927. JAMES WRIGHT proceedingsdefend was indicted, for feloniously marrying Mary Halfpenny proceedingsvictim This name instance is in set 1089. , on the 12th of February, 1810 , Eliza, his former wife, being then alive .

JERVIS DIXON. I am the father of Eliza Dixon proceedingsvictim ; I have known the prisoner eight or nine years. He used to come to my house to keep company with my daughter, and proposed to be married to her. On the morning of the 27th of January, 1808, he went out with her; my daughter told me, in the presence of the prisoner, that they were going to be married at St. Luke's church; they afterwards lived together, and he used to call her his wife. I heardher say that the banns were published at St. Luke's church, he lived in that parish.

Cross-examined by MR. MARSHAM. My daughter has been dead three years.

PHOENIX MURPHY. I have known the prisoner seven years, and was present at St. Giles's church, about seven years ago, when he was married to Mary Halfpenny < no role > This name instance is in set 1089. .

MARY HALFPENNY. I was married to the prisoner at St. Giles's church, on the 12th of February, 1810. I have the certificate.

Cross-examined. I am now a prisoner in Newgate.

Prisoner's Defence. I know nothing of the first marriage.

GUILTY . Aged 33.

Confined One Year .

First Middlesex Jury, before Mr. Justice Abbott.