OLD BAILEY, Tuesday, Apri...
Johns Gravesu vas c arged wi'th unlawfully killing and slaying James Partridge, on the 22d of February last. It appeared that the deceased, prisoner, and a female, were at a public-house together, when the dleceased in a quarrelsome manner first endeavoured to tread upon the female's toes, and then struck at the prisoner, who, after receiving two blows from him, Inocked the deceased down. Re was taken up by the landlord, and carried into the yard, where lhe died in a very short time, the blow having occasioned a rupture of the bladder. The Comrmoy SERGEANT recommended the jurv to acquit the prisoner, as he seemed to have acted purely in self-defence.-Not PZrlitm Jewel, a tailor, 24 years of age, was indicted for bigamy. It was proved that the prisoner marric4 Alary Ann Todd, then a servant, in the year 1819. at St. Mlartin's-in-th,eFields. They lived togeth-r as mnan and wife until aboiit 1 months ago, when they se- parated. On the 23dl of January, 1823, the prisoner was married at St. James'4, Clerkenwell, to Alary Lewis, with whom he lived com- fortably, until he was taken up on the present charge. The prisoner, in his defence, admitted that he had married Mary Ann Todd, but said that he had been most zrossly imposrd upon, for at the time of the marriage she had a child living; and in some time afterwards she left hiro, carrying off a considerable portion of his property. He saw, no more of her until she came forward with this charge against him.-G(inlfi/. OLD BAILEY, Tuesdav, Amil 13.