The Sun. — 1831-06-08 (London, England)

UNION-HALL.  A woman named Miles was charged with having intermarried with John Cooney, her former husband being still alive. The complainant stated, that he had been married to the prisoner for the last two years, and that for the whole of that period, not even omitting ghat was called the honeymoon, his life had been one of indescribable misery, owing to the horrible temper of the woman to whom he had been allied in marriage. The Magistrate (Mr. HEDGER)-=You must have had a very slight acquaintance indeed with the lady before marriage to be so ignorant of her real temper and disposition as you now describe. You allege that she has another husband living, therefore let me have the evidence of the charge of bigamy. The complainant here produced a certificate of the prisoner's marriage to her first husband, and stated that he should be enabled to prove that he was now living. Prisoner—Cooney knew well that I had a husband living when he married me. The base man has now turned round on me, and wants to get rid of me, owing to his taking up with another woman. Before I married him I told him how I was situated with regard to my other husband, but Cooney, by his slippery tongue, won me over and married me, and now wants to transport me. Cooney—lf I don't transport her I know she will murder me; she thinks nothing of taking up a knife and letting it fly bang at my head. I am actually afraid to sleep upon my pillow, under the dread of her depriving me of some of my members. "Oh ! she's a blood-thirsty woman," added Cooney.  Magistrate—ls it true that you were aware of her having a husband living when you married her ? Cooney—l'll stand or fall by what I say. It is true what the woman asserts. I did know that she had another husband living, but she told me that she had a regular divorcement at this very office; and I, believing her statement, married her accordingly. You must have known that there were no divorcements, as you call them, entered into, or arranged, at this office :—I can't read writing, your Worship, hut she put a long sheet of paper into my hand, filled with writing, saying at the same time that it was a regular divorcement, otherwise I should not have run my neck into a halter by marrying her. yourself; and w know o oyou, also,wer e tn haott you ruonn in g any ' risk seduced my affections from my lawful husband, got me away from him, and now, that you are tired of me, and have taken up with another woman, to get rid of me, you want to harg or transport me, you don't care which. Here the prisoner began to weep. Magistrate--It would be a difficult matter to say which was the worst of the two, the prosecutor or to another the prisoner; he for marrying a woman whom he li v knew,living; byara her she ewn for consenting admission, had marry him husbandunder r aercrioaugled. bringne forward the such circumstances. theC°weliit'enYessweass that he thought he could, but would rather she was ttohenth at once committed to gaol and punished for the at fierds ti f mil  offence. The Magistrate having been informed that the prisoner's first husband was not in London, and that he had been since married, discharged the prisoner altogether; and she and Cooney walked home very comfortably afterwards,