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Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume 11, Issue 836, 19 March 1867, Page 3

Sentence on Alfred J. Cox.— Alfred J. Cox, brother of the Auckland swindler E. J. Cox, was placed on trial at the Supreme Court, Wellington, on the 4th inst., on a charge of bigamy. The following is a short report of the case as furnished by the Wellington Evening Post: — "Alfred J. Cox, was placed in the dock charged with having married one Anne Bowles, his first wife being still alive. Mary Ann Adamson deposed to the marriage of her sister Ellen Anderson with the prisoner in Auckland in 1863, and said that she was alive and well on Saturday last. The second marriage was proved by the Rev. Mr. Fenton and Anne Bowles. The prisoner made no defence, and the jury returned a verdict of guilty. His Honor considered it a most flagrant case of profligacy, and committed the prisoner for two years with hard labour. Astronomical. — The planet Venus, now the morning star, is plainly visible all day long. It can be readily found tomorrow by its nearness to the moon. Today it will be not far from the moon, on the right side, and on Sunday on the left If the observer will remember the place of the planet, he will readily find it at the same time on any other day. — Independent, March 2. "Now, girls," said Mrs. Partington, the other day, to her nieces, "you must get husbands as soon as possible, or they'll be murdered." " Why so, aunt ?" they asked. " Why, I see by the papers that we've got almost fifteen thousand post-offices, and nearly all on 'em despatches a mail every day.