| Notes |
- 17th July 1728
Mary Northorp , of Stepney , was indicted for feloniously marrying Abraham Danbrine , her former Husband Henry Par , being alive .
Joseph Rawlinson depos'd, That he gave the Prisoner in Marriage to Henry Par , at the Hand and Pen in Fleet-Lane, and that the said Henry Par is still alive.
George Wills depos'd, That he asked her last Husband Mr. Danbrine, to give him a Note for Money due to to him from her, and she said, he should not give a Note to bring himself into Trouble, for she had another Husband alive.
Mr. Duncan depos'd, That on the 26th of October last he was present when the Prisoner was married to Mr. Danbrine, at his own House, and that the said Mr. Abraham Danbrine is still alive.
The Prisoner said in her Defence, That she was but half married to Henry Par, for before the Parson had done the Ceremony he repented and went away, and that she never Cohabited with him as a Husband; but there being good Evidence to the contrary, the Jury found her guilty .
|