittact on both. .
a LouctsTga, Amt. 4..
UM V. THORNTON, Ma.
This was a ctiminal intormatiOn,filecl by leave of the
'Court of Kitties' .Bench, against an Officer of the loyal;
Navy. for a JAb 1. reflecting en the charactOr of Cantata!
Marshall, the itlotter of the Ceremonies at Cbeiteahaas,
• Before the case was gene into, be was stet e on the part
of the defendant, that it was now convinced that he bad
beenimposed on by the representations or tulips, and
-.that lie regretted that the matter in question should
Lave been published. Lipari this Captain Marshall was
satisfied, pad a verdict of Guilty was taert, it being in-
timated' that no further steps woold be titicen.
Mr. Justice PARK observed, that Captain Marshall
had acted *ith great forbearance and kindness towards
M,. Thornton.
GRIFFITH V. GARDNER AND ANOTIIRII•
This was an action for a libel respecting Mr. S. Y.
Griffith. the. Editor of the Cheltenham Girosifek. The
case was, however, not tried, the defendants consenting
0 pnirlitla ap answer to the alleged libel, spot;adtc
jog' the assertions contained in it. , .
THOUTSON V. ISALPIN.
The plaintiff in this case was Mr. Thompson, the pe-
t*
,ef Of .W.4*clltatc!i.banh mad the reiffit action.
palwgilegt
ht-to mew a cipropeesatian in ciamagell fsji
an • libel !respecting Mr. Thompson, *which bad
We • . bidet Pielteerkk aid titrneifkoi ifirrtild,;
of cli ef&ildendant, Or..tialpine was Air.rs it the,