Old Bailey Proceedings:
Old Bailey Proceedings: Accounts of Criminal Trials
15th April 1724
Lewis
Hussare
proceedingsdefend This name instance is in set 546.
, who was try'd the last Sessions, for the Murther of his Wife, was
indicted for marrying
Elizabeth
Hern
proceedingsvictim
in January last, his former Wife
Ann
Hussare
proceedingsvictim
(since murthered) being then alive
. As to the first Marriage.
Henry
Briel
< no role >
, Minister of the French Church in Spittle-Fields, depos'd, That he did the 15th of March, in the 4th Year of his present Majesty's Reign, by Licence, marry the Prisoner and
Ann
Rondeau
< no role >
, in his Church, 3 of his Elders, and many other Persons being present, her Father and Mother belonging to his Church; that they did afterwards cohabit together, as he thinks, about 3 Years, he following the Trade of a Barber
at Hoxton.
As to the second Marriage,
Thomas
Smith
< no role >
depos'd, That the 23d of January
last, the Prisoner came to him, he being a Clerk, and having taken out a Licence at the Commons, he and
Elizabeth
Hern
< no role >
came the next Morning to Queenhith
, to be married by Mr. Lazenby the Minister of St. Anthony, and were so, and after they were married they went to the Dog-Tavern. That he being desir'd to take a Glass of Wine, went thither, and did observe the Prisoner to alter in his Countenance; and all that the Company could say, seem'd not to be enough to compose the Disorder that appear'd in him: So that he was ask'd if he repented of what he had done. But he answered, No. That they invited him to come in the Evening, and spend half an Hour with them; that he did go to them at an Alehouse near Sion College, and after some time, he saw them in Bed.
Henry
Satchell
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added, that he gave Elizabeth Hern to the Prisoner in Marriage, and they were married as Thomas Smith had depos'd, several other Persons being present.
The Prisoner at the Bar own'd his Marriage with Elizabeth Hern, but deny'd his being ever married to Ann Rondeau. Upon some Disputes in Court concerning the first Marriage, it having been perform'd by a Minister or the French Church of the Presbyterian Persuasion, the Jury brought in their
Verdict Special; upon which the Prisoner must remain confin'd, till the Determination of the Judges shall be obtain'd relating to that Point
.