Star.
London, England, 1821-04-26 00:00:00

OLD BAILEY.

Yesterday, Thomas Elliot was indicted for inter-"
marrying with Jane Taylor, his former wife, Honora
Elliot, being alive. The prisoner was dressed in
black, and was of respectable appearance.
Thomas Vann, a Police officer of Worship-street,
apprehended the prisoner about four or five weeks
ago. Witness told him that he took him tbr bigamy,
and the prisoner laughed at it.
John Brady, a hatter by trade.—He knew the pri-
soner, and was acquainted with him in Ireland. He
proved the marriage of the prisoner in Ireland, eleven
years last May, to. Honora Smith. He also proved
that she was now alive, and had seen her about half
an hour ago.
Cross.examined.—The parties were married by a
Mr. Riley, a Catholic Priest; at his (the Priest's)
house; but it was not a private marriage. He (wit-
ness) did not steal into the house, but got in by his
two feet. Being asked how muck money he got for
appearing this day as a witness ? he said he got no-
thing, " not even the two guineas which you (ad-
dressing the-Counsel) obtain!" He came from Ire-
land to push his fortune the same as another.
Other witnesses were subsequently examined, who
proved the facts of the case, and the prisoner was ul-
timately found Guilty.
T. Smith was indicted for stealing 801bs. weight
of lead, the property of J. Cromwell, affixed to a
certain building.
Mr. Cromwell, a farmer at Hammersmith,. proved
that the lead in question was stolen from a barn be-1
longing to him, on or about the night of the Bth of
March.
T. Close, a young lad, swore that on the night of
the Bth of March he was travelling with a horse and
cart, and stopped at the Chaise and Horses public-
house, at Hammersmith. When he had been there a

short time, the prisoner came in, and forced his con-
versation upon him, and asked him if he had any
objection to earn ss. by carrying some lead to Lon-
don the following morning? Witness never saw him
before that night. After some conversation he agreed
to take the lead, and the prisoner then desired the
landlord to let witness have a bed, and said he would
call him at four o'clock in the morning. He was nut
called, however, till six, and then he put his horse to,
and went with the prisoner to an adjacent lane, where
the latter took some lead from a dunghill, where it
was covered over, and put itinto the cart. Witness
then drove away towards London, and when he ar-
rived at Kensington, two constables stopped the cart,
and took the lead and witness into custody. The pri-
soner at the time was not with the cart.
Cross-zzaneined.—Witness lives with his mother,
who keeps a rag-shop in Old Bethlem..She does not
purchaseuld iron and lead. Witness was sure he bad
never seen the prisoner' before that night.- He had
I left town that night to go to Windsor; he left town

at nine toselock, to go and look aftera friend of his,
who had not come home in time. The promise of five
shillings induced him to give up the Windsor journey.
Mr. Drinkwater, landlord of the Chaise and Horses,

swore, that the last witness, when he met the prisoner
at his house, shook him cordially by the hand, and they
conversed with all the familiarity of old acquaintances.
In the morning, the witness, Close, went towards the
lane, with bis horse and cart, but the prisoner was not
with him then. Witness afterwards saw the cart drive
away towards London, and in a few minutes the pri-
soner came: in and said, " Is that young man gone?"
Witness suspected something wrong, and sent Officers
in pursuit of the cars. •
The Constables deposed to stopping the cart, and
said, they saw the prisoner walking about three-quar-
ters of a mile behind it. They took him afterwards
at his own house.
The Jury found the prisoner Guilty. Close was af-
terwards called by the Court and severely reprimanded.

BRISTOL ASSIZES.
The trial -of John Norwood, for the murder of
a young woman /lamed Eliza Balsum, excited the
greatest interest in the neighbourhood of Bristol.
The first witness called was Samuel Fry, who de-
posed, that in January last he was present with Joseph
Fry, Thomas Barnes, and the prisoner Norwood. Did
not see Eliza Balsum. She was down at the foot of a
hill, about SO 0r.40 yards from the place where they
stood. Prisoner was on the brow of the hill. Heard
the girl cry out "0, lam killed !" Heard Barnes
say it was a shame, but did not know what it meant.
Barnes's words were, "It is `it shame." The
words were addressed to no one in particular. Saw
Balsum running up the bill a minute afterwards, but
did not know who used the expression " 0, 1 am
killed." Went to see, and found Balsum. This wit-
ness afterwards said he did not know it was Balsum.
It was starlight. To a question from the Judge, how
he came to say that he saw her running up the hill ?
he replied, that he looked towards the brook, but saw
.nothing. The cry proceeded from the brook. It was
not a stop hill upon which they stood. •
Thomas Barnes sworn.—On -the 26th of January
' was standing at the four cross-roads at Hanham. Sa-
muel Fry and Horwood were present. It was about
eight in the evening, and star-light. Thebrook-was
about 37 or 40 yards off, and there is a public path
across it. They were standing above. Saw that young
man (the prisoner) wave- his atm (wit:fess here de-
scribed the act of throwing); but saw nothing in pri-
soner's hand at the-time'. In the twinkling of an- eye
afterwards, heard some one fall down heard a splash.
About ten minutes afterwards, prisoner told witness
not to speak of it. When he heard the splash, witness
said, "There's some one knocked down in the bottom:"
said this loud enough for pi isoner to hear. A week
afterwards saw prisoner, who called witness "a de-
luding son of a —," for mentioning what he had
seen. Another time prisoner challenged him to fight.
When he heard the splash he looked towards the brook,
but could see nobody. Heard the cry or scream of a
woman, and could distinguish the words " 0 Lord r
Prisoner was then looking towards the brook, and wit-
ness said," it is a shame—you have knocked someone
down in the bottom." Saw no stone in prisoner's hand.
Ann Fry, about three months before this 1-::,opened,
heard the prisoner Horwood say, that if he saw Eliza
Balsum with another man be would be the death of
her. Witness was at a public-house with Norwood,
Eliza Balsum, and others, the Christmas before this
happened. They were all friendly at that time. Saw
prisoner pull out a bottle, and heard him say that
was what he had to fling over Eliza Balsum. On her
cross-examination, she said she had seen them dancing
together afterwards, and on good terms.
Sarah Balsum, mother of the deceased, was the next
witness. Remembers the night Eliza came home.—
' Could not recollect the day of the month ; but it was
towards the latter end of January, between eight and
nine o'clock. She was in bed at the time, and got up.
Her daughter had her head cutand bruised greatly, on
the right side over the eye. The eye was Hack. She
wasvery sick and vomited, and continued so sometime.
Dressed her head with a poultice. Took her to the
Infirmary five days afterwards. On Christmas night
Eliza came home about nine o'clock. Heard some-
body running fast. Her daughter cried out, " Mo-
ther, open the door, and let me in, for John Horwood
is going to burn me all to pieces !" Witness heard
him threatening ; heard him say, " The first time he
could catch her, he would smash her bones all to
pieces r Witness looked out of the window, and
asked why he threatened her child that way ? Hor-
wood swore by his MAKER that " he would kill her,
and those that did take her part!" On the Tuesday
following witness came home with something like
grease all over her clothes, and next morning they
were all in holes.—ln answer to a question from the
Judge, she said she knew•Horwood by his voice.
Brooks wps talking with prisoner a few days
before he was apprehended. Witness told Horwood
that he would be tried, and perhaps hanged. Hor- '
wood replied, " If she does not die there (iu the In-
firmary), when she comes out, Fit be if I don't
kill her !"--The above facts were supported by the
evidence of several other witnesses.
The senior surgeon of the Bristol Infirmary deposed
to the state of the deceased whilst under his care, and
gave his opinion that her death was occasioned by the.
wound inflicted upon her head.
The deposition of Eliza Balsum, taken while she
was in the Infirmary, was here put in and read. It
stated that John Horwood had frequently made inde-
licate and improper proposals to her; that she had
constantly refused to yield to his solicitations ; " in
consequence of which the said John Hnrwood had
several times threatened. to murder her ; that about
Christmas last, Norwood met her near Hanham, and
flung a quantity of oil of. vitriol, or some other li-
quid, over her, which burnt her clothes; that since
' Christmas, Norwood had frequently way-laid her,
with intent, as she believed, tp kill her; that about
the 30th or 31st of January last, as she was walking
in a lane near Hanham, she, saw Horwood, at a dis-
tance of about a yard from her, in . the lane ; upon
which she ran home to her house, and alarmed her
family, who came out, and he ran away; that ou the
following day, in the evening, about eight or nine
o'clock, as she was walking with a •person whose
name she does not at pesent recollect, she saw the
said John Horwood a short distance from' her; he
swore at her, and said he would kill her ; and then
immediately took up a stone and flung at here which
struck her on the head, and she tell down ; aqd in-
formant does not recollect anything further." When