2. THOMAS WARDROPPER proceedingsdefend was indicted for that he, on the 28th of February, 1787, did marry one Ann Archer proceedingsvictim , spinster ; and afterwards, on the 17th of December, 1791 , did marry and take to wife Alice Doyle proceedingsvictim , spinster, his former wife being then alive .(The indictment was stated by Mr. Const, and the case by Mr. Fielding).

- NEWMAN sworn. - I am the beadle of St. Clement Danes: I was present at the marriage of Ann Archer < no role > , in the month of February, 1787, at the church of St. Clement Danes; I saw her within these two or three months.

Cross-examined by Mr. Knowlys. Q. Perhaps you know a little of this marriage; it was forced upon him, by the parish, was not it? - A. I do not know that it was.

Q. He was locked up, was not he, till he did consent? - A. He was.

Q. There was a parish complaint against him, for increasing the number of inhabitants? - A. Yes.

WiLLIAM ARCHER sworn. - Examined by Mr. Const. I am the father of Ann Archer < no role > , the wife of the prisoner, she was born November 5, 1760; she was married in 1787.

Cross-examined by Mr. Knowlys. Q. Do you know whether your daughter was absent any time in France? - A. No; I do not know in particular about that; but when she came back again, I have heard her say, they had no where to go to.

Q. Has she not been out of the kingdom? - A. I do not know that.

Q. Has she been much with you since her marriage? - A. Not latterly.

Mr. Fielding. Q. You were not present when your daughter was married? - A. No.

ROGER HARRISON < no role > This name instance is in set 1644. sworn. - (produces the register book of St. Clement's, and reads): Thomas Wardropper, of this parish, and Ann Archer < no role > , spinster, were married at this church, the 28th of February, 1787.

JOHN BYROM < no role > sworn. - I was present at the marriage of the prisoner, at St. Mildred's church, I think it is a church on the right hand side as you come up from Thames-street, in 1791, I think it was the 17th of December; he was married to Miss Doyle; she went by that name at that time, her name was, I believe, Elizabeth, I am not certain.

Mr. Fielding. (To Archer.) Q. When did you see your daughter last? - A. I saw her last night at six o'clock, she is very ill.

Byrom. Cross-examined by Mr. Knowlys. Q. Do you mean to say you know the prisoner? - A. I know very little of him.

Q. Do you know if it was the prisoner? - A. Yes; that is the gentleman.

Q. There are two churches in Bread-street? - A. I do not know.

Q.Whereabout in that street was it? - A. I conceive, learned Sir, That that is not necessary.

Q. I conceive it is, and therefore I desire to know? - A. It is that which is lowest down to Thames-street.

PETER SPIRES < no role > sworn? - Examined by Mr. Const. I am clerk of St. Mildred's, (produces the register book, and reads,): Thomas Wardropper, of the parish of St. Mildred's, and Alice Doyle < no role > , of the same parish, spinster, were married in this church, by a licence, this 17th day of December, 1791.

ALICE DOYLE sworn. - Q. Look at the man at the bar? - A. I know him very well; I married him at St. Mildred's, Bread-street, on the 17th of December, 1791.

Q. You had been living with a Mrs. Cole, I believe, in the City? - A. Yes.

Q. HOw long had you known that man before he persuaded you to marry him? - A. Only the October before.

Q. At the time he married you you were in an unfortunate situation? - A. I was.

Q. And he knew that you were visited by some gentlemen? - A. Yes.

Q.How long was his prior marriage concealed from you? - A. Till the latter end of the year 1792.

Q. Then you had lived with him through 1791, till the time when you discovered that he was previously married to another? - A. Yes; till a person called upon me, and informed me of it.

Q. You continued to live with him still, for some time after? - A. Yes; till September, 1795.

Cross-examined by Mr. Knowlys. Q. You were living with a Mrs. Cole, you say? - A. Yes.

Q.You passed as Mrs. Cole's niece? - A. Mrs. Cole called me so.

Q. I suppose you have been intimate with Mrs. Cole ever since? - A. No, I have not.

Q.When did you see her last? - A. I have not seen her since Mr. Wardropper was taken up upon this charge.

Q.Where did she live at that time? - A. On Bread-street-Hill.

Q. Do you know whether she lives there now? - A. No, she does not.

Q. How long has she ceased to live there? - A. I do not know; she lives now on Dowgate-hill.

Q. Do you know how it happens that she has not been to be met with during this sessions, or the last? - A. No.

Q. You have not been there yourself, nor beard from her? - A. No.

Q. Mrs. Cole knew of the courtship, did not she? - A. Yes.

Q. I wish you would attend seriously to what I am going to ask you - Had you never heard, before you married this man, that he was a married man? - A. No.

Q. Be a little cautious; I will put the question to you - Had you never heard, before you married this man, that he was a married man? - A. No, I had not.

Q. You never had any conversation of that sort with Mrs. Cole? - A. No, I never had.

Q. You never, perhaps, have told any body that you knew this man was a married man? - A. No, never in my life.

Q. I believe he had a child, had not he? - A. Yes.

Q. Did you take that child home to the house with you, where you lived, as soon as you were married? - A. Not to Mrs. Cole's, bt to a lodging of our's.

Q. Was that as soon as you were married? - A.The January after.

Q. And you were married in December? - A. Yes.

Q. Upon your oath, did you not know that this child was a child that he had by his wife at that time? - A. No.

Q. Do you know a person of the name of Jones, the wife of Mr. Jones, a dyer, in the Borough? - A. Yes, Perfectly well.

Q. You perhaps, know a person of the name of Jacobs? - A. I know there is such a person.

Q. Have you not known such a person, and seen him very often? - A. I have seen him standing at his own door.

Q.Have you not been often in his company? - A. No.

Q. You never had any conversation with him, perhaps? - A. I recollect once speaking to him.

Q. Have not you had a conversation with him since this man has been committed? - A.No; he called at my house something about a watch, but I do not know whether it was before or since Mr. Wardropper was taken - Oh, yes, I do recollect it was before he was taken; I am sure it was not after.

Q. Then you heard of this marriage in 1792? - A. Yes.

Q. How early in 1792 did you hear of it? - A. I believe it was about July, 1792.

Q. We are now arrived at December, 1797? - A. Yes.

Q. When did you first prosecute this man for Bigamy? - A. I think it was last February, there was a warrant issued out, but they were not able to take him.

Q. Do you know a gentleman of the name of Douglas? - A. Yes.

Q. You know him intimately well, do you not? - A. Yes.

Q. Do you not occasionally pass as Mrs. Douglas? - A. No; I am called by my own name.

Q. There are people who see you and Mr. Douglas, who occasionally call you Mrs. Douglas? - A. No; they do not.

Q. Mr. Douglas lives in the same house with you? - A. No.

Q. Does not he sleep in that house four or five times a week? - A. No.

Q. How often a week does he sleep there? - A. He has slept there but very seldom.

Q. Perhaps Mr. Douglas paid for a good deal of the furniture of that house? - A. Yes.

Q. Does not his money furnish the present prosecution against this man? - A. It is my money.

Q. But is it not given you by him for the purpose of prosecuting this man? - A. It is given me to support me.

Q. You have so much good sense, that you must understand me, you do not conceal your good sense any more than your beauty; your good sense must understand what I mean? - A. Mr. Douglas supports me, and the money that I have from him will certainly pay for this prosecution.

Q. Does not Mr. Douglas know of this prosecution, and has he not seen the attorney upon it? - A. Yes.

Q. And he occasionally sleeps in the house in which you live, and in which a great part of the furniture is his? - A. He sometimes does.

Q. Do you not know that he has written letters to the prisoner, threatening that if he came from Ireland, he would transport him for this offence? - A. I know he wrote one letter to him, after Mr. Wardropper had paslered me with letters from Ireland.

Q. Then I ask you whether you have not, since the writing of that letter, persuaded Wardropper to give you up that letter? - A. No; I did not.

Q. At whole desire was this man sent to Ireland? - A.By his own wish to go.

Q. Was it by the desire of Mr. Douglas? - A. No; he did not know it then.

Q. Was it before Mr. Douglas and you became acquainted, that he went to Ireland? - A. No.

Q. Wardropper has not been living with you since Mr. Douglas has been acquainted with you? - A. I have not lived with Mr. Wardropper since I first quitted him.

Q. Have you been all that time acquainted with Mr. Douglas? - A. NOt the whole of the time.

Q. How long after you had parted with him, did your acquaintance with Mr. Douglas commence? - A. About two months after, I believe.

Q. I believe I am mistaken, out Mr. Douglas sending this man to Ireland; I believe it was a Mr. Henry? - A. No, he is now dead.

Q. Mr. Henry was an acquaintance of your's too? - A. Yes.

Q. In the same way that Mr. Douglas was? - A. NO.

Q. Then, from July 1792, to February 1797, you did not know of his former marriage? - A. No.

Q. And it was not till after you became acquainted with Mr. Douglas, that this prosecution was commenced? - A. It would have began sooner, if Mr. Wardropper had molested me.

Q. In the mean time, Mr. Douglas had furnished the house? - A. It was not for Mr. Douglas that it was done.

Prisoner's defence. I came to town with Mr. Opie, the banker, the Ist of November, and was introduced to Miss Doyle, as Mrs. Cole's niece; Mrs. Cole < no role > I cannot find since I was taken up, she asked me what I thought of her niece, I said, I thought she was a very fine girl; she asked me, if I would have her, for she knew the situation she was in, and I said, I did not know whether I was married or not, for I was in a state of inebrity at the time; she has been down to the county of Durham to see my friends.

For the Prisoner.

DAVID JACOBS < no role > sworn. - I live in Peter's-street, Westminster.

Q. Do you know Miss Doyle? - A. Yes; I have known her about five years.

Q. Have you ever had any conversation with her? - A. A number of times at various parts of the town, and particularly at the Flask, at Chelsea.

Q. Has she ever told you the circumstance of her marriage with Wardropper? - A. She has several times.

Q. Did she ever tell you, whether she knew of this circumstance at the time she married him? - A. Yes; she said he was a journeyman butcher.

Q. Did she know what his connections were, and so on? - A. That I cannot answer; she said, she was so infatuated with him, that she would have him at any event.

Q. Do you know whether Wardropper was a married man at the time she married him? - A. She told me, that she knew Wardropper was married to one Archer, she told me the church they were married at.

Q. When did she know that he was married to this Ann Archer? - A. Before she married War-dropper.

Q. Did she ever tell you that? - A. Yes, certainly, she did.

Q. Has she told you that once, or more than once? - A. More than ten times when I have been in company with her.

Q. Were you ever free at all with her? - A. As much so as a man could be with a woman.

Court. Gentlemen of the Jury, in attending to the evidence. you see that both marriages are proved, therefore he must be convicted; at the same time, I have seen enough in this case to convince me that it is not one of those cases in which severe punishment ought to be inflicted; you will therefore find him guilty, and leave the punishment to the Court.

GUILTY .

Fined 1s. and discharged.

Tried by the London Jury, before Mr. RECORDER.